Funny business 25: Sick days

I have started calling in sick on the day when I am actually sickest. Because people give me weird looks when I told them that I will be out sick in a few days. Perhaps people inherently don’t believe that an employee’s sick leave is actually for real medical reasons.  Nor do they trust that an employee is actually smart enough and knows his body enough to forecast when will be the most viral moment of his week long battle with the cold.

Well, that’s the reason why I usually ask for a sick day off in advance from my boss. Because I know that I woke up with a sore throat today and when the pain did not subside after 3L of water with plentiful of vitamin C, there will be a great battle in my body in 4 days. I know because I’ve kept record of all my past cold/flu infections.

So, instead of warning in advance so that the business can prepare for it, I call in sick the morning of, which usually means chaos for people who were expecting me to be there. What an illogical thing I have to do to fit into the society.