Sick people stay home!

[phyncke]

So today - yes, this is a rant. A coworker walks into my work space to tell me something and then says they have a really sore throat and don't feel well. They better go home etc. Honestly, stay away from me with your illness and disease. Why do people come into the office when they are sick? Unless she got that sore throat at work, she had no business even coming in to contaminate all of us with her germs. She was not looking good the day before so I think she knew but hard to say.

This is a major pet peeve of mine. Every flu poster I have seen says "Stay home when you are sick" clearly. You don't need to be a hero, we don't want your disease here. Stay away. She could have informed everyone she was sick with an email from home (as she has done in the past).

Don't worry, I was nice to her - gave her one of my Ricola cough drops (I am addicted to those) and sent her on her way (quickly).

I have managed to be reasonably healthy - without a flu shot this year by washing my hands, getting lots of sleep and staying away from sick people. I had one little bug but nothing major.


by yueshi

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[nienna-weeper.livejournal.com]

It's hard not to try to work when you have a boss who works when he's ill. And he complains when you take sick time - amazes me, really.

I found out that right before I got pneumonia one of my coworkers kept working through her pneumonia. Which means she probably gave me bacterial pneumonia... Very, very frustrating.

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

That is the culture then. It is your right to take time off when sick but I can see how that is.

And that is really bad. Very frustrating indeed!