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Manager: I got your text about calling out sick tomorrow.
Employee: Uh, mm-hmm.
Manager: But I'm going to need a doctor's note.
Employee: A doctor's note for one day?
Manager: Yes, company policy. If you're too sick to work, you should be sick enough to see a doctor.
Employee: I have the flu. I'm not going to urgent care just to get a note that says I have the flu.
Manager: Well, how do I know you're actually sick? You seemed completely fine yesterday.
Employee: You're not being serious right now, are you?
Manager: I'm just saying we've had issues with people abusing sick days, and I need to make sure yours is legitimate.
Employee: Abusing sick days? This is the first day I've taken in like eight months.
Manager: Okay, but I still need documentation. That's just how we do things here.
Employee: Actually, I have the employee handbook right here because I keep all my documents recorded. In the sick days and sickness section, it says we don't need a doctor's note for absences under three days.
Manager: Well, I mean, that's the official policy, but as your manager I have the right to request one anyway.
Employee: No, you don't. And I also have the recording from the HR meeting last week where they specifically said managers cannot request documentation for single-day illnesses.
Manager: I'm just trying to make sure you're not taking advantage.
Employee: Taking advantage? I worked through my lunch break four times last week. I stayed late on Tuesday to finish your presentation, and I covered for two people who were actually on vacation. But sure—me having the flu is taking advantage.
Manager: Look, I didn't mean it like that. I just need to verify.
Employee: You need to verify nothing. I'm using my sick day as outlined in the employee handbook, and if you keep pushing this, I will forward every recording to HR—including this conversation where you're trying to intimidate me out of using my benefits.
Manager: Okay, fine. You don't need to bring HR into this. Feel better.
Employee: I'm already feeling better knowing you can't guilt-trip me into working when I'm sick.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT, I turn 38 this year and I have realised , as a man, no one cares about you. Not your wife. Not your family. Not your friends. Not your workmates. Nobody. People act like they care, but deep down, they don't. You are on your own. Always on your own.