u/Jazzyfish59

This was back at the height of lockdown, and I worked at a riding stable. This facility, like almost all places at the time, wouldn’t allow employees to come to work if they had Covid (rightly so). One morning, I woke up with a massive migraine (I got them frequently even before Covid). I called to take a sick day, and they said fine, but you’ll have to take a Covid test before you can come back. I said it’s not Covid, migraines aren’t even a symptom of it. My boss said “Well we have to be sure; our policy says either have a negative test or you can’t come to work for 10 days.” (Keep in mind, our work was almost entirely outside in the fresh air). So I said Fine then, I’ll take the 10 days. Faced with the possibility of having to clean stalls and feed out hay by herself for nearly 2 weeks, she suddenly “discovered” a way I could return earlier. As in, the next day (which is when I felt better anyway). She decided not all illnesses were Covid and sometimes a migraine is just a migraine LOL. She gave me two options, I chose one, then gets upset when i didn’t choose the one she wanted. I’d have been perfectly willing to get the test if she just said that, but she threw in the 10 days option.