Goddamn the flu

2/5/2008 8:46:53 AM

wait don't you realize what this means?

you can sit at home
get high and eat spaghetti-o's
watch cartoons

2/5/2008 8:47:51 AM

This is true. I don't know if I'll smoke up because my chest hurts bad enough right now. Spaghetti-O's are fair game though.

2/5/2008 8:48:58 AM

mucinex gets mucus out

2/5/2008 8:53:58 AM

i'd rather be at work than home sick

you're a chump for not taking sick leave when you're not sick

2/5/2008 8:59:18 AM

yeah mucinex and a neti pot should drain that shit out quixtar

do you have a vaporizer? that'd be the healthiest way for you to smoke medicinal herbs

2/5/2008 9:00:49 AM

Quote :

"i'd rather be at work than home sick"

Quote :

"you're a chump for not taking sick leave when you're not sick"

that's why I get a month of vacation every year.

2/5/2008 9:01:07 AM

Quote :

"you're an chump asshat for not taking sick leave when you're not sick"

No one else wants your germs.

I've only taken 3 days off in 5 years for sick leave. They were consecutive. I lost 8 pounds that week.

2/5/2008 9:02:31 AM

The only times I've called out from work: a HELLACIOUS hangover after a night of just me and some vodka, and mono. I've worked there for 2.x years

I'll go to work sick, and sanitize everything before I leave for the night, and touch things I can't sanitize with a glove on.

[Edited on February 5, 2008 at 9:03 AM. Reason : ^aha. see, if I get other folks sick, it means I have to work more. possibly while sick. ]

2/5/2008 9:03:11 AM

The last time I took sick leave before this one was October 2006, where I was out for over a month when I had all that shit done w/ my eye.

2/5/2008 9:05:25 AM

^^ u ocd?

2/5/2008 9:42:58 AM

^^^ that is very considerate

2/5/2008 9:50:08 AM

Even if you sanitize things that you touch while you are at work, what about the germ droplets you breathe out?

2/5/2008 10:14:54 AM

I didn't say it was foolproof

I've checked with my boss: unless I can give them at least a day's notice, they'd rather I come in sick than call out. If I don't come in, they have to find someone else to work, or someone has to stay late. Someone who has been there since 7am; I get off at 10pm.

2/5/2008 10:21:56 AM

Hehe yeah

Not that this applies to all workplaces, but when people come into work sick, it decreases the productivity of the entire company (I think Toyota or something like that did a study...)

2/5/2008 10:25:43 AM

I'm about to go sit in a steam bath for an hour or so. See if that will help open me up a little

2/5/2008 10:51:20 AM

I was probably out "sick" for 3 or 4 days last year

and then i was out really sick for probably 15 days since i got mono and a whole bunch of other stuff

surprised i still have a job

2/5/2008 11:21:15 AM

Quote :

"mucinex gets mucus out"

boy howdy, that stuff works

2/5/2008 11:22:25 AM

^^I don't know about your case, but a REALLY strong work ethic, even if you don't come in when sick, will really save your ass.


^does it ever. Bf and I were both sick. We went camping in the mtns in october (yes, I know now that was a bad idea). I had been religious about taking the mucinex and he hadn't. (in part because I had worse congestion than he did). He ended up with very bad bronchitis (so bad the docs at first thought he had pneumonia). I had ...nothing

2/5/2008 11:23:38 AM

I just coughed up a gigantic purple and green booger from the depths of my lungs.

even though it's pretty disgusting, I feel like it's sorta an accomplishment

2/5/2008 6:19:48 PM

how did you get purple stuff to come out....i need to work on this

2/5/2008 6:38:48 PM