I'm sitting here at work and everyone is coughing and hacking.

Allegedly it's all "allergies".

Now I'm coughing myself.

I want to go home BEFORE I get sick. I know some of these mo-fos have a damned cold. It ain't no allergies.

Shouldn't employers allow you to go home "pre-sick"????

you could always wear a hazmat suit around work to subtly make your point

CNN has a story online today about how American workers don't use all of their paid days off.

If other Americans have a job like I do, you have to guard those days off like gold. I'm talking vacation and sick.

I have coworkers that use their days as soon as they accrue them, then when something big happens, like a major illness, injury or surgery, they have nothing but unpaid time off to fall back on.

It is also HUGELY frowned upon to take sick days. It's so frustrating. I don't want their cooties and they don't want mine, but we get about one day to be sick then get back to work so you don't put the others out.

I know that I have wanted to take a sick day because I feel a bad cold coming on and many times I just need to sleep, take meds and drink lots of water then I can get back to work, but none of us can do that. We have to plow through and be miserable.

XxAxX said:

you could always wear a hazmat suit around work to subtly make your point

I have a cubicle, so it's not like I can even close myself in.

If everyone with a cough went home, there would be NO ONE LEFT.

But yeah, we Americans can't seem to take time off, huh? Doesn't helo any that we have a whopping THREE sick days a year (and they don't carry over).

Maybe I can buy some acrylic tarps and build a "bubble" around my cubicle???

XxAxX said:

you could always wear a hazmat suit around work to subtly make your point

Does it come in blue?

I have bad allergies and lately I have been sneezing like crazy, watery eyes and nose and my throat is dry and rough so I have a nagging cough.

So I am NOT contagious but my allergies are kicking my ass.

Just sayin'.... and this dumb Zyrtec isn't working one bit.

Must be something in the air conditioning.

Most employers don't give a rats ass if you're not feeling well. They will send you home if they see you are "too sick" or "not productive" to get through the day.

PurpleJedi said:

I'm sitting here at work and everyone is coughing and hacking.

Allegedly it's all "allergies".

Now I'm coughing myself.

I want to go home BEFORE I get sick. I know some of these mo-fos have a damned cold. It ain't no allergies.

Shouldn't employers allow you to go home "pre-sick"????

Pre-Sick Next thing you know, people will want to get PRE-PAID.

Technically, we don't get any sick time at my job. But I am actually home sick today and I don't have to put in for vacation time or anything (I'm salaried).

I am expected to get my work done anyway and/or make reasonable accomodations. If you're out more than a few days, there's an official policy on when it becomes a short-term disaibility leave and your pay would drop, but I've never been out for more than a few days. And often I'm working from home intermittmently anyway.

But that's the cool thing. I can work from home if needed and, even better, so can my coworkers. It's pretty rare to see someone hacking and dying at the office and that's the way it should be. We also have hand sanitizer stations all over my building.

I agree that Americans need WAY more time off of work. I'm also someone who values my time away and I take every last bit of my earned vacation time. And I don't feel bad about it. I also don't feel bad saying "no" I can't work late.

CarrieMpls said:

Technically, we don't get any sick time at my job. But I am actually home sick today and I don't have to put in for vacation time or anything (I'm salaried).

I am expected to get my work done anyway and/or make reasonable accomodations. If you're out more than a few days, there's an official policy on when it becomes a short-term disaibility leave and your pay would drop, but I've never been out for more than a few days. And often I'm working from home intermittmently anyway.

But that's the cool thing. I can work from home if needed and, even better, so can my coworkers. It's pretty rare to see someone hacking and dying at the office and that's the way it should be. We also have hand sanitizer stations all over my building.

