So I was feeling a bit ill today, and asked my manager if I should go home. She left it up to me, so I called my mom for advice. I then went to check my temperature (after telling her I would leave, which she seemed annoyed about). I checked it twice and I believe it said 79.9 then 98.0.
I decided to stay because we’re short handed, and I came back, which she seemed annoyed about again (understandably, because she had just reassigned everyone). I have 3 hours worth of chemicals, so I set to work, and finished one pallet (there are 3). On my way to lunch, my coworker asked if I was in chemicals, to which I said yes. He said I need to get going on it, and I said I’d already worked a pallet, but he told me that my manager said I’d barely done anything.
I’m sure she’s just stressed out, so I ask that you pray that God would help me to be gracious to her. Thank you.
May I ask, that you please also pray that this doesn't cause any present or future trouble with work, especially my coworkers themselves. With people in and out in the lab so many times already due to suspicion of having or having contacted someone with Covid, I have already seen some temperaments on edge due to the inconvenience and uneasiness that kind of naturally comes with this kind of situation, especially with having to cover those who are out. And now that I've called in, well .... Although I was never out for two weeks straight due to quarantine, the fact that only a few months have passed since I last felt obligated to call into work sick for a day, makes me a bit afraid that doing so again (and I really do feel it is best to have done so tonight because of the general worries and precautions we're all having because of Covid, even if it turned out that I don't have a fever) this soon might have others looking down on me, like wondering if I'm just playing hookey or something, you know? Three times calling in sick for one day in 2.5 years of employment isn't that bad, I guess, especially in comparison to two or three other people in the lab that have been a lot more notorious for calling in a lot, but still, I don't want to inconvenience anyone or have them thinking of me as not actually being as hard a worker as I have always led on up to this point.
