Reply #13: My advice might be kind of strange, but I would do it in two stages. [View All]

[Mike 03]

The moment you feel sick, even if it is in the middle of the night, or the evening before, call and just leave a message (or send an email to your supervisor) advising that you are not feeling well and will update them in the morning as to whether or not you are coming in.

Then call a second time to either affirm you will be in or cannot come in.

But in the event you truly and honestly become sick right before work starts, you just have to let them know ASAP. Or else, come in and get sick at work. That way people will believe you. (That is what I usually did.)