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[Lord of Oop North]

If you're sick enough that you are going to bitch to your coworkers all day about how sick you are, then you are sick enough to stay home. We don't want to fucking hear it.

[Shryke]

Lord of Oop North, on 12 December 2012 - 07:04 PM, said:

If you're sick enough that you are going to bitch to your coworkers all day about how sick you are, then you are sick enough to stay home. We don't want to fucking hear it.

Wow, I never thought of it, but being sick is alot like being high or drunk when you put it that way.

[Melonica Stormborn]

You see, that's why I like working at home. You can be sick and still work and not infect anyone. That's why I hate it too - instead of resting they expect you to work since you're at home anyway.

As an Asian, I still feel guilt for calling in sick or leaving work on the dot (some conditioning, huh), but overall I've grown very laidback so it balances out.

Edited by Melonica Stormborn, 12 December 2012 - 08:57 PM.

[Minaku]

Melonica Stormborn, on 12 December 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

You see, that's why I like working at home. You can be sick and still work and not infect anyone. That's why I hate it too - instead of resting they expect you to work since you're at home anyway.

As an Asian, I still feel guilt for calling in sick or leaving work on the dot (some conditioning, huh), but overall I've grown very laidback so it balances out.

If you aren't working yourself to death, clearly you are doing it wrong.

[Melonica Stormborn]

Minaku, on 12 December 2012 - 08:58 PM, said:

If you aren't working yourself to death, clearly you are doing it wrong.

I know, right?

As I've said before, I'm a workhorse on a normal day, but I've long ago reconditioned myself to choose my well-being first. Just show them that you're reliable, I think a good boss won't mind that you take sick days sometimes or that you don't do overtimes as long as you do your job well.

Edited by Melonica Stormborn, 12 December 2012 - 09:06 PM.

[Raidne]

To AG, Terra, etc. those seem like situations where risking spreading the illness to a few people might be worth it because your position to fill is pretty key, yeah?

[Howdyphillip]

I had surgery preformed on the bottom of my foot last week. I stepped on an inch and a half long by half an inch wide piece of glass, and it buried itself in my heel up to the bone. They had to shove needles in the bottom of my feet, and then cut it wide open to remove it.

Two hours later, I went to work and walked on it for 16 hours. Unless I physically can't come in, I go to work.

I have never taken a sick day, and I have been late only twice in the last 20 years. Now... I sometimes say no to jobs for a plethora of different reasons, but once I say yes, hell or high water I am there. I do realize not everyone works in a career where this is possible.

Edited by Howdyphillip, 13 December 2012 - 12:03 AM.

[Zerrex]

The old thing back in school for me was whether I was puking. I think I stayed home sick 3 times during all of elementary and high school. This was the case in all circumstances. There was one situation where I really messed up my neck, such that I was in really apparent pain whenever I turned my head. I think I went to school after a morning in a hot tub and lunch.

I don't get sick that much, usually if I get something that would keep me home, it's the weekend or break and usually feel alright by the beginning of the week.

[BigFatCoward]

Brady, on 12 December 2012 - 06:10 PM, said:

If you're getting bored at home, how many times have you jacked off? Just go and jack off again. You are a man, BFC. You were provided with equipment that ensures you should never be bored.

when blood comes out the end is it time to stop?

i'm so upset, i'm still off so i may have to delay the Hobbit.  i would physically hurt someone who was coughing all through a film.

[Isis]

Are you too sick to come to Chelsea and watch the Hobbit today? I have a spare ticket for the 12.40 showing. Text me if you can suppress your cough for three hours...

[Which Tyler]

Depends on your work.
Is there decent backup for work? can you work from home? or are you and your presence absolutely essential?

Personally, I don't work in an office, so don't need to worry about annoying/distracting or infecting my co-workers.

