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days off sick
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:50 am
by horton
ive been off work for the last 2 days cos i have a fucking shitty cold.
not just a sneeze, totally blocked nose, throat of death, aching body, etc
I know its making issues for my company, as students are being cancelled because im not available.
In another job, I would suck it up and go to work, however I dont feel able to teach 1 to 1 lessons, when Im leaking mucus and walking round like a zombie.
when you are sick do you put up with it and work, or do you phone them and spend the day in bed?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:59 am
by werldhed
I'll usually go to work, but I'll schedule my experiments so I have an easy load. I won't do 12+ hour experiments on those days. I can typically avoid too much interaction with people, so it works out.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:00 am
by Fender
fuck no, i stay home
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:03 am
by horton
werldhed wrote:I'll usually go to work, but I'll schedule my experiments so I have an easy load. I won't do 12+ hour experiments on those days. I can typically avoid too much interaction with people, so it works out.
thats my problem. im an english teacher, so my day at work is spent dealing with cunts who wanna talk to me and learn english.
if i was just sitting in an office, i would have gone today, but feeling shit and having to deal with some retarded kid learning ABCs or a researcher having me correct his scientific paper, is a fucking nightmare.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:06 am
by Scourge
I go to work usually. Just got over pretty much the same thing myself.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:27 am
by mjrpes
What are sick days for if you don't use em?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:34 am
by Sanction
mjrpes wrote:What are sick days for if you don't use em?
To call off Friday and enjoy an unplanned three day weekend?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:37 am
by 7zark7
I'm never sick...my wife is a witch and makes me drink potions.
I use my sick days for fuck it I wanna sleep in.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:55 am
by Hannibal
mjrpes wrote:What are sick days for if you don't use em?
mournin' yer dead dog?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:58 am
by +JuggerNaut+
in your case i'd stay home. it's different when you have to work close to people and/or the public rather than, say logging trees.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:19 am
by ForM
I've always worked with a lot of people.
When I get sick, I say fuck it, and work. Sooner or latter, some one is going to feel as bad as me.
And remember kids, someone somewhere, is coughing into a drink cup that you will be handed from some eatery.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:22 am
by stocktroll
lol no real man lets a cold keep them home
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:00 am
by ajerara
I go to work as long as I can stand up and walk.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:03 am
by Cyanex
You sound like a caring teacher, gives me the impression you would like to go and share your germs around.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:31 am
by MKJ
Sanction wrote:mjrpes wrote:What are sick days for if you don't use em?
To call off Friday and enjoy an unplanned three day weekend?
you nose it
sniffle
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:40 am
by Grandpa Stu
i rarely get sick. colds hardly last more than a day or two and i barely notice them to begin with. so if i get noticebly sick i usually know i should stay home and take it easy.
for the most part i dont mind sick people attempting to go out and work and whatnot. as long as they are still productive and aren't being to distractive while staying sanitary im fine. but if they're the kind that make it known to everyone they have a "slight cough" or "achy head" or if they slobber all over and dont try to keep things contained then they can outright go fuck themselves.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:15 am
by Ryoki
Fender wrote:fuck no, i stay home
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:30 am
by Foo
Last week I came down with some odd bug, plus I learned that I was being screwed out of about a weeks paid holiday due to them fiddling my allowances... so I could feasibly have worked, but didn't.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:38 am
by Dr_Watson
i stay home... thats what sick days are for.
i'd prefer it if the heros would just stay home as well. I hate it when someone comes in sick as a bitch, does 1/2 the work they can normally do, and then subsequently passes their plague onto 10 other people.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:41 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Dr_Watson wrote:i stay home... thats what sick days are for.
i'd prefer it if the heros would just stay home as well. I hate it when someone comes in sick as a bitch, does 1/2 the work they can normally do, and then subsequently passes their plague onto 10 other people.
...while complaining like a cunt the entire time. "god, i feel like shit" etc etc. fuck off.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:45 am
by Massive Quasars
Sanction wrote:mjrpes wrote:What are sick days for if you don't use em?
To call off Friday and enjoy an unplanned three day weekend?
Employers love that.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:49 pm
by DiscoDave
If i can handle it I would go to work depending on who's there. I was ill last week so I was allowed to work at home. My workplace are pretty good when it comes to things like that
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:10 pm
by S@M
get back to work u pussy, a cold is nothing. if your 1 to 1 teaching thats easier, just take your tissues and pills with you, sit further back from them and get them to do more talking.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:15 pm
by JB
if i have to work and im sick i tell myself to harden the fuck up and just go. I do, however, enjoy the odd monday off after a "busy" Sunday
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:17 pm
by Denz
I work for myself so I have to work regardless if I'm sick or not.