It is not great and i don't excuse it. I can however explain why it happens: This is done in Germany because especially in jobs where many people do the same t

It is not great and i don't excuse it. I can however explain why it happens: This is done in Germany because especially in jobs where many people do the same thing and aren't paid very highly, people fake sick to get a day or two off. A relative of mine works as a train attendant, and around days where locally something big happens, or around national holidays (from which they're excempt) her coworkers suddenly send in slips about coughs and throat pains from their doctors at much higher rates than usual.