Other than being sick, what makes you want to call in sick to work?

[Scandia]

I was once tempted to call in sick to work when the night before I went to the emergency room with chest pains. Turns out they were just spasms- EKG said everything was normal. Tempting to skip work, but decided to go.

Also tempted to call in the day after my apartment flooded. I only had 5 hours of sleep and the carpet was still damp. But I went to work and told people why I was more irritable than usual. People said "you're always in a good mood", and nothing happened that made me overreact, but I was still quite sleepy and upset that day.

But this past Wednesday I just could not have made it. It was not just the sneezing, fevers, and body aches. I was actually quite dizzy for most of the day.