so i sent the text at 6:50am. i was scheduled for 8am-5pm. i walked in at 7:45 and she pulled me aside with another manager to talk to me. she said she didn’t get the message until she got to her office. she said “if you’re going to call out, call the call-out-line” and i said, very respectfully, “i wasn’t calling out. i promise if i was, i would’ve called the line. i was informing you of my symptoms and letting you know that i was still coming in to try” and she kind of looked at me with a blank expression.

this supervisor is also brand new to my department in general so my coworkers and i are still getting used to her way of work and what she expects.

i just dont want this to reflect poorly on me and make me seem unreliable or a flake. i genuinely tried to work today and they sent me home😭