Originally Posted by
sailingfun
It's not usually a good thing. It's strictly at the whim of the scheduler. They can flag anything. Usually a phone call can resolve it. The one thing I hear is getting attention is being out of position for short call.
I got one about a year and a half ago (actually the last time I called in sick... Cal Flanigan I am not) when I got short called early AM, thus waking me up, and I had a pretty good fever and sore throat. It's pretty much automatic if you get assigned something and then bang in sick for it.
The CP that I talked to was very gentle and professional with the rubber gloves.
They know these things happen, just trying to make sure you're not abusing it.