How ask doctor for sick leave?

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In my country (Poland), we go to our so called first contact doctor (i know it's sounds like a Star Trek ) a Pediatrist if you're kid or Internist if you're adult
for prescriptions and medical leave from work, school, university and so on.

How to talk to a doctor? I would like a medical leave, I work in gastronomy and more specifically in a confectionery, my head hurts and I have a cold, I'm afraid that it is something virus-like , in the morning before work I had 37 C, now I have 36 C for a change, I do not want to infect anyone.



My manager blamed me for coming to work with an infectious disease, but she told me to stay, said that instead of going to work today, I should go to my outpatient clinic, to my doctor for medical exemption, but she doubts that the doctor will write me a sick leave, because of a runny nose. She told me that she had recently been sick that she was taking antibiotics, but she came to work despite the fact that she feels weak because she does not imagine that she would not come to work.

I wanted to tell her that maybe Maybe she infected me with a disease, so maybe You buy you my eventual prescription from the doctor xD, but I will not tell her of course because she is my boss

I wanted to tell her that maybe it was then She infected me with a disease, so should buy you my eventual prescription from the doctor but I will not tell her of course because she is my boss

I must say that I admire her, she is mild aged but very strong-willed woman that would stand on her post no matter what, I would love to be more even half as organized as she

We work in the catering industry, so we have contact with food does not want to have on conscience that someone will infect

Tomorrow, there will probably be a lot of customers, there will probably be a lot of dishes for cleaning and tables to be wiped out, because that's what is my competence, taking care of cleanliness? But how should I do it if I still sneeze?

Earlier, I worked in the Polish KFC section, where the manager sent the employee home even if someone sneezed slightly.

This time I have a whole wet nose, my head hurts, and my manager suspects that I do not want to come to work tomorrow because of laziness, because tomorrow will be a lot of guests because it will be damn Halloween, a feast that fits the Polish like a fist to the nose!

Hello from Texas!

Here in the states, it's the same way. People think it shows virtue when they go to work even when sick, instead of showing maybe being a little reckless.

With your first contact doctor -- and I actually like the term! -- I think the way to play it is to view it as 50-50. It sounds like you no longer have a fever? But your head hurts and you have a wet nose. I'd say it's worth going. Be polite and matter-of-fact and view it as perhaps a 50% chance that you'll get a sick leave note.

PS I'm glad you find other reasons to admire your boss. To me, the fact that we can acknowledge that someone is a flawed and imperfect person, and yet easily find traits and characteristics to admire in them, is a sign of maturity on our part. It's a good thing!

Sorry for replying after such time, but thanks

I also think that boss going to work while is sick is a rather poor role model

Back than i got 3 days of sick leave later prolonged to another 3 days, 6 days in total.

I never run into this problem. When I am slightly ill but I can work, I will go to work. If I am too slow than usual, and start to feel really bad, I can tell my boss, that I am too ill and want to go home.

I never think of contaminating other colleagues and - because I work at school - students. If it is about illness, I am stricter than my boss is. She thinks: "You are either ill and you stay home, or you are fit, not ill, and come to work." I don't think about 0 and 1 in case of sickness. I think as follows: Can I manage to do the tasks for today or can't I? I still can do things when I have a headache or have a slight cold, even with a higher body temperature. It really matters how I feel. Not whether I am totally fit, or a bit less than fit.