Yesterday I woke with a sore throat and was feeling awful by noon. I spent the night coughing and feeling terrible. I called in to work this morning because I am a teacher and I was very sick. I’ve spent the entire day in bed with worsening symptoms. My husband says I’m clearly sick and I should call it right now because then I can rest and not feel pressure all night. I feel like I might be able to pump the NyQuil and then DayQuil tomorrow and be ok to go to work. When do you decide you’re not going to work the next day?
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In my district teachers need to call in as soon as possible in order to guarantee a sub.
you’re a teacher. the question isn’t just “will i feel ok to work?” it’s “will i get other people sick if i go to work?” and dayquil + nyquil won’t make you not contagious. call in.
Do you really want to spread whatever you’ve got to your students?
Edited to add, call asap.
You’re a teacher and questioning this?? Call in ASAP so they can get a sub lined up.
Don’t drag your germs to the classroom; I’d also hope you wouldn’t encourage your students to be in the classroom when actively sick either
Hi, fellow teacher! I am currently in a position where I have to save and use all of my sick days to care for my young kids when they’re sick, but before then, I took off whenever I didn’t feel well enough without guilt because it’s part of my compensation package. They give you the days, so stay home and take them and feel better! Give the kids something to read and then ask them to write an essay you’ll never grade. Easy sub plans, and if they don’t do it, oh well.
Teacher here! Put in the absence and cancel it in the morning if you don’t need it.
ETA- I feel this post IN MY BONES because I know the guilt and pull to show up no matter what. I’m not one to take my own advice, and often need someone to tell me to stay home. So we’re here telling you to stay home.
I’m with your husband!! It’s soooo nice to know you’re taking a sick day and not set an alarm! I’m a kindergarten teacher so trust me, I know the guilt, but we have sick days and subs for a reason! Call it now and take the day tomorrow
>I feel like I might be able to pump the NyQuil and then DayQuil tomorrow and be ok to go to work.
Don’t go all drugged up and spreading your microdroplets to the kids… who will then go home and infect their siblings and parents.
Just call it now and get better.
For me, it’s a “game time decision,” I’ll check how I’m feeling when I wake up, but I also work from home, so I have to be really messed up to send the email to let them know I’m not feeling great and wont be working.
If it’s minor, I’ll get my Dayquil on and work, but again, I work from home so I’m not going to be infecting everyone.
There was this one lady I used to work with back when we were In-office and she ALWAYS came in sick. It was so disgusting. Coughing up her lungs and sneezing her brains out… then when people would tell her to go home, she would make stupid jokes like “sharing is caring!!!” As if she “cared” for us bc she was sharing her germs. Everyone hated her. Don’t be like that lady.
My stupid job has a 2 hour before you’re scheduled to come in rule so basically if I feel like crap the night before or wake up at 6ish feeling like ass I just text my manager I’m sick. My start time is 8am and generally if I feel off at 5:30am I float a text then. If I get sick during my work day I’ll ping my manager but that’s rare and I tend to stupidly power through unless I literally am passing out.