I spend about 10-15 minutes a time with patients, so I don't really need to worry about being contagious, though it would be off-putting if I was spluttering away constantly (I tend not to get that with colds, a good coughing fit outside between patients, and access to tissues and anti-bac. tend to be all I need to be fine). I postpone new patients (who need a lot longer) when I'm ill, and I'll reduce/spread out my workload, letting patients know what state I'm in, and leaving it for them to make adult decisions for themselves.

I tend to work through migraines... if I can get there in the first place (have had a complaint about that, when a patient thought I wasn't paying 100% attention to them because I needed the lights to be down low, but that said more about the patient than anything else) but quite honestly, it's the travelling to and from work that is the issue there. My brain and body still work, it just hurts to do so, but that's only pain.

If there's any D&V then trying to work through it is silly; broken bones would make it impossible to work.

Edited by Which Tyler, 13 December 2012 - 07:13 AM.

[Nichole]

I wish I had the option of working from home. That would solve the problem of I have  with colds. For me, I usually have a fever for a day or two and those are the days I will call in. Then, I'm not totally better by any means, but for about a week to two weeks later I'm still stuffy, sneezing, coughing and blowing my nose. I can't just take off for a week or more, so I come to work.

[Mandy]

Isis, on 12 December 2012 - 05:54 AM, said:

If you're too sick to go to the pub then you are probably too sick to go to work. That is my professional opinion.

Ugh.  I've definitely been doing it wrong then

[Minaku]

There are so many jobs nowadays that can be done through telecommuting.  I am not seeing how a modern company needs to have 100% of its staff physically present in an office at any given time.  It's not like they aren't on Facebook or Google+ and you can't reach them.

[Cora Stark]

when you are incapable of performing at your best.
if I have more than a cold and I am hacking out my lungs I will not go to work and risk contaminating others.
I think it's somewhat selfish when people go to work when they have a virus that can contaminate there surroundings and put others at risk.

[Which Tyler]

Minaku, on 13 December 2012 - 12:21 PM, said:

There are so many jobs nowadays that can be done through telecommuting.  I am not seeing how a modern company needs to have 100% of its staff physically present in an office at any given time.  It's not like they aren't on Facebook or Google+ and you can't reach them.

Not all companies are large

[Howling Mad]

Fever = day off

[GSP]

Depends on the illness.

If it's a severe case of the fuckits, just stay home.

Edited by GSP, 14 December 2012 - 03:30 PM.

[Aemon Stark]

To play devil's advocate, unless you have influenza or TB or some other easily transmissible, active - and at least moderately serious - infection, you're not really so sick that you pose much risk to others. If you are able to stay home, by all means do so, but not everyone can. It's all well and good to say that you might "infect" others, except that you were probably shedding virus prior to ever having symptoms. Indeed, you can be infected and not have any symptoms at all.

As for contaminating others, just wash your hands and cough/sneeze into your sleeve. In fact, do this all the time. Routine precautions with frequent handwashing are perfectly adequate.

Most of the time I don't have any backup if I'm sick. It's easier as a medical learner where you are often more helpful than essential, but as staff you often won't have someone else to cover your clinics. Rejigging call schedules to accommodate illness is very political and *will* be resented unless it's actually serious. But a cold, even a "bad" one? You're going to be working unless you actually can't, ideally excusing yourself from extra activities.

[Fragile Bird]

I was going to start another thread, but I was sure I had seen this topic fairly recently.

On the weekend I started to have a ticklish throat and a cough.  Yesterday I went to work but was totally unproductive.  The receptionist looked utterly miserable, and told me she and another colleague from the office, both of whom I chatted to on Friday afternoon, became very ill Friday night.  Their colds got rapidly worse, they got very weak, and in the middle of the night, got so cold their blankets couldn't keep them warm and they shivered all night.  The receptionist's husband got so worried he wanted to take her to emergency.  She spent the entire weekend in bed, but figured the worst was over so came to work.

I have this cough/ache in my throat, and I can feel weakness in my arms and legs, but I'm well enough to go to work.  And I just read Aemon Stark's post above mine, and I'm thinking maybe I should go to work.  But will I make myself worse?  Will I make people sick?

What do you think?