Would you use PTO for this kind of appointment?

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Anonymous wrote:Question for OP - would you use PTO for an appointment to get your hair cut and colored, or a visit with a personal stylist, or a mani/pedi? Because your botox appointment, despite being with a medical professional., is much more similar to those types of appointments than a doctor's appointment.

Yes, I would use PTO for that, but I'd come in the next day looking obviously different.

So how do I explain PTO for a vague appointment? People will question it.

You use sick leave for haircuts?

Also if your co-workers are asking for the intimate details of your doctor's visit, then you need a new job. I mark "appointment" on my calendar and go do my thing.

No, I use vacation time and take an entire afternoon.

The fact is, using sick time for a doctor's appointment would get the side-eye, because it's just not done at this company.

Wow - this is the first I’m hearing that doctors appts (medical and not aesthetics) can’t be covered under sick leave. This can’t be common, right?

You only use sick time if you're... sick! Not for well visits.

No, that's not the typical interpretation of sick leave. It's usually acceptable to use it for any medical appointment, notwithstanding self righteous PP.

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Anonymous wrote:Question for OP - would you use PTO for an appointment to get your hair cut and colored, or a visit with a personal stylist, or a mani/pedi? Because your botox appointment, despite being with a medical professional., is much more similar to those types of appointments than a doctor's appointment.

Yes, I would use PTO for that, but I'd come in the next day looking obviously different.

So how do I explain PTO for a vague appointment? People will question it.

You don’t. What kind of nosy workplace do you work that you have to explain everything? “I have a personal errand to attend to.” That’s it. When you go to a medical appointment, do you tell them if it’s for a mammogram or a cholesterol test? You probably just say “I have a routine appointment”.

My coworkers are nosy. They don't question "I have a doctor's appointment" but they DO question leaving for an appointment that requires taking PTO.

Great, but your coworkers need to grow up and concern themselves with their work, not your personal life. I've had a nosy coworker like this here and there. I pretend like I don't hear them or don't understand the question.