That's what "personal days" are for. Vacation days are days that are long planned. Sick days are last-minute days for when you are ill. Personal days are las

That's what "personal days" are for. Vacation days are days that are long planned. Sick days are last-minute days for when you are ill. Personal days are last-minute days for when, say, a pipe breaks in your apartment and you have to spend the day dealing with the mess. Or any other non-medical reason you have to be a person and not an employee for a day.