kgrandpa
01-23-2003, 11:22 AM
For the first part in this two part story, see here (http://thekinetik.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=4665)
Anyway, since I received the letter mentioned in the first part of the story, I have phoned in sick a further three times. This is because I get acute diarrhoea (this may be more than you needed to know, but its best I explain fully!) a few hours before I'm due to go to work - and I only work three days a week.
The other days of the week I'm fine, although a week ago I had to go to the dentist and the doctor and I got it then.
The fact that it only happens at certain times leads me to believe its stress related. Stress from having to visit the dentist for a filling (don't like injections) and stress from worrying about the embarrassment of potentially shitting my pants at work, as well as the stress caused by the letter they sent me (as detailed in part one of the story!)
I went to the doctor (same day I went to the dentist) and explained all this, and he said it might possibly be stress, and prescribed me some anti-diarrhoeals to take. I'd phoned in sick the Saturday before because I was so worried that I was shitting practically every five minutes.
So, last Thursday and its near the time to work (5pm). I get my toilet urges again so I take two of these anti-diarrhoeals. I go to work feeling nice and confident and everythings fine until around 6:30pm when I start to get awful stomach pain. I somehow manage to stay on until 10pm and go home. Reading the leaflet, and stomach cramps are a side-effect of these diarrhoea tablets.
They lasted until around midday on Monday. Possibly caused by not having much to eat too. That meant I had to phone in sick on Friday and Saturday because the pain was just too much. So I wrote a letter to work explaining the situation and what I was doing to try and sort it out. I asked for my hours to be reduced and moved around to see if this would help relieve some of the stress. The personnel manager said he'd have to discuss this with me (which is fair enough) so I went into work tonight to see him and he said that he couldn't chat until Saturday (again, fair enough if hes busy). Then the store deputy manager entered the office along with the admin manager. They asked me to go into the staff training room, so I did.
There they proceeded to give me a right royal bollocking because of my "unacceptable" attendance.
Its like, "Hey, this guy has a stress problem! Perhaps we should bollock him for being off sick, that'll cure it!" Dolts.
I was that close to busting into tears at the end of the "meeting" that I could feel it welling up. They basically told me to sort it out (they even suggested buying some herbal stress remedies from the store) or I'd face the sack. Yeah, like thats gonna do wonders for my stress. Thanks, mates..
Anyway, the "meeting" ended and I went back to work. Couldn't stop thinking about the "meeting" and after two hours decided I'd had enough of feeling like a piece of shit and went home. Hence me being here now (I'm supposed to work until 10pm) My missus went back to throw a shitfit at the guys who bollocked me.
I'm now gonna write them a letter explaining how disgusted I am at how this matter has been treated and that I am considering discussing the matter with the union. Hopefully that'll scare 'em. I can appreciate that they've got to treat everyone equally when it comes to excessive absence, but they could at least approach the subject with sensitivity. I've always been completely honest with them about my reasons for phoning in sick. I don't suffer from lazyitis, if I phone in sick there is a reason for it.
They even asked me why I seemed to mostly phone in sick on the Saturday - the way they said it implied that they thought I had something better to do on the Saturday.
Anyone in the UK, please boycott Morrisons Supermarkets altogether. I certainly ain't going to shop with them anymore. I'm >--< this far away from handing in my notice, even though I can't afford to (credit card bill to pay off :( )
Anyway, since I received the letter mentioned in the first part of the story, I have phoned in sick a further three times. This is because I get acute diarrhoea (this may be more than you needed to know, but its best I explain fully!) a few hours before I'm due to go to work - and I only work three days a week.
The other days of the week I'm fine, although a week ago I had to go to the dentist and the doctor and I got it then.
The fact that it only happens at certain times leads me to believe its stress related. Stress from having to visit the dentist for a filling (don't like injections) and stress from worrying about the embarrassment of potentially shitting my pants at work, as well as the stress caused by the letter they sent me (as detailed in part one of the story!)
I went to the doctor (same day I went to the dentist) and explained all this, and he said it might possibly be stress, and prescribed me some anti-diarrhoeals to take. I'd phoned in sick the Saturday before because I was so worried that I was shitting practically every five minutes.
So, last Thursday and its near the time to work (5pm). I get my toilet urges again so I take two of these anti-diarrhoeals. I go to work feeling nice and confident and everythings fine until around 6:30pm when I start to get awful stomach pain. I somehow manage to stay on until 10pm and go home. Reading the leaflet, and stomach cramps are a side-effect of these diarrhoea tablets.
They lasted until around midday on Monday. Possibly caused by not having much to eat too. That meant I had to phone in sick on Friday and Saturday because the pain was just too much. So I wrote a letter to work explaining the situation and what I was doing to try and sort it out. I asked for my hours to be reduced and moved around to see if this would help relieve some of the stress. The personnel manager said he'd have to discuss this with me (which is fair enough) so I went into work tonight to see him and he said that he couldn't chat until Saturday (again, fair enough if hes busy). Then the store deputy manager entered the office along with the admin manager. They asked me to go into the staff training room, so I did.
There they proceeded to give me a right royal bollocking because of my "unacceptable" attendance.
Its like, "Hey, this guy has a stress problem! Perhaps we should bollock him for being off sick, that'll cure it!" Dolts.
I was that close to busting into tears at the end of the "meeting" that I could feel it welling up. They basically told me to sort it out (they even suggested buying some herbal stress remedies from the store) or I'd face the sack. Yeah, like thats gonna do wonders for my stress. Thanks, mates..
Anyway, the "meeting" ended and I went back to work. Couldn't stop thinking about the "meeting" and after two hours decided I'd had enough of feeling like a piece of shit and went home. Hence me being here now (I'm supposed to work until 10pm) My missus went back to throw a shitfit at the guys who bollocked me.
I'm now gonna write them a letter explaining how disgusted I am at how this matter has been treated and that I am considering discussing the matter with the union. Hopefully that'll scare 'em. I can appreciate that they've got to treat everyone equally when it comes to excessive absence, but they could at least approach the subject with sensitivity. I've always been completely honest with them about my reasons for phoning in sick. I don't suffer from lazyitis, if I phone in sick there is a reason for it.
They even asked me why I seemed to mostly phone in sick on the Saturday - the way they said it implied that they thought I had something better to do on the Saturday.
Anyone in the UK, please boycott Morrisons Supermarkets altogether. I certainly ain't going to shop with them anymore. I'm >--< this far away from handing in my notice, even though I can't afford to (credit card bill to pay off :( )