what would you do, netphoria?

[dusty]

i need some advice real quick.
i am supposed to start a new job today at 4pm. it's 12:30 pm and i have the flu. i've been sick since saturday night, or so. my nose is all snotty and i am coughing up all this chunky flem. my ears are clogged, too. it's really gross.
anyway- should i go into my new job today anyway, even though i'm sick, and then just wait for my new boss to say something? or should i call him and tell him that i'm sick (he will surely hear it in my voice), and see what he says then?
i don't want to seem like i'm flakey- i don't want to lose this new job, it's an easy one and the pay isn't bad. plus i got it through my friend and i don't want her to look bad, too.
am i tripping over nothing? what should i do?

[mistle]

go, definitely. you'll get sympathized

[girls like boys]

dayquil and a nice hot shower. what do you do? maybe they will send you home... want some soup or tea?!

but you should really go, i mean if they see the dedication, when you do call in sick...maybe they'll think geez he/she really is sick.

[BlueStar]

It's your first day at a new job, you have to go.

[jczeroman]

Go. Not showing up on the first day is a big no-no. Just play through the pain kiddo!

[wHATcOLOR]

if it's acceptable, i'd drop by a few hours early (like now). jsut tell him you were in the area to get some medicine at a pharmacy, and aren't feeling well. but since it's your first day and all, you don't want to flake. but at the same time, you don't want to get anyone else sick.

i think showing up in person will mitigate most suspicion of flakiness, will undoubtedly prove how sick you are, and show the boss you care about the job. if he has a heart, and sees how sick you are, he'll tell you to feel better and come in the next day..

is it a job where your being sick can get someone else sicks?


edit: i'm agreeing when people are saying go.. UNLESS it's a resturaunt job or something. that pisses me off so much when there's a sick fucker in there all up in my food.

if it's not such a job, i guess the others are right, suck it up and go.

[dusty]

Originally posted by girls like boys
dayquil and a nice hot shower. what do you do? maybe they will send you home... want some soup or tea?!

you know, that's what sucks. aside from being scheduled to train today, i'm also supposed to go in tomorrow- but i am SO FUCKING SICK. i don't think i'll be over this thing by then. i'm a little nervous. all i've been doing the past two days is downing dayquil, nyquil, nasal spray, water and tea. i've been laying in bed reading, and coming on here when there's a computer free, and i am only getting worse! this sucks. i need money.
anybody else going to vote for just going in and seeing what he says instead of calling?

[dusty]

Originally posted by Liquid-J'sGhost
edit: i'm agreeing when people are saying go.. UNLESS it's a resturaunt job or something. that pisses me off so much when there's a sick fucker in there all up in my food.

if it's not such a job, i guess the others are right, suck it up and go.

yeah, dude. it's a resturaunt job.

[Varien]

What would Mr. Marx do?

[wHATcOLOR]

Originally posted by dusty
yeah, dude. it's a resturaunt job.

in that case, i stand by my crossed out advice. going in person EARLY to talk will give him time to schedule someone else, show him you truly are sick, not a flake, etc.

if he gives a fuck about standards, he won't want a sick person in the resturaunt.

[dusty]

Originally posted by Varien
What would Mr. Marx do?

spend the afternoon watering his cucumber patch

[girls like boys]

Originally posted by dusty
yeah, dude. it's a resturaunt job.

aw. im feeling for you. im sorry. but yeah...i think you should show up a little early and be like im sick...cough cough...he should send you home. wait what restaurant?

[dusty]

it's a small place. probably family run but they hire outsiders, obviously. it's not a franchise or anything. but the pay is 9$ an hour plus tips, and it's an evening job. i love evening jobs.
the one good thing is that today is the day 'm supposed to train, so he won't need to replace me if he decides i should go home, on the other hand, he will have to replace me tomorrow.
but maybe i should still go in early anyway.

[girls like boys]

go in early.

[jczeroman]

Originally posted by Varien
What would Mr. Marx do?

Form an international labour organization to manipulate others into doing the work for him.

[girls like boys]

dusty...you need a truffle...its like soft creamy sex. oh geez

[Sapphire]

Originally posted by jczeroman


Form an international labour organization to manipulate others into doing the work for him.

Four stars! (Where's the over-throwing of the monarch restaurant owner's bit?)

[The Light]

yeah, when i first got hired at my first job i got a hella bad sinus infection like a week later and my boss is a capricorn and a no nonsense guy with eyes in the back of his head, seriously. he's wonderful but he's a slave driver, which i have npo propblem with but i just went in and he saw me and told me to go. he gets his ass reamed or his business fined or shut down if the health department finds out about this kind of shit.

just go in early. it'll seem sincere. no one has time to answer the damn phone in restaurants anyway

Originally posted by Liquid-J'sGhost
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edit: i'm agreeing when people are saying go.. UNLESS it's a resturaunt job or something. that pisses me off so much when there's a sick fucker in there all up in my food.

You'd be surprised how often that happens. I've had to really bitch if I was actually sick so they wouldn't make me come in. Restaraunt managers don't give a shit.

Although, I will admit that that was only the first time I called in when I was actually sick. The place I worked at the manager was a big pussy and he wouldn't fire anyone. As soon as I figured that out I called in whenever I felt like it. Sometimes without an excuse. Terrible, I know but I'm not a good person.

[The Light]

Originally posted by Mr. Rhinoceros



You'd be surprised how often that happens. I've had to really bitch if I was actually sick so they wouldn't make me come in. Restaraunt managers don't give a shit.

Although, I will admit that that was only the first time I called in when I was actually sick. The place I worked at the manager was a big pussy and he wouldn't fire anyone. As soon as I figured that out I called in whenever I felt like it. Sometimes without an excuse. Terrible, I know but I'm not a good person.

hahaha i do the same thing but it was WAYYYYY worse when i was a telemarketer. i had more illnesses than known to man ever before but jesus christ, the telemarketing place had no air conditioning and the toilets weren't working all summer cause they were moving the location and were too cheap to fix it. it was unjust. my boss didn't give a shit though, he was a friend of mine. that's always good. but at every place i've ever worked at, they don't care how foten i call in sick because i still get the most work done.

Originally posted by The Light
hahaha i do the same thing but it was WAYYYYY worse when i was a telemarketer. i had more illnesses than known to man ever before but jesus christ, the telemarketing place had no air conditioning and the toilets weren't working all summer cause they were moving the location and were too cheap to fix it. it was unjust. my boss didn't give a shit though, he was a friend of mine. that's always good. but at every place i've ever worked at, they don't care how foten i call in sick because i still get the most work done.

I usually get the least work done since I really can't care less about keeping a gas station up and running, or whatever menial job I may be doing at that time.

Friend of mine used to do the whole telemarketing gig. He would offer most of his hours so the workaholics would take his shift. He worked like 20 hours a month or something and made ends meet. He got fired for being on AIM at work though.