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When do you call in sick, and when do you suck it up and go to work?
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Sep 24, 2009 04:13AM
Because I need to know! Thanks much!
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Call in sick when you are sick. If you have sniffly sneezy achey, do NOT go to work.
Sucking it up and going on in usually just insures that everyone else gets sick too.
i went 15 years at work without calling in sick or being late. that stretch included some weird infection i got in africa and two broken bones (ankle, foot). that loyalty helped much as the factory closed down over two years ago. i went another year plus on my new job and then got really sick and missed 4 days in a row. guess i have been blessed to not have really been that sick over the years. during my heavy drinking days i never missed due to a hangover despite feeling like amy winehouse on many occasions. i toughed those days out since they were self inducedeveryone has their own tolerance levels and i agree with stephen that if you have a fever or could be infectious you should stay home
Especially with Pig Flu screwing around the world. What if you went in your weakened condition, and contracted said Pig Disease? Oh the shame.
No, I called in. Ninth time in nine years. I've got, oh, about 80 days left:)
I almost never call in sick, even when I am (unless I know I'd be contagious or there's a possibility I might pass out at work) - in fact the last time I was sick (with bronchitis but I didn't know until a day after I was sent home, 2 years ago) my boss sent me home for a few days. I spent my time watching The Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys series.I never stayed home with illness when I was in high school, either. I missed one day of school during my junior year. That's all. I missed getting a perfect attendance award by one day.
I just like to be around other people/my peers.
Stephen wrote: "Heidi is a spreader of disease?"I don't go in if I'm knowingly contagious. I said that.
Everyone has lost their sense of humor. Clearly this is Throttling Thursday
Stephen... it's 8 in the morning.
I haven't had a sick day since 2006. It seems I made need a mental health day soon though. I don't call in easily, but I don't get sick easily.
Heh. I got it, Stephen!I think I may have said this before, but the U is getting pretty crazy about the swine flu thing. And I can't stop sneezing, those huge, window-rattling sneezes that scare people nearby. So I think I made the right decision.
Read somewhere that 90% of all flu cases are in fact H1N1. :) So one time, I got this flu, and missed one entire week of my trial exam! ...had to retake it later though...
Oh, and the same day I left, someone else reported that they'd had a confirmed case of H1N1, so the school announced it on the PA system, and all the kids sharing a hall with me panicked because they thought it was me! *cackles*
ACH!!!! THE MATT!!!!!*keeps very still*
I'm just curious why you post so frequently.
...eh...what?Is this a trick? Are you going to eat me after I speak to you and answer all your questions? Do I have to tell you stories for 1000 nights so that you'll forget you want to eat me?
...eh...what?Is this a trick? Are you going to eat me after I speak to you and answer all your questions? Do I have to tell you stories for 1000 nights so that you'll forget you want to eat me?
Just answer the question.
Why I post so frequently? Don't a lot of people do this?
*keeps very still* *sniffs for the ficus*
Yes, but you seem to post 50+ times a day. And it's often just inane banter.I'm not faulting you... I'm simply curious.
No I don't! I post once or twice a day, on several different threads! *cackles* OR...According to someone whom I will not name, I'm a sentient robot and frequently hack into the system so I can spread my madness.
Do I have to hide now? ...Are you going to eat me now?
Banter is not inane. The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play. *cackles*
Simplicity. Yes. Inquiring minds want to know.
...The Matt is gone...where could he be? Inquiring minds want to know what??
See, you baffled again.
Want to know the truth -- or a reasonable facsimile.
Be specific, Larry! The bunny doesn't know the answer to everything..oh wait, she does! 42.
Truth to everything?? 42. Was that what you meant?
Goodnight, Larry! See ya in a few! Dream of dancing bunnies!
?? Larry...?? How many fingers, Larry! HOW MANY!!!SOMEONE! GET SOMEONE!
*cackles under his breath, lurches toward sleep*
Bye, Larry! Dream of bunnies! ALL HAIL BUNNYZILLA!
I don't have h1n1, just so you now...sinus infection/bronchitis. H1n1 apparently hurts more. Like your muscles are in pain. But it's good to know what I have, because I was feeling like a wuss, and now I can wear my illness like a badge:)
I never thought you had Pig Flu RA. I was just fear mongering. That's my job you know. I hope you feel better, though.
