28 Sick Day Memes for Employees Who Used All of Their Days Off For Summer Vacation

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

Jul 12, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

Being sick when it's hot outside is the worst. Your fever is raging and even though the AC is cranking, it's too hot to take refuge under the covers to hide from your inflamed sinuses. You can't even enjoy a nice bowl of soup without sweating through your t-shirt!

Colds were not made for hot seasons.

Besides, since you've already used all of your combined PTO and sick days on your 10-day tropical vacation in the Caribbean, you'll likely be clocking into your 9-5 anyways. So much for a restful sick day! Luckily, we've all been in this boat before, which means there's a plethora of summer sick day memes out there to make us laugh at the pain of sneezing away the day and taking enough DayQuil to sedate a hose. Keep scrolling to get a laugh (then a cough) out of this collection of cold n' flu memes that'll have you wishing you were curled up on the couch with chicken noodle soup, some saltine crackers, and the Price is Right reruns.