That "hope you get well" sounded a lot like..
"I'm sorry but.. you made me do it; it wasn't My fault; don't look at Me!"
Can't comment on the execrable excuse for a "personnel policy" - which assigns [1-n] vacation VS sick. This would have been Draconian back when I was a tyke.. how transparently has Murican Corporatocracy tipped it's hand!
Who gives a shit what your predecessor did? This lightweight (given your report of min. absences to date) cannot seem to grok the difference between Person #1 and Person #2.
And moving-on to pre-teen guilt-tripping next - pretty much demonstrates that the first impression is spot-on. Hope you find a lateral arabesque before you have to borrow my remaining 15 grains of scopolamine hydrobromide..
If you feel like shit Monday .?.
Well, you know -
Luck in dealing with the underdeveloped,
Ashton
Gawd but.. Mediocrity sucks!