Taking a hard pill is bad!

[marty]

I hate taking sick leave, but both me and my wife have been really unwell for the last 2 weeks - it is not like us to be like this. I am still going to my main job, but my second job (flying) is not happening as I can't handle the g loadings and rapid altitude changes.

she works at a large hospital, and visits rural hospitals, i work in an industry that moves the great unwashed, (and people who refuse to stay at home when they have infectious illnesses) around the world.......

3 guys at my work are at home with confirmed swine flu. one was in hospital. most of the guys on the floor are carrying some kind of bug at the moment. only mitigating factor is that we work outside, not in confined offices

[boomer]

The head chef at the restaurant I've been working at as a kitchen hand had a go at me for not coming in to work when I was sick, despite having a medical certificate saying that I shouldn't be at work for at least two days.

An hour after I got home from work on Friday I was really sore in all my joints, had a killer headache which was making me feel drunk, and I had a really bad cough. Apparently it's ok to work in a kitchen coughing and spluttering over the food, and also in a condition where you can barely walk straight in the first place. His opinion was 'you just need to be stronger, NZ doctors only make you more sick'... He's Albanian and has been working with a sore throat/cough since I started there.

Macdonalds is known for its bad hygeine.

[Mom]

Been feeling pretty sick for the last week with a cold/flu thing but been soldiering through it - as ya do.
Finally went to the doctors this morning, doctor took one listen to my lungs & promptly gave me a huge telling off for not coming in sooner and for potentially spreading the oink flu by taking the Harden Up approach to being sick.
Result: some pretty awesome drugs and a doctors note keeping me off work until at least Monday

Funny you should mention this but...


I believe we share the same bug, I thought I was doing ok, but have gone down hill over the past 48 hours. I rang my doctors this morning and tried to make an appointment, fully book today, fully booked tomorrow, unless it was urgent.

Define urgent you stupid female? I am not in the habit of ringing to see a doctor unless I am sick! I got an appointment for 4:40 tomorrow afternoon. Friggen joke, by then the bugs will have a much better hold and no doubt I will feel shit loads worse.

Hope you feel better soon Miss L. I am picking I will start feel hunky dory again about Sunday evening.

[Little Miss Trouble]

Funny you should mention this but...


I believe we share the same bug, I thought I was doing ok, but have gone down hill over the past 48 hours. I rang my doctors this morning and tried to make an appointment, fully book today, fully booked tomorrow, unless it was urgent.

Define urgent you stupid female? I am not in the habit of ringing to see a doctor unless I am sick! I got an appointment for 4:40 tomorrow afternoon. Friggen joke, by then the bugs will have a much better hold and no doubt I will feel shit loads worse.

Hope you feel better soon Miss L. I am picking I will start feel hunky dory again about Sunday evening.

Sounds like we do have the same thing Mom, I was feeling much better too, then I seem to have had a full blown chest infection take hold...

And so the question remains, who brought the germs to the party? come on, fess up!

[Nasty]

Sounds like we do have the same thing Mom, I was feeling much better too, then I seem to have had a full blown chest infection take hold...

And so the question remains, who brought the germs to the party? come on, fess up!

Wasn't me ... I have been sick since just after the party ... Off work at the moment so staying home and warm!!!! So I wanna know also who bought the bugs with them!!!

[Mom]

Sounds like we do have the same thing Mom, I was feeling much better too, then I seem to have had a full blown chest infection take hold...

And so the question remains, who brought the germs to the party? come on, fess up!

Or was carrier who does not know they have it? *dun...dun...dun*



Maha had a thought about that too...BRU for the clue

[MadDuck]

Or was carrier who does not know they have it?

Damn! It could have been me. I was in contact with it at work but never got sick. I have an iron/bourbon constitution

[Mom]

Damn! It could have been me. I was in contact with it at work but never got sick. I have an iron/bourbon constitution

Was going to say that but...

You might have bashed me

Nah! If this is swine flu, I am most definately a pickled jelly eel

[Mom]

Damn! It could have been me. I was in contact with it at work but never got sick. I have an iron/bourbon constitution

We can all relax

Apparently I have tonsillitis

The cold morphed into this throatalitis thingy. Makes me cough, and gag sometimes

The worst thing that the doctor discovered today though...

I am dead! Yes it is true, I am dead, he could not find my blood pressure. This has happend a few times recently, do you think I should be worried?

[Gareth51]

Sounds like we do have the same thing Mom, I was feeling much better too, then I seem to have had a full blown chest infection take hold...

And so the question remains, who brought the germs to the party? come on, fess up!

If you didn't go round kissing all the girls at the party you might not have caught it.don't forget I have the photos to prove it lol

[ynot slow]

I used to think when sore throat hit,ah well only throat,tried to talk myself out of the lurgi,another lady at work would be oh I have a wretched throat,would tell the boss looks like I'll be at the other shop tomorrow,he would say sore throat.

I never took sickleave unless really bad,a couple times the boss escorted me home,mind you my first job we had to have medical cert if we wanted to be paid,so also think my parents outlook on sickies even at school were part of it,noway would my brother and I take Friday off,as we weren't allowed to play sport Saturday,mind you come Monday we usually were crook as,and taken to nanas for rest which was great.Never took a sickie from over endulging on a Thursday night,or from a hard weekend.Even after work socials on Thursday nights,the boss leaving pissed at 1.30am and we're still going at it till 3am,the look when we turn up on time,vaguely awake was priceless.Him with shakes dry horrors,us spending heaps of time with Lion Red/Brown after effects,but saying why stay home and not get paid for 4hours(usually lunch finish),might as well be at work pissing off supervisor by all going at 1/4 speed,but getting paid for it.Then hitting piss again about 3pm Friday to talk about useless sad sack supervisor who was never allowed to party,he always had to go home.

[Pussy]

Apparently I have tonsillitis

If you have to have your tonsils removed, Mom, I'll bring you a nice big packet of salt and vinegar chips straight after your op, to help you recover

No, don't have to thank me

[Little Miss Trouble]

If you didn't go round kissing all the girls at the party you might not have caught it.don't forget I have the photos to prove it lol

Shh!

[ynot slow]

If you have to have your tonsils removed, Mom, I'll bring you a nice big packet of salt and vinegar chips straight after your op, to help you recover

No, don't have to thank me

And I never got jelly either when I was 8yrs old,mum told lies,only had ice cream,mostly was fed scrambled eggs.

[Gareth51]

There also needs to be a change in culture with seeing "sick leave" as needing to be taken every year.

I scratch my head when employees come to me asking "how many sick days they have left". WTF you going to be sick tomorrow then ah?

Get well soon Miss.L.

Never had a days sick pay in my whole life,have I've been missing out on something.