I agree that Americans need WAY more time off of work. I'm also someone who values my time away and I take every last bit of my earned vacation time. And I don't feel bad about it. I also don't feel bad saying "no" I can't work late.

i think you should be able to put a 'sick'

in your shedule whenever you find

somethin better to do than go to work

that day or at that time you wanna do

somethin else.

like next thurs, around 2:15

you got somethin better to say

go in today and say

"i'm gona be sick on thursday at about 2,

so don't expect to see me at 2:15"

the other day at work when i was on the phone i did a massive sneeze!!! and i splattered every where well it was unexpected!!!!

then when the call was over i went to get a tissue to clean the spots on my computer screen

but when i came back someone was sitting at my desk using my phone touching my stuff

....bless me

PurpleJedi said:

I'm sitting here at work and everyone is coughing and hacking.

Allegedly it's all "allergies".

Now I'm coughing myself.

I want to go home BEFORE I get sick. I know some of these mo-fos have a damned cold. It ain't no allergies.

Shouldn't employers allow you to go home "pre-sick"????

What you mean is, shouldn't they be mandated to allow for pre-sick days? If you have a paid time off bank, you can use your sick/vacation time. Nothing stops an employer from allowing it.

"Pre-sick." I'm stealing that!

Nothinbutjoy said:

CNN has a story online today about how American workers don't use all of their paid days off.

If other Americans have a job like I do, you have to guard those days off like gold. I'm talking vacation and sick.

I have coworkers that use their days as soon as they accrue them, then when something big happens, like a major illness, injury or surgery, they have nothing but unpaid time off to fall back on.

It is also HUGELY frowned upon to take sick days. It's so frustrating. I don't want their cooties and they don't want mine, but we get about one day to be sick then get back to work so you don't put the others out.

I know that I have wanted to take a sick day because I feel a bad cold coming on and many times I just need to sleep, take meds and drink lots of water then I can get back to work, but none of us can do that. We have to plow through and be miserable.

Huh? you don't get paid when you're sick?

Cloudbuster said:

CarrieMpls said:

Technically, we don't get any sick time at my job. But I am actually home sick today and I don't have to put in for vacation time or anything (I'm salaried).

I am expected to get my work done anyway and/or make reasonable accomodations. If you're out more than a few days, there's an official policy on when it becomes a short-term disaibility leave and your pay would drop, but I've never been out for more than a few days. And often I'm working from home intermittmently anyway.

But that's the cool thing. I can work from home if needed and, even better, so can my coworkers. It's pretty rare to see someone hacking and dying at the office and that's the way it should be. We also have hand sanitizer stations all over my building.

I agree that Americans need WAY more time off of work. I'm also someone who values my time away and I take every last bit of my earned vacation time. And I don't feel bad about it. I also don't feel bad saying "no" I can't work late.

robertlove said:

ThisOne said:

the other day at work when i was on the phone i did a massive sneeze!!! and i splattered every where well it was unexpected!!!!

then when the call was over i went to get a tissue to clean the spots on my computer screen

but when i came back someone was sitting at my desk using my phone touching my stuff

....bless me

Was I the only one thinking dirty thoughts about this post??

paintedlady said:

I have bad allergies and lately I have been sneezing like crazy, watery eyes and nose and my throat is dry and rough so I have a nagging cough.

So I am NOT contagious but my allergies are kicking my ass.

Just sayin'.... and this dumb Zyrtec isn't working one bit.

I hope you are rotating the kind of allergy medicine you use. Because if you use any allergy medicine (Claritin/allegra/Zyrtec) continually your body will compensate, not work as well and create more mucus. I change my medication every 2 to 3 months (2 months zyrtec/1month allegra). Also in peak allergy season I take benedryl at bedtime. If it's real bad I will take 1 benedryl during the day as well. You just have to make sure you wait till 4 hours after taking your regular allergy pill.

I also go without medication when possible.

I have only had allergies for 3 years, but the like to kick my butt.

Yeah...for the record...I caught the cooties.

Spent most of the weekend in bed with my sinuses threatening to explode.

PurpleJedi said:

Yeah...for the record...I caught the cooties.

Spent most of the weekend in bed with my sinuses threatening to explode.

ThisOne said:

PurpleJedi said:

Yeah...for the record...I caught the cooties.

Spent most of the weekend in bed with my sinuses threatening to explode.