It's a dilemma many of us have faced - whether to call in sick to the office when you wake up feeling under the weather, or brave heading in and spreading your germs. However, for one man - whose company requires a sick note even for a single day off - he handed his bosses more than just the usual doctor's letter. The unnamed worker, from Alberta, Canada, instead came armed with with a scathing note from his GP, giving the firm - believed to be Pizza Hut - a ticking off for its office policy 'wasting his time'. A man said to be an employee of Pizza Hut shared his doctor's sicknote with a friend, who posted it on Reddit . A friend of the employee posted the letter on Reddit under the title, 'my friends work requires a doctors note if you call in sick', and it has now be shared thousands of time online. Clearly annoyed at having their time 'wasted' writing sick notes for common colds, the unnamed Canadian doctor opens the letter praising their patient for 'sensibly staying home from work'. The GP writes that the patient, 'has had, by their own report, a cold today and sensibly stayed home from work rather than spreading this to his colleagues/customers. 'I have no test for the common cold and therefore believe him/her, however you feel his time and mine should be wasted by making him sit in the walk in clinic for hours and me spending time writing a sick note that I could be spending on people who genuinely need my attention. 'Please reconsider your policy on this - there are surely better ways of wasting your tax dollars.' The note posted on the social media site has had 4,340 comments and the poster, who goes by the name eaglel66 only reveals that the employee is a friend of his. Employers sick policies vary around the world but this doctors' note sparked a lively debate on Reddit . Commenters were outraged, with one posting: 'I'm sorry, but any workplace that requires a note for sickness is ridiculous. We're grown a** people.' But some Redditors defended the doctor's note system. One commenter, dyakies wrote: 'I'm a waitress and I have to provide a doctor's note. I get people abuse the system but I'M DEALING WITH FOOD AND THE PUBLIC.' Although one, more cynical, person added: 'Is your friend "sick" a lot? I never required any documentation, until I noticed one of my guys has "allergies" mostly on Mondays.' On Imgur, JohnnieTheShrubber wrote: 'Does he also have to raise his hand to use the loo?'
Pizza Hut worker from Alberta, Canada, got a cold and called their GP.
Doctor wrote letter to their employer saying they don't need a sick note.
Opens the letter praising patient for 'sensibly staying home from work'