So, I basically feel like a giant *ss about this, and I am wondering, honestly, what you guys think.
I have been fighting a horrible sore throat/sore ears/burning chest kind of thing for about 10 days. Up until yesterday the only symptoms I had were stabbing pains when I swallowed and a burning in my chest and ears and occasional coughing but not hacking all over the place. I have continued to work all of my jobs mainly because I am not sneezing or spraying mucous everywhere (sorry, sorry, gross I know) and I have been super diligent about handwashing and using sanitizer every couple of minutes.
Yesterday morning was different; I woke up with the same symptoms mentioned above, but also with body aches and a fever that was controlled by ibuprofen but returned on the dot every 3 hours or so. I also was coughing a lot more, though still not a huge amount.
My second job yesterday was at the golf course and I was working a HUGE tournament that has been planned for weeks. I decided I was going to tough it out and work the tournament, basically because I knew they would never find a replacement for me the same day. So at around 2 pm, 3 hours before I am meant to be at work, I get up to take a shower and start to get ready and that's when I realize that I just feel awful. Truly terrible. I feel dizzy, my head is pounding, my body aches and my throat hurts so much I can hardly speak. My boyfriend, who is usually my voice of reason in these situations, points out that if I can't make it through a shower I am probably not going to make it through 7 hours of heaving giant flats of beer around, and serving and clearing huge platters of food and dishes.
So I text my one boss, then text my next boss (they both will check their phones for text messages more often than voicemail) , then I phone each of them and leave them voice messages. I still haven't reached anyone so I phone the kitchen in the clubhouse and talk to the cook, asking him to pass on the message that I am too sick to come in.
Now, I do have to say that I was scheduled as a "floater" for the tournament, and was basically just there to do some of everything and help where needed, but I still felt horribly, cringingly guilty about calling in 3 hours before the event. I realize now that I should been realistic about my situation when i first work up that morning and bitten the bullet right then. But I was just so sure that if I rested for a while I would be ok!
Has anyone ever done this? Called in at the last minute, or forced yourself to go to work anyway and then regretted it? When do you guys make the decision about whether you are too sick to work?
I just hate feeling like such a flake.
I have been fighting a horrible sore throat/sore ears/burning chest kind of thing for about 10 days. Up until yesterday the only symptoms I had were stabbing pains when I swallowed and a burning in my chest and ears and occasional coughing but not hacking all over the place. I have continued to work all of my jobs mainly because I am not sneezing or spraying mucous everywhere (sorry, sorry, gross I know) and I have been super diligent about handwashing and using sanitizer every couple of minutes.
Yesterday morning was different; I woke up with the same symptoms mentioned above, but also with body aches and a fever that was controlled by ibuprofen but returned on the dot every 3 hours or so. I also was coughing a lot more, though still not a huge amount.
My second job yesterday was at the golf course and I was working a HUGE tournament that has been planned for weeks. I decided I was going to tough it out and work the tournament, basically because I knew they would never find a replacement for me the same day. So at around 2 pm, 3 hours before I am meant to be at work, I get up to take a shower and start to get ready and that's when I realize that I just feel awful. Truly terrible. I feel dizzy, my head is pounding, my body aches and my throat hurts so much I can hardly speak. My boyfriend, who is usually my voice of reason in these situations, points out that if I can't make it through a shower I am probably not going to make it through 7 hours of heaving giant flats of beer around, and serving and clearing huge platters of food and dishes.
So I text my one boss, then text my next boss (they both will check their phones for text messages more often than voicemail) , then I phone each of them and leave them voice messages. I still haven't reached anyone so I phone the kitchen in the clubhouse and talk to the cook, asking him to pass on the message that I am too sick to come in.
Now, I do have to say that I was scheduled as a "floater" for the tournament, and was basically just there to do some of everything and help where needed, but I still felt horribly, cringingly guilty about calling in 3 hours before the event. I realize now that I should been realistic about my situation when i first work up that morning and bitten the bullet right then. But I was just so sure that if I rested for a while I would be ok!
Has anyone ever done this? Called in at the last minute, or forced yourself to go to work anyway and then regretted it? When do you guys make the decision about whether you are too sick to work?
I just hate feeling like such a flake.
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