I need a doctor's note

[Aimster]

what do I do? just walk in there tell them I am sick and I need proof that I came to visit them?

All my prof needs is a note saying I went to visit the doctor.

I feel "blah", but I do not have a fever or show any symptoms. I just feel weak all around as if I am getting a bad cold.

My question is really .. do you think the clinic will provide some kind of note saying I came to visit them without me having a fever, etc?

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: Aimster
what do I do? just walk in there tell them I am sick and I need proof that I came to visit them?

All my prof needs is a note saying I went to visit the doctor.

I feel "blah", but I do not have a fever or show any symptoms. I just feel weak all around as if I am getting a bad cold.

My question is really .. do you think the clinic will provide some kind of note saying I came to visit them without me having a fever, etc?

My school has a particular note, the heading is something like 'student requests deferral due to illness) with a date, symptoms, doctor/nurse that you saw.

It's at the discretion of the prof as to whether they want to appease you or not though.

 

[Maximilian]

If you have no symptoms, you have to make them!

Go in sounding real weak, speak real slowly and wail + groan every now and then. Maybe say "i dont feeeeeell weelllll " and look unhappy. Then you will get a sick note for sure! :thumbsup:

 

[mugs]

too weak to go to class... that's a good one.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: Soviet
If you have no symptoms, you have to make them!

Go in sounding real weak, speak real slowly and wail + groan every now and then. Maybe say "i dont feeeeeell weelllll " and look unhappy. Then you will get a sick note for sure! :thumbsup:

Say you have diarrhea. Nobody lies about that!

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: mugs
too weak to go to class... that's a good one.

Yeah I've only managed to get a note three times.

Once when I had a blood clot in my left leg and I couldn't feel anything from teh waist down.

Once when I hadn't slept in a week.

Once when they had to send me to the hospital.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I went in to my University Health Services place and they said they couldn't give out notes. They also said professors were not allowed to ask for a note.

They told me that the teachers should know that they aren't supposed to ask for one and they directed me to give my teacher a link to the policy. I printed that up and handed it to him

 

[dawnbug]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I went in to my University Health Services place and they said they couldn't give out notes. They also said professors were not allowed to ask for a note.

They told me that the teachers should know that they aren't supposed to ask for one and they directed me to give my teacher a link to the policy. I printed that up and handed it to him

Yeah, professors aren't privy to your health info. In WI (I'm not sure if this is nation-wide), employers and professors aren't allowed to ask for detailed sick notes. I think they can ask for proof that you went to the doctor, but they aren't allowed to know for what or how serious your illness was.