it’s my 3rd week at work in a nursery, i’m only 16 and i got ill after my first week lol but ive been ill since and just coming into work because i didn’t wanna have days off since i was new. today i had a stomach bug before work but since im only 16 my parents still influence me and they were saying i can’t ring in sick to work. they told me on my first day if im ever sick to try ring in before 7.30 if i can. my shift starts at 9 and i usually get there at like 8:45 and my dad drops me off. i went upstairs and felt so unwell i almost started crying multiple times (don’t make fun of me😭) i made the ultimate decision to go to the office and tell them. this was all before my shift even started, and i told her i have a stomach bug and she said i can leave. she said ‘but try to remember to ring in before 7.30 next time because now we have to sort out staff’ she didn’t seem like rude about it that much or too annoyed, but now im just so stressed this will have a bad impact on my job. i’m walking home now feeling guilty for going home even tho i still feel really unwell. i apologised a lot before i left but im still so stressed this will have a negative impact. i guess it’s my own fault, but i am 16 and my parents have a big influence on what i can and can’t do even tho it’s my job and they wouldn’t allow me to call in. i’m walking home feeling so stressed and guilty