Do you go to work when your sick - Page 2

Detritus · 02-01-2003, 10:40 AM

I have worked with a slight fever and nausea not vomiting, if I have a cold I always work... I drive 30 miles to work every day, I actually stopped and puked half way to work once and turned around to go home. If I am vomiting I stay home...

Self induced brown bottle flu I have to work through it to punish myself..

Chuckiechan · 02-01-2003, 11:14 AM

If bio terror gets loose, where do we draw the line.

My boss has prepared responses:

Ebola? Ok, you can go home after you finish your project!

Smallpox? Nope zits don't count, back to your desk!

Botulism? Yeah, the water gives everyone a headache! It's only temporary - get busy!

Thank God for sickleave!

Theophylact · 02-01-2003, 12:48 PM

No, and I have about 1100 hours of sick leave I can use. I've rarely been sick, and most of the leave I take is for going to the dentist or for routine medical checkups (some of which, because I've had an angioplasty, take several hours). If I am sick, I sure don't want to pass it on to my co-workers.

But then, I'm a Federal employee, and I have pretty decent medical coverage, including sick leave that never expires.

Wizzard~Of~Ozz · 02-01-2003, 12:53 PM

I work almost every day, I have only called in sick once, but I was up all night throwing up, and was still throwing up when I called in.

Now I'm off on sick leave, but I just wanna work.

vass0922 · 02-01-2003, 05:49 PM

There isn't much that will stop me from going to work. Its the dignity involved.. no stupid cold is going to keep me from doing my job... last year I was sent home by my boss. I have sick leave, and I could take it.. I just refuse to unless I'm calling in dead

RustyGT · 02-01-2003, 06:06 PM

I take casual pay for my daily effort.

Costs me $100 to have a day off.

Fair incentive to turn up.

Becomes Pythonesque.

You have no arms! Just a flesh wound!

R.

cowboybooter · 02-01-2003, 08:04 PM

I was sick once, but as above, I work in hospitals,...............

If I go sick, operating lists get cancelled, so I take pills/potions/crutches/painkillers, and go to work,.....

C'est la vie...........

CBB

02-01-2003, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cowboybooter
I was sick once, but as above, I work in hospitals,...............

If I go sick, operating lists get cancelled, so I take pills/potions/crutches/painkillers, and go to work,.....

C'est la vie...........

CBB

/rant on

You and nunya are the bane of my working life!!

I'm the poor sucker who has to run around fixing up the flu/gastro epidemics that the sick staff start!

Hospitals are NOT good places to go to when you are sick (as a worker, I mean...

) - too many ppl already there that are fair game for really serious consequences of simple infections (like the flu or gastro).

/rant off

Yes, I normally go to work when sick, as no-one replaces me.

Cheers
Mick

jerrygarcia · 02-02-2003, 12:48 AM

Sick - yes, injured - no. I work a 24/48 shift. Since I'm at work for 24 hrs, we have beds. When the alarm goes off, instant adrenaline, then go back to bed. I did call in sick in '96 once. If I am truly pukey sick, I take a vacation day and save the sick leave as I have a cap on vacation hours but not on sick leave. I have 1400 hours of sick leave but can only bank up to 276 hours of vacation. What you have to remember is that when I take a day off, it's 24 hours, not 8 hours.

RedFury · 02-02-2003, 09:53 AM

As long as I don't have to throw up, or have diahrea I'm at work.

My problem is that I work in peoples homes, and I'm almost always coating myself away from the available bathroom ( hardwood floors ), so if I can't get to a bathroom in a moments notice, I don't work. As long as I can lift my buffer, stand the smell of polyurethane and drive my truck, I'm at work. Of course, I get NO sick days, and it took me 5 years to get 2 weeks of vacation.