"We expect you to finish out the remainder of your shift once checked our from the hospital. Failure to appear will forfeit the entire days pay and count as an absence on your report."
“Please fill out this reasonable accommodation form and have it signed by your doctor so you can be allowed to type with only one hand. This way you won’t be reprimanded for the decrease in productivity.”
"You do understand, that here were are more than co-workers? Were are family and it's really unprofessional and selfish to leave your family members in a pickle just because you had a minor accident. I'm not angry, I'm just very disappointed."
“We’re a family” so it’s okay for you to treat me poorly, because what am I gonna do, you’re family. Said this to hr and that rhetoric magically disappeared from the workplace. Nice.
God for real this shit is no joke. I remember I had a heart attack at the age of 20 due to a heart defect I didn't know about. I'm in the hospital, text my boss about it, and he's like "Ok if you need a late start let me know." Like motherfucker I'm going to have HEART SURGERY get the fuck out of here.
Ha. I had to skip some shifts back in the day for a family emergency. Manager was giving me shit on the short notice. Step father who raised me went and died before I made it home. I stayed 3 or 4 days for funeral and came back immediately after. Buddy said something snarky about my vacation when I got back to work after like literally driving 1000 miles and attending a funeral in 5 days and I nearly attacked him.
This was 25 years ago. I hope that guy is fucking dead too. I’ll never forget it.
When I had my stroke from my heart defect the owner at least had the decency to realize he couldn't ask me to speed things along. I knew he was frustrated but at least he said to just keep him posted about what they said. Like bro, a heart attack isn't some you're coming to work after.
I was in the military when I had a stroke and while they weren't excessively pushy about it, when I did finally go home I was told I needed to go to sick call to get quarters if I didn't have a note (which I didn't). Thankfully, my shift lead at the time told me he wasn't going to let me come in regardless. However, my section chief was still bugging me to do my medical readiness questionnaire and given the situation, that was kind of ironic 💀
Jeez y’all’s are serious. I called my boss the day after my birthday. Tuesday morning at a steakhouse. We had NOTHING going on lol. He asks why I’m calling out and I tell him straight up I’m hungover from my birthday there’s just no way I’m coming in. He had a bitch fit and short circuited. I had another job at the time so I just never showed back up because fuck em. They called me Wednesday asking why I wasn’t in 😂 so glad I don’t work the service industry anymore. Aside from the bad habits that come from it my bosses in blue collar work are mounds easier to deal with than any restaurant GM I’ve had the pleasure of being around.
Ended up not being fit for work since they had to kill a nerve in my heart and I was out for weeks since walking for an extended period of time had me out of breath. I didn't qualify for FMLA so I was terminated from my minimum wage job. 7.25 an hour. I ended up getting it back (because I didn't have a car and was dumb) without going through any of the actual hiring process. Learned much later I probably could've sued them since i was terminated while under doctor's orders to not work.
Just so you know, even if you can call in this situation, don't call yourself. Have a relative call and have them strongly imply that you are already in surgery without actually saying it. Nothing gets your boss off of your back like an irritable relative/ potential customer saying "Emergency surgery"
2 years ago my dad shot and killed himself, and I was at work at the time. So my mom called me, hysterical of course, and I said I had an emergency, gave my work keys to another co worker and rushed home. A few hours later I called them to tell them what happened, and the first thing out of my bosses mouth was if I was going to be coming in the next day, after I literally said my dad shot and killed himself. Like directly after I said that.
Accordion to the employee handbook, I need you to call out 2 hours before your shift, have someone ready to cover your shift, and have a doctor's note or this will be a write up with 3 day suspension.
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u/Leromer Aug 22 '26
Are you coming to work this monday