why?

Quite giving the OP grief, I have worked in the food service industry before and very few managers will care if your arm is loped off. If you start missing work you are quickly replaced, it doesn't matter to them if it was legitimate or not (especially in this economy). The best he could hope for was that they send him home early, which they didn't so obviously they didn't care.

why didnt u take off. or let someone else do the talking and u do something else

OP, I feel your pain. Same thing happened to me last year. Hope your boss was as kind as mine was and supplied you with frozen treats to ease the pain.

oh myyyy....haha. that sucks. feel better

For people saying she should have taken the day off, maybe OP can't afford to. It's likely that she needs money for gas, rent, food, school, etc.

This person probably couldn't afford the sick day, or had coworkers who weren't able to cover for her. In the retail food industry, they'll replace you in a heartbeat if you take sick too often. She probably has bills to pay, hence the "forcing myself into work". As for the whiteboard, if the laryngitis is that bad that's probably your only way to communicate. Get better soon dude.

Sucks for you, but some days you really should just stay home. It's possible that the adults were unsympathetic because it looked like someone who was visibly contagious was handling their food and their children's food.

What's laryngitis?

You probably should have taken a day off to recover somewhat but even so I'm impressed you still tried to work. Feel better OP.