I don't understand why you guys even give excuses over the phone. When you call out you say "I'm sick". When they ask what's wrong your response is "I'm sick". End of discussion.
This is not an option where I work---we can't simply "book off" and "book on". If we are sick we need to call in each and every day up to 3 days----if we are going to be out for 3 days or more we need to have a doctor's note or other documentation.
Agree with that. Don't get caught in a lie saying you're sick when you're not. All you need is to run into your center manager when you're down the pub drinking that day.
ALSO, haven't checked into this yet, but I was told by management the other day that if you ask for an optional and are denied...... if you then bang in - they won't pay you.
This tells me you should just bang in. You think you're doing the right thing by asking first, but as usual they will turn around and stick it up your butt if you do.
Dumb, dumb, dumb.....