STOP COMING INTO THE OFFICE WHEN YOU'RE SICK YOU ANNOYING FUCKS

Time and time again, I see someone aggressively blowing their nose, sneezing & coughing like a maniac in the office while they are clearly not feeling well, a female junior on my team is very guilty of this and I fell really sick after she sat next to me, looks like she's not feeling well again and shes back touching everything and spreading whatever she has.

Yesterday and today another guy did the same thing and his team has been remote for weeks, I don't know why he keeps coming in because he's the only one in his team to do so and they told him he doesn't have to only for him to shrug them off.

IDGAF about covid and this is not one of those pro mask, pro vaccine posts but my company only mandated two days a week and we all have the capacity to work from home so I don't get why people are doing this, just work from home till you're better, you don't look badass or like a teamplayer you look like a disgusting  asshole.

 

I have an immune system like a horse and take 10,000 IUs of D3 per day. I don't have to worry about these minion issues.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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dude sat right across from me blowing his nose so hard i could hear his snot bubbling up, he did this all day yesterday and today and was walking around with a pale face and red nose while his team is remote

Pull him aside and diplomatically ask him to go to the restroom to blow his nose if he can make it. Buy him some Pedialyte as your own inside but helpful joke. Or engage him and ask him why he's in office when everyone else is remote to prod him into admitting defeat and keeping defeating you out of the office.

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No i'm not like that, neither is anyone in my bank for that matter, im not in a BB we have great culture and people (including me) have gone weeks without stepping into the office, i'm talking about both juniors and seniors

 
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Growing up I was told you don't call in sick unless you're a stones throw away from death. Take some Tylenol, drink some Robitussin, sip some OJ, and get to work. Woke up with a headache? Good, down some pain relievers and get to work. Woke up hungover? Good, get a coupla Gatorades, and get to work. Woke up with a stuffy nose? Good, blow that ish out and get to work.

There was this one time I woke up on a Saturday morning and could barely get the covers off of my head. I was down for the count aching, throwing up, fever, headache you name it. Friends were calling and texting wondering if I was about to die!? Needless to say I said the doctor ain't happening and I toughed it out. Sunday was worse so I compromised and went into one of those urgent care clinics. Doc said I had some nasty strand of the Flu virus and that I should take it easy for at least a week. I looked at the doctor evenly and said, "That ain't happening doc, whatcha got for this?!" He gave me this attaboy look and wrote me a script for Tamiflu. I took a dose and bam, it was like the flu never happened. I was crisp, lucid, and clear for work on Monday.

Covid really changed everything, but this was the reality I had in most of my career. Prior employer had a mentality that if you get hit by a bus and you don’t die, you better be in your seat working the next day.

 

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How I was raised too. Been in the ER and the nurse asked the usual "what's your pain on a 1-10 scale?" and I told her maybe a three at most and you could just hear her jaw hit the floor. "Are you serious?! You're throwing up blood and bile and the x-ray showed internal bleeding. It's a mystery how you didn't break any bones either. And the firefighters had to literally pull you out of the driver side window while you were unconcious and you didn't wake up until we got you here in the ER!" "I didn't put anyone else in the hospital did I? Sucks for me, but I want to make sure no one else got hurt. And nah,  just hit me with some Ativan so I can sleep it off and get out of here. I have to work tomorrow. (it was a Sunday like your misadventure)" "No one else was involved, don't worry about that. I'm going to give you some Zofran too to calm your stomach. Do you want us to call anyone for you too?" "No need. Zofran won't do anything and I don't want to bother anyone either." She did another jaw drop that my first concern was about anyone else and put myself on the bottom of the list. Again, how I was raised. Care for others and too stubborn to die like you Wolf.

Sure enough, discharged that night, got about three hours of sleep at home then woke up, popped some advil, drank some Pepto (I had stopped throwing up by this point and I think the Pepto made sure it stayed that way), and got ready for work. Team lead asked me about the bruise on my forehead from slamming it into the steering wheel. Told him what happened and he tried to coax me into going home for a few days and I just said "no thanks, I have client meetings and presentations to prepare." And before you try to slap me with your trademark call out WolfofWSO, this really did happen. Have the literal receipts to prove it.

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+1 SB

How I was raised too. Been in the ER and the nurse asked the usual "what's your pain on a 1-10 scale?" and I told her maybe a three at most and you could just hear her jaw hit the floor. "Are you serious?! You're throwing up blood and bile and the x-ray showed internal bleeding. It's a mystery how you didn't break any bones either. And the firefighters had to literally pull you out of the driver side window while you were unconcious and you didn't wake up until we got you here in the ER!" "I didn't put anyone else in the hospital did I? Sucks for me, but I want to make sure no one else got hurt. And nah,  just hit me with some Ativan so I can sleep it off and get out of here. I have to work tomorrow. (it was a Sunday like your misadventure)" "No one else was involved, don't worry about that. I'm going to give you some Zofran too to calm your stomach. Do you want us to call anyone for you too?" "No need. Zofran won't do anything and I don't want to bother anyone either." She did another jaw drop that my first concern was about anyone else and put myself on the bottom of the list. Again, how I was raised. Care for others and too stubborn to die like you Wolf.

Sure enough, discharged that night, got about three hours of sleep at home then woke up, popped some advil, drank some Pepto (I had stopped throwing up by this point and I think the Pepto made sure it stayed that way), and got ready for work. Team lead asked me about the bruise on my forehead from slamming it into the steering wheel. Told him what happened and he tried to coax me into going home for a few days and I just said "no thanks, I have client meetings and presentations to prepare." And before you try to slap me with your trademark call out WolfofWSO, this really did happen. Have the literal receipts to prove it.

This was a mentality prior to Covid at many places. Try telling a professor you were sick as well. They’d likely laugh and say, “Short of a ER note, you’re not getting an exception/extension.”

Also, I’m in favor of Mr. A2D if you do go ahead and modify your name. Saw that yesterday and thought of all reason to change your name, you probably have the most justified case.

 

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