I did not feel very well on Tuesday and I tried to call my boss to tell her that I was too sick to come to work.
She reminded me that I called in sick last week. I was playing hooky then. I went to the beach with some friends. It’s probably where I picked up the bug that was making me feel so awful. I told my boss that I was really sick and she told me to come into work anyways. I got dressed and put on a uniform and went to work. The boss stuck me at the counter. I sneezed and coughed a bunch that morning. She finally believed that I was sick when I threw up at lunch time. She had me standing under the AC air vent the whole time I was at the register. The AC air vent was blowing cold air on me and it was making me feel even worse. I wanted to leave and go home, but my boss made me work until 8:00 p.m. when someone else came to work to relieve me. The next day I did not go to work. I called my boss and when she answered I did not give her any option to say no. After being stuck under the air vent all day, I felt even worse than I did before I went to work. There was absolutely no way that I was going to subject myself to the indoor air conditions again just to satisfy my boss. I didn’t think she could fire me, so I stayed home to recuperate and get better.