Do you stay off work when you have a manky cold
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fractionMan
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We had this discussion last yeartony1798 said:
1: I don't see why I should be making my boss even more money when my contract (and law) allows me time off if I'm sick.
2: I don't want to give it to everyone else.
fractionMan
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Personally, I don't get wrecked on school nights. So the argument doesn't apply to me at all.tony1798 said:
fractionMan
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Here it is
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=143234&page=9&highlight=time+off
*stands well back*
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=143234&page=9&highlight=time+off
*stands well back*
Most of the time when people phone in sick cos of a 'cold' its usually a blatant 'sickie'.
On the other hand, genuine flu is perfectly good reason to stay at home.
My old workplace was pretty flexible about allowing to use one of our flexileave (if we had accumuilated some) or annual leave days on the spur of the moment. That meant we could have a heavy night and then phone in, and not feel guilty.
On the other hand, genuine flu is perfectly good reason to stay at home.
My old workplace was pretty flexible about allowing to use one of our flexileave (if we had accumuilated some) or annual leave days on the spur of the moment. That meant we could have a heavy night and then phone in, and not feel guilty.
EastEnder
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Once again, I don't understand this obsessing about being "heroic" just because you go to work with a mild cold....wishface said:
I go to work because I am in a fit state to work, if I weren't, I wouldn't go.I'm not for one moment suggesting that people should act foolishly towards their own health, or knowingly adversely affect others when it can be avoided. I'm just looking for a bit of common sense here. Mild infections are 2 a penny, they always have been, they always will be. Germs are everywhere. And whilst I have nothing beyond assumption to back it up, I'll bet you any amount that I'm exposed to far more germs on my daily tube journey than I'm ever exposed to at work.
And I'm sorry, but I do think it's naive to blame colleagues for giving you a cold. I wholeheartedly agree with objecting to people coughing & sneezing everywhere and making no attempt to stifle their noxious emissions. That's just fucking disgusting - my mum taught me from an early age to cover my mouth, use a tissue, etc, etc. But ultimately the facts are there - the person sitting opposite you coughing will have been harbouring the germs for days before showing symptoms. As long as people employ very basic hygiene habits - using tissues, washing their hands properly after going to the loo or a massive sneezing fit, being careful around eating & drinking utensils, etc - the risks are pretty minimal.
We live in a world of germs, and whilst I have every sympathy for those infected and can empathise with the desire to point the finger of blame, I think it's simplistic & naive.
fear-n-loathing
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if I don't go to work I don't get paid so even if I feel really shit I still usually go in
Hollis
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EastEnder said:Once again, I don't understand this obsessing about being "heroic" just because you go to work with a mild cold....
I'm not for one moment suggesting that people should act foolishly towards their own health, or knowingly adversely affect others when it can be avoided. I'm just looking for a bit of common sense here. Mild infections are 2 a penny, they always have been, they always will be. Germs are everywhere. And whilst I have nothing beyond assumption to back it up, I'll bet you any amount that I'm exposed to far more germs on my daily tube journey than I'm ever exposed to at work.
And I'm sorry, but I do think it's naive to blame colleagues for giving you a cold. I wholeheartedly agree with objecting to people coughing & sneezing everywhere and making no attempt to stifle their noxious emissions. That's just fucking disgusting - my mum taught me from an early age to cover my mouth, use a tissue, etc, etc. But ultimately the facts are there - the person sitting opposite you coughing will have been harbouring the germs for days before showing symptoms. As long as people employ very basic hygiene habits - using tissues, washing their hands properly after going to the loo or a massive sneezing fit, being careful around eating & drinking utensils, etc - the risks are pretty minimal.
We live in a world of germs, and whilst I have every sympathy for those infected and can empathise with the desire to point the finger of blame, I think it's simplistic & naive.
Indeed - alot of people who whine on about people coming in with colds, are out drinking booze at the weekends, staying out late, not eating properly, not dressing up warm, not getting enough zinc in the diet.
Personal responsibility starts with You guys!!
fractionMan
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I'm amazed that people like making other people money so much they go to work when they're ill.
EastEnder
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Absolutely, that's the only reason I do it!fractionMan said:
If I'm actually ill, I don't go in to work.
If I've just got a mild cold, I do go in to work.
If you'd like to offer to cover for me and do all the work that I would have done, and which will otherwise still be there waiting for me, with less time to do it in, when I return, then that'd be just peachy. I'll sit around at home for a few days watching Cash in the Attic, sniffing every so often to justify my taking the time off.
FFS, have none of you people heard of the concept of "deadlines"?!?!?!?!
subversplat
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Sod 'em. If they're insisting on coming into my place of work and actually making me do things, they can share my germs. If you want to be completly free of germs, then you can build your own little clean air habitat but if you insist on going outside, then you will probably meet plenty of people who are just getting on with their day and don't really give a shit if a couple of other people catch something.wishface said:
fractionMan
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EastEnder said:FFS, have none of you people heard of the concept of "deadlines"?!?!?!?!
Yup. Those are the things your boss expects you to keep to even though they've not allocated enough resources. It's called contingency planning and a lack of it is my bosses fault, not mine when I take a day off sick. If deadlines aren't met it's always the bosses fault
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kiwitanga
As I mentioned. I have to sort out the cover for teachers at work. Within a few months, I see repeated patterns with certain teachers. They are also the ones who try and avoid work when in the office too.Hollis said:10 years stuck in the middle management rut- you soon learn who the pisstakers are..
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kiwitanga
Just tonight this has been reported.
It actually tells parents when they should keep their child at home.
It states if a child has a cold, send them to school.
It actually tells parents when they should keep their child at home.
It states if a child has a cold, send them to school.
scifisam
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LD Rudeboy said:
Those guidelines makes sense to me. Primary school children have so many colds that absenteeism would be around 30% if they stayed off school for every cough or cold. Same goes for the teachers, and anyone who works with the general public or commutes by public transport: they can't really complain about co-workers coming in with a cold when they've been exposed to such a large number of viruses already.
Louloubelle's situation is a bit different, in that she doesn't expose herself to those germs, so is rightly annoyed when someone deliberately exposes her to them. I hope her friend finds a job which doesn't invlove dealing with the public though, because I can't see any other way she's going to avoid illnesses.
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