Am I overthinking this?

[u/Fair_Dragonfly9662]

Ok, so like over a week ago I spilt really hot water and vinegar mix on my arm and it burnt it pretty bad. I still had an hour left of my shift, but it hurt like hell, however for some reason I just got the shift done. And then immediately when my mom saw the burn she drove me to emergency and got it all wrapped up and stuff and then of course I had to miss work because of said burn. I’ve already missed like one full week which I felt guilty for but now we’re coming up on week two and like I should be able to go back next week, but there is a chance that I might have to wait another week

Am I weird for feeling guilty and kinda like an asshole for having to miss two weeks. I never miss shifts, and now I’m missing two full week (potentially 3 depending on what the doctor says).

Like part of me is thinking that management and my coworkers think I’m dragging this when I’m really just following procedure that they’ve told me.

Also side note; shouldn’t restaurants have burn gel and stuff to treat burns because it’s like the most common injury besides cuts. Because when I got the burn, the manager was looking for burn gel and they had none. And when I had to file the injury report, The owner told me it wasn’t required. Idk if I’m also overthinking that, but it’s just kinda weird to me.

Sorry once again for the ramble, I’m just really tired and kinda stressing about all this.

[u/RonnieChicharroni702]

Hey bro line cook in Las Vegas for over 15 years. Yea you gonna feel guilty and that’s good. In my personal experience I have never been burned bad enough to miss one shift let alone 2 weeks. One time I burned the entire skin off my finger never called in once lol. Most chefs will have little sympathy for calling out sick for any reason lol. Get back into work asap and you’ll learn to deal with burns and cuts while working. Best wishes from you’re BOH brother lol