For many workers in the U.S., taking a day off when you’re sick sounds daunting. In one survey, 89% of office employees said they have worked while they were ill. There are many reasons people do this: from feeling insecure and thinking coworkers will assume they’re faking it, to a boss pressuring them to come in.
Like the boss in this story did. When the author sprained her leg and asked for half a day off, the boss refused, downplaying her injury and saying she needed to prove it with a doctor’s slip. So she did just that, and, to the boss’s dismay, got a whole week off.
A woman sprained her ankle and asked her boss for a day off to rest
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When her boss got mad, she maliciously complied, went to the doctor and got a whole week off instead
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It turns out the boss has a history of not wanting to give time off to his employees
People in the comments reflected on the absurdity of the American healthcare system
Others shared similar stories with their stern bosses
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