This isn't going to be a very long blog, but as I had an issue getting out of bed this morning, I just wanted to post a quick thought on calling into work.
Up until today, I never realized why sick people went to work despite whatever illness they have. I always thought, "If you're sick, you should just stay home and avoid giving someone else what you have!"
And even after getting little sleep and spending an hour in the bathroom waiting to vomit at 3am this morning, I was up after 7:30 and dragged myself to work -- bringing that annoing little influenza bug with me, exposing all of my co-workers and all of the lovely customers.
My only reason?
Gas prices went up and I need that poor excuse for an income to keep me from going completely broke.
I'm probably going to feel bad if anybody else I work with gets sick, but what am I supposed to do? I'm almost 18 and I shouldn't have to rely on anyone else (my mom) for money, and no one should expect me to have to ask them for money.
It's sad, really, that I have to worry about such things to the extent that I do.
I shouldn't have gone to work today.
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This is so funny because that's definitely how I feel! I've been sick lately and barely been at school, yet I drag myself out of bed, regardless of my health condition, to go to work. As I was driving the 17 miles over there, coughing and feeling like death, I wondered why the heck I was even going? Then I thought, that's right, I need the money. Gas prices are ridiculous!
And I think it's absolutely ridiculous that we have to sacrifice our health because of a few measley bucks!!
A guy I work with has been sick for a couple of weeks now, and when we tell him to go home, he says, "I need the money." When we tell him to go see a doctor so he can feel better (and he sounds like he's dying, honestly), he asks, "And spend money that I need for other things?" Then he shrugs, shakes his head, and chuckles...
And continues coming to work sick.
the same is with me for school. i dont like to go but i have to . it is my last year. i will be absent when i am sick not when i am not. its just so hard...
I think I've missed only a couple of days this year, and one of them was for a field trip of sorts. I know how you feel. :[
Think about the WalMart documentary and the Michael Moore film Sicko. We need money to support ourselves and our family. Also with gas/oil, taxes, and insurance forget about feeding your family or forget about the clothes on their back.
I am a college student at an art school. I have been working five different jobs in high school to pay for my gasoline, my school supplies, my college and my food/clothes etc. I do have some support from my parents but I refuse at times.
Over the summer I am working on having 4 separate jobs where I am only making 8-10 dollars and hour.
Not enough to support myself and not enough to live on. but everybody is broke no matter what. We work when we are sick so we can make the extra $20 a day.
I'm almost dreading turning 18 just because of the responsibility that comes with it -- that is, getting ready and making money for college... and it's not like my mom is much better off (and she's going to graduate school this fall, hopefully) and I have flat out told her, "Don't worry about my college! I'm going to be in debt, but it's okay because you still have your student loans to pay off!"
I'm currently looking around for a second job to work this summer.
I've never seen "Sicko" (mostly because I think Michael Moore is an arrogant loon), but I am a bit curious as to what, exactly, it's supposed to document.