General guide for for calling in sick
When you awaken in the morning you may feel terrible or just decided that you need to take a day off. It happens to everyone at one point or another. Calling in sick is often an action many people feel uncomfortable about even when they are really sick. Although, when taking sick leave for the day, sometimes bosses may be unhappy, or colleagues may wonder if you're really sick or just pulling aFerris Bueller.
How do you call into work and make it sound like you're really sick?
The important point is that if you proclaim being too sick to work, showing up the next day all chipper will raise your boss's and coworkers' suspicions. This may affect your standing at work and how you are treated; maybe even your evaluations. When calling in sick to the office you need to be clear you are sick and not exaggerate about or fake your symptoms. Here is a general guide for sick reasons that work and are not usually questioned:
Multiple days:Taking only one day off will either make everyone think the next day, when you are come back to work, that you either are still sick or took a day off. Taking two days always allows for a better chance of recovery and you will not get the nickname of "Biological vector" or "Typhoid Mary". However, be especially careful about calling in sick on Fridays and Mondays too frequently because it may appear as if you are stretching the weekends.
Headaches (migraines):Headaches are a fairly enigmatic alignment. They could go away quickly or turn into nausea inducing, a bedridden plague. Headaches could easily keep you from being able to read, watch TV or even turn on a light. These head pains which lean toward migraines may need some cause or back story accompanying your excuse.
Stomachache:Stomachaches are also fairly common. Typically, you may need to offer up some sort of cause for this ailment. Food poisoning will certainly take longer than a day or two to recover from, and it will take a couple of days for you to recuperate to and get your appetite back.
Pain:General pain is a little difficult to sell as a calling in sick excuse unless you are really in pain. A pulled muscle, or twisted ankle may warrant a day's rest, but if you are too vague, it is probable your employer won't buy general pain as a reason to be out. This excuse might need some specifics.
Exhaustion (lack of sleep):If you have little ones, calling in that you were not able to get any sleep because of being kept up all night will not be a bridge too far. If your boss has kids, this will certainly be understood and a decent excuse to take the day off to catch up on rest.
Cold/flu:Cold or flu symptoms are easy to call in sick with because of the nature of the illness, and no one wants to catch it! Symptoms like headache, tiredness, coughing sinus pain are all excusable ailments, but after a couple of days in bed, expect some residual symptoms even when you feel well enough to go back to work.
When you call the office, just remember it's a "sickness you can believe in". Calling to tell the office that you are too sick to go in, real or not, is like a snow day in school. Freedom to not be where you're suppose to, but knowing that you are restricted by your ailment, just like a snow day prevents you from being out and about.
One finally note is at whether it is school or work, remember, eventually you will have to make up the work you missed when out because chances are it will still be there waiting for you.
