Guilt Trips

[Pike]

Do guilt trips plague anyone else really badly?

Like... does anyone else feel really bad about calling in sick to work? Or is it just me?

I'm pretty ill right now; I'm all weak and stuffed up and my ears and throat hurt. And I'm scheduled for a nine-hour work shift tomorrow.

Trying to talk myself into calling in sick isn't working very well because I feel super bad about it because I'm one of the few people in the store who is trained in my department and etc.

(Not to mention I have bad past experiences where jobs have straight up told me "No, you have to come in anyway" when I've been sick.)

:(

[Sylvie]

I'm probably the opposite. I've gone to the extent of claiming that my girlfriend had a miscarriage in order to get off work. The reactions are hilarious because they don't want to be rude and ask anything about that kind of shit, so it's perfect.

[Alpha2099]

I have guilt trips all the time. Some are legit, and others are probably just in my head, but they come up a lot.

[TheAbominatrix]

I feel terrible when I call into work. I have to be seriously sick to call in, and then it screws up my whole week. Now I'm feeling glad that I don't have a "You have to come anyway" boss. That's rather awful.

Guilt trips in general I have worked really hard to cure myself of, unless I really screwed up and have earned said guilt.

Feel better soon, Pike. Tea and honey and sleep, because I am the only one who knows this valuable secret formula for feeling better.

[chionos]

Nope, not at all, even though I've spent quite a lot of time as a manager and know how sh*tty it is to have to cover for weak/lazy employees. Part of it is, if I'm sick enough to call in I know I'm not going be very good at my job, which really isn't good for anyone. Outside of this calling-in-sick scenario, I try very hard to remedy any guilt I feel for things I do, whether through making it up to whomever I've wronged or by working myself through the guilt by making myself understand that guilt is a worthless emotion. Guilt doesn't help me, and it doesn't help anyone else.

[Psychotic]

I don't feel guilty for it, but I'm a tough macho guy idiot who tries to drag himself into work when he's not well enough. Which kills me (metaphorically) so I have to miss the next couple of days instead. Yeah, I'm dumb.

[Laddy]

Never. Serves people right for making me work.

[Sephex]

I feel bad, but my work doesn't try to make me feel bad about calling in. I guess it all balances out. My boss even asks if I am feeling better or whatever.