Ok, here's the deal: I'm leaving my current company to work for a different company in about 3 weeks. I have always been a super reliable employee (never call in sick, always on time, etc.). Well, it has been brought to my attention that I currently have 5 days worth of sick pay and I'm almost positive that I won't get paid out for these once I leave the company.

So we come to my dilemma. I'd like to use these "sick days" before I leave this job, otherwise I won't get any use out of them. Now, I already talked to my manager (who I'm really cool with) and he said that he obviously can't authorize me to schedule sick days but did kind of guide me as to when, if I needed to call in, would be best. So, what do I do? I don't want everyone at work to hate me for thinking I'm screwing them over, but I also would like to get some PTO for this. What do you think?