Comments on: just a little sniffle? http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/10/27/just-a-little-sniffle/ Powered by Cheezhead Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:09:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/10/27/just-a-little-sniffle/#comment-5367 Anonymous Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:39:40 +0000 http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/10/27/just-a-little-sniffle/#comment-5367 I'm glad you said it. I currently work for a company that actually wrote me up for (get this) leaving during the day because I was sick. Nevermind, I was in close proxmity to my teammates and didn't want to get them sick. I was hoping they would be understanding but I guess not. I guess I chose the wrong day to be sick or the wrong company to work for (the latter is more true I think). It's even more unfair for those at the company who have children because it counts toward a step in punishment for leaving, regardless of the reason. I’m glad you said it. I currently work for a company that actually wrote me up for (get this) leaving during the day because I was sick. Nevermind, I was in close proxmity to my teammates and didn’t want to get them sick. I was hoping they would be understanding but I guess not. I guess I chose the wrong day to be sick or the wrong company to work for (the latter is more true I think).

It’s even more unfair for those at the company who have children because it counts toward a step in punishment for leaving, regardless of the reason.

]]> By: dawn http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/10/27/just-a-little-sniffle/#comment-3008 dawn Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:55:35 +0000 http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/10/27/just-a-little-sniffle/#comment-3008 I think it's just a culture thing that we drag our diseased selves into work. I am susceptible to everything and I just assume that if people are hacking their way down the hall, the expectation is there that I must, too. We all have cinder-block-thick employee reference manuals, but a gentle reminder to "stay home. we'll live without you. really" would be divine, yet there's the expectation that your door always be open 'cause nobody needs to see you till you're a haggy mess to look at! I think it’s just a culture thing that we drag our diseased selves into work. I am susceptible to everything and I just assume that if people are hacking their way down the hall, the expectation is there that I must, too. We all have cinder-block-thick employee reference manuals, but a gentle reminder to “stay home. we’ll live without you. really” would be divine, yet there’s the expectation that your door always be open ’cause nobody needs to see you till you’re a haggy mess to look at!

]]> By: Abi http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/10/27/just-a-little-sniffle/#comment-2949 Abi Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:42:06 +0000 http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/10/27/just-a-little-sniffle/#comment-2949 While my coworkers are pretty considerate about that sort of thing (many can telecommute for a couple of days if necessary), kids don't get to make those decisions. As a teacher, I loved parents who came in that morning to get the next few days worth of assignments and a couple of books from the reading center for their sick kids. Parents who sent their kids to school sick so that those kids could then throw up in class, sparking a chain reaction of 8-year-olds vomiting on their textbooks, well...they drove me crazy. While my coworkers are pretty considerate about that sort of thing (many can telecommute for a couple of days if necessary), kids don’t get to make those decisions.

As a teacher, I loved parents who came in that morning to get the next few days worth of assignments and a couple of books from the reading center for their sick kids.

Parents who sent their kids to school sick so that those kids could then throw up in class, sparking a chain reaction of 8-year-olds vomiting on their textbooks, well…they drove me crazy.

]]> By: mary ann http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/10/27/just-a-little-sniffle/#comment-2945 mary ann Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:29:38 +0000 http://www.magicpotofjobs.com/2006/10/27/just-a-little-sniffle/#comment-2945 Last time I had pinkeye, I worked in a medical practice. My boss's reply to "I'm contagious for 24 more hours" was "Just try not to touch anything outside of your own office." Today, I was again diagnosed with pinkeye. My new, non-medical, boss's reply? "I'll call you if I need anything. See you Monday." I couldn't agree with you more. Last time I had pinkeye, I worked in a medical practice. My boss’s reply to “I’m contagious for 24 more hours” was “Just try not to touch anything outside of your own office.”

Today, I was again diagnosed with pinkeye. My new, non-medical, boss’s reply? “I’ll call you if I need anything. See you Monday.”

I couldn’t agree with you more.

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