• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Love the jokes but appreciate the reminder: don’t come to work sick. Even if that bastard tries to get you to. The people they persuaded to work sick are the reason they’re short-staffed today, and it will only get worse if you’re in there infecting others.

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      1 year ago

      Keep telling my girlfriend this. Stop feeling bad that they’re short staffed. You’re not management, it’s not your problem.

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        1 year ago

        The issue is when you know your coworkers will be much more stressed because you didn’t come in. You still shouldn’t go to work if you’re sick, but I try not to call out that often for the same of the people I work with.

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          1 year ago

          But if you go to work sick, there’s a good chance you’ll make your coworkers sick, and then you’re the one who has to deal with them taking a sick day.

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      The guy in the cubicle next to me sounds like he’s dying. I have my desk fan pointed in his direction in a likely fruitless attempt to keep from being colonized by whatever noxious beasties he is fogging the air with.

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        Ugh, I hope you’ve got a good mask and the latest flu and covid shots. Not for the sake of your boss! But for your safety and comfort. Maybe your cellmate there could come up with a reason for a half-hour one-on-one with the boss in their office. Coughing and wheezing the whole time.