I'm sorry but you're so ill you cannot work,leaving colleagues to cover for you yet can go out to a rugby match? If you can drag yourself out,you can get into work.
And do what? Spread infection and be useless? Much easier to sit on the edge of the pitch waiting for your son to finish playing, there's no comparison.
If you were atrociously ill, you would not have taken your son out and would have got someone else to do or apologised and said would have to miss match. If you can develop a bit of stoicism for your child's leisure activities ,then you can do so for the person who gives you a living and your colleagues.
What happens in between "atrociously i'll" and ready to work? Ridiculous.
As for the co-worker,seeing a colleague out and about who clearly shirking is bound to make them aggreaved. There is clearly more to this though as you would not be under investigation if this were a one off or were considered a valuable and productive employee. Your boss would have contacted you fir your version of events.
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Clearly ' doing lots of heavy lifting here. 🤣
Anyone can get a sicknote and Dr's have zero interest in the wider implications of enabling the workshy .
No idea why they are universally required.
When folk pull sickies,it affects businesses and endangers the livelihoods of others who actually have a work ethic.
And when they come into work sick they are unproductive, take longer to get better and infect every one else. Because it's an excellent idea to go into work sick. 🙄
@Feraldogmum As a previous poster said. "do shut up"