KK10a

When you don’t feel well enough to go into the office to work, and you need to let them know, you might say, “I’ll __________.”

This question is new; it was not asked in the 1965–70 survey.

CALL IN SICK13
CALL IN3
“BE OUT OF THE OFFICE, SICK”1
“BE OUT, SICK”1
CALL IN TO WORK1
TAKE A SICK DAY1

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