unsinkable Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 You have a job. You are sick, too sick to go to work. You need to stay home but first you need to inform your boss. Do you: *please see poll for choices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I voted that you are calling IN to work that you are sick. That is how It appears in my mind, but I have also said call out. When using "call out," I don't usually put "sick" behind the phrase. You either call out or call in sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Call in. Then you go to the doc because it turns out you probably have strep and you need meds and the doctor's note. (At least my ds did a couple weeks ago.) ETA: I've never heard the other two phrases before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Either you call IN to work sick or you call OFF work because you're sick. I voted the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I voted "call in" because that's the term I used when I was working. But I hear "call out" more now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Huh. Immediately I thought, "call out". Apparently I'm odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Easy peasy. You clearly call in (to work) to call out (sick from work). I voted call out. Because you are calling and saying you won't be in. We usually say only call out. "Are you going to call out?" Or "I'm going back to bed, I called out." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajfries Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 You are calling IN to work to tell them you're sick. I've never heard the term "call out". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Well, of those I would call in. However, my DH just uses email and says that he emailed work that he was sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 You are calling IN to work to tell them you're sick. I've never heard the term "call out". You are calling in to call out. :laugh: This sort of reminds me of the fact we often say "the alarm when off" when we mean it turned on. At least I do that and lots of people do.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Well, I've always said I need to call out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratford Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I used to say "call in" but my current workplace (of 7 years) uses the term "call off" so that's what I use, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I have never heard anyone say anything except "call in." Unless someone is the boss, and he can call off work, as in no one goes in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 At my job, you have to CALL IN and talk to a supervisor in order to let them know you need to CALL OFF a shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I said "call in". Dh actually emails his boss. He also emails those that work under him so that they don't waste time trying to find him if he's not in his "cube". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I call in sick. And then email my staff that I am out sick and to email/call with any questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 We send and "OOO" email to say that we'll be Out Of the Office. It used to be that we'd call in call in sick because we were making a call into the office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I use the term call in. I'm calling into the company to tell them that I'll be out. P.S. In reality, I email and say I'll be out, turn on my out of office message, and go back to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Easy peasy. You clearly call in (to work) to call out (sick from work). I voted call out. Because you are calling and saying you won't be in. We usually say only call out. "Are you going to call out?" Or "I'm going back to bed, I called out." :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I say call in, but I've heard call out as well. Never heard call off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I've never heard anything other than "call in". But like others, now I just email :) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewber Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'm in HR. I think our manual even says call off work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 When I worked out of the home, I would call to say that I would be out. So call out sick. Usually I hoped to get voice mail, so I didn't have to actually talk to my boss. I hardly took any days off (unpaid) from work over 7 years, but when I was out, all my classes needed to be canceled and team girls needed to double up levels in practice, so it was a pain in everyone's rear. So I tried to not do it often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Call in sick is the only one of those options that doesn't sound weird. But I would send a text or email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonesinIndiana Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I voted for call in sick. WARNING VENT AHEAD: I work for a MICROMANAGER and I have been instructed to call him between 6:30 and 7am. Never mind that he has to then call the receptionist to let her know that I'm not coming in at 8..... And she then has to get to work earlier to let my 8 o'clock patient know I won't be there. Sigh. I really, really, really HATE my Monday job. Continuing to look for a new Monday job..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Only on this message board would this question be asked.... :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I've never heard the other two, I voted "call in" as that is what I always told my boss when I left a voicemail in those sick days gone by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamzanne Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I've always said I would "call in sick". But my ex-husband's family says "call off", as in "I'm going to call off". They don't add the sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I generally use call in but I have heard call off too and understand it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 none of the above. I say I need to ring work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiMi 4under3 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 You use the phone to "call in" sick. When somebody is absent from work, they've "called out." With a Doctor's note, you're "off sick." :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Call in. Call out is dispute in my world as in "he was being an ass, so I called him out on it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Rose Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 How fun!! I'm in HR and where I work it's referred to as "calling out" sick. I'd never heard it phrased that way previously. Some managers, though, refer to it as their employee has "called off" sick. :-) It all works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I have always said call in, I have never heard the other phrases unless referring to the boss calling off work for everyone, like a shut down. Every job I have had that included an employee handbook of rules and such said call in as well. Like fraidycat said, calling out means you told someone to their face what you feel they are wrong about. OR if you are in a place of business that you need to dial 9 to call out before you can dial the actual number. And as kids we would call ON someone by knocking on their door to see if they could play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 None of the above. Here, we 'take a sickie'. Taking a sickie here means that you pretend to be sick to do other things for the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I've never heard anything besides calling IN to TAKE OFF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Call in sick. Calling off work is canceling the job. For instance, construction crews call off work for rain. You would call out for pizza or a hooker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Just got off the phone with ds1. Sounds like young people call out sick; only us oldtimers call in. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 It is so funny to me that you posted this today. Because today, for the first time in my life, I was talking with someone who used the expression, "call off sick." When he said it, it was like a little bump in the conversation - I didn't realize what sounded odd about his statement until I saw this poll. I have ever only heard (before tonight, anyway!), call IN sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I would always say "call in" sick but my DH always uses the phase "call off". Maybe has to do with type of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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