I'm so allergic to cats I couldn't work in a kennel I wish I could though, I love animals!

As far as people being 'sick' at the restaurant, when I worked in retail I found out a lot of interesting things about that. Just because someone says they're sick, doesn't mean they are. I don't know how the restaurant you work at is, but where I worked they're were like, 50 people that worked there, so there was always SOMEONE to cover. Also there wasn't much job loyalty. I would get desperate emails at all hours from people saying they were throwing up etc etc and I would ask them the next time I saw them how they were feeling. Very rarely were they actually sick. Usually it was like 'oh, I was hungover,' or 'oh, I had an appointment and the managers didn't give me the day off,' or ' I ate too much fried food and had a stomach ache.' I wouldn't worry too much