Stay home people!! Sickness at work vent - The DIS Discussion Forums

~disneydiva~ · 11-19-2009, 09:25 AM

Ok...I work in a office with about 12 people....There are only 2 of us who have not been sneezing, coughing, and getting into the medicine cabinet! Everyone else is walking around sick acting like its not a big deal!!! I just got transfered to this office and it is germ infested! They have had people with mono, swine flu, and strep throat! Seriously!
Vent Over. Thank you.

legalsea · 11-19-2009, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ~disneydiva~

Ok...I work in a office with about 12 people....There are only 2 of us who have not been sneezing, coughing, and getting into the medicine cabinet! Everyone else is walking around sick acting like its not a big deal!!! I just got transfered to this office and it is germ infested! They have had people with mono, swine flu, and strep throat! Seriously!
Vent Over. Thank you.

Good reason to vent!

In my office (with some 40 people) we have signs up everywhere begging people to stay home if they have any symptoms. So far, people have been very compliant (which has surprised me to no end).

2girlsmom · 11-19-2009, 10:15 AM

I'm going to have to disagree, and confess to being one of those coughers at my office. Honestly, I would be HAPPY to stay home, but I have had this cough going on 4 WEEKS, I am asthmatic, so coughs stay with me a while. I feel fine, just have a cough. But I am out of sick leave for the year and will get FIRED if I take unpaid sick leave.

Hillbeans · 11-19-2009, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by 2girlsmom

I'm going to have to disagree, and confess to being one of those coughers at my office. Honestly, I would be HAPPY to stay home, but I have had this cough going on 4 WEEKS, I am asthmatic, so coughs stay with me a while. I feel fine, just have a cough. But I am out of sick leave for the year and will get FIRED if I take unpaid sick leave.

My 8 yo son has had the same dry cough for about 4 weeks now as well. I know it's annoying but it just has to work itself out of his system. Now if he had strep or an infection/fever obviously i'd keep him home.

Angelhalo · 11-19-2009, 10:21 AM

I've been sick for two weeks. I stayed out the first 3 days but that finished up all the sick time I have. I'm past the point of being contagious now. I just have a stuffy nose and a persistent cough.

I can't afford to stay home unpaid and my boss can't afford to have me gone. I stay in my own little desk area but honestly there's nothing I can do about it at this point. I'm taking medicine, using tissues, covering my mouth when I cough. There's not much else I can do. If people don't want to be near me, then they can stay away from me. I don't want to be here sick any more than anyone else wants me here sick but there's not much choice. People need to also remember this when they are angry with their sick coworkers. Sometimes we just have no choice but to come in.

kaytieeldr · 11-19-2009, 10:27 AM

Venting here is fine, but the OP and others might also want to check (a) their respective employers sick/out policies and (b) contagion periods and conditions. Many illnesses are most contagious/spreadable before the person has symptoms. Mono requires direct contact. Swine flu symptoms come on relatively quickly - within a few hours - and knock one for a loop, making it unlikely the person would be able to work.

Robinrs · 11-19-2009, 10:33 AM

I have sinus and allergies and neither are contagious. I'd be home everyday in spring if I abided by this....

I prefer to feel for the struggle the sick person is going through than what it can do to me. I guess that's why I rarely catch anything.

~disneydiva~ · 11-19-2009, 10:33 AM

Well it would be different if the people I work with were staying in there own office, but they're not. Walking around, talking about how sick they are, how they didn't get any sleep last night.
I understand that people only have a certain amount of sick time.
I'm not angry at anyone...it was just a vent.

mikehn · 11-21-2009, 02:39 PM

Some of us just dont have the luxury of staying home when we're sick. You would not want the person who cuts your social security check to call in sick now would you? If Iran was pointing missiles at us, Obama better not be calling in sick.

mrsstats · 11-21-2009, 06:00 PM

with only 5 sick days a year, 1 illness can wipe that out. What do you do after that? We can really afford not to have money coming in???

daisyduck123 · 11-21-2009, 06:17 PM

I work in a room with 24 others, many who are sick, coughing, and just feel lousy. They don't get to stay home because they're parents SEND THEM HERE anyway!

I'm a 1st grade public school teacher.

(and I just try very hard not to touch their desks, pencils, etc)

happygirl · 11-21-2009, 06:20 PM

Some simply can't afford to stay home.

aprilgail2 · 11-21-2009, 06:28 PM

I would be more than happy to stay home every time I am sick except that my employer does not seem to feel that I should LOL...we get "points" every time we take off and once you hit a certain number of points you go on trial...first is a warning and after that you start getting hit with a week off no pay, then 2 weeks off no pay, then 60 days off no pay, then 6 months off no pay and then termination....so its not always as easy as "just stay home"

LuvCuteBoys · 11-21-2009, 07:01 PM

A lot of my coworkers use their sick time to stay home... when their kids are sick. They run out of sick time, especially if they have more than one, or one who is very prone to being sick.

eduk8r26 · 11-21-2009, 09:49 PM

Define "sick". I have a cold--no temperature, feel fine, just a drippy nose and itchy throat that makes me cough. I'm not going to stay home because of that. To me, sick is a temperature over 100 and feeling lousy.

11-19-2009, 09:25 AM	#1
~disneydiva~ DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 698	Stay home people!! Sickness at work vent Ok...I work in a office with about 12 people....There are only 2 of us who have not been sneezing, coughing, and getting into the medicine cabinet! Everyone else is walking around sick acting like its not a big deal!!! I just got transfered to this office and it is germ infested! They have had people with mono, swine flu, and strep throat! Seriously! Vent Over. Thank you. __________________ me dh

11-19-2009, 10:15 AM	#3
2girlsmom DIS Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Council Bluffs, IA Posts: 2,753	I'm going to have to disagree, and confess to being one of those coughers at my office. Honestly, I would be HAPPY to stay home, but I have had this cough going on 4 WEEKS, I am asthmatic, so coughs stay with me a while. I feel fine, just have a cough. But I am out of sick leave for the year and will get FIRED if I take unpaid sick leave. __________________ Kristi me,dh Rick,Meag & Catie & Lucky

11-19-2009, 10:21 AM	#5
Angelhalo Ok I was like crap I'm breaking rules and I'm gonna get points and I didn't even know I was breaking rules!!! LOL!!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC the Queen City! Posts: 5,379	I've been sick for two weeks. I stayed out the first 3 days but that finished up all the sick time I have. I'm past the point of being contagious now. I just have a stuffy nose and a persistent cough. I can't afford to stay home unpaid and my boss can't afford to have me gone. I stay in my own little desk area but honestly there's nothing I can do about it at this point. I'm taking medicine, using tissues, covering my mouth when I cough. There's not much else I can do. If people don't want to be near me, then they can stay away from me. I don't want to be here sick any more than anyone else wants me here sick but there's not much choice. People need to also remember this when they are angry with their sick coworkers. Sometimes we just have no choice but to come in. __________________ Last edited by Angelhalo; 11-19-2009 at 10:29 AM.

11-19-2009, 10:27 AM	#6
kaytieeldr Dude, Where's My Tag? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: There is no Pixie Dust on the Transportation Board!!! Posts: 21,105	Venting here is fine, but the OP and others might also want to check (a) their respective employers sick/out policies and (b) contagion periods and conditions. Many illnesses are most contagious/spreadable before the person has symptoms. Mono requires direct contact. Swine flu symptoms come on relatively quickly - within a few hours - and knock one for a loop, making it unlikely the person would be able to work. __________________ "I'd like to stop people from passing off narrow-mindedness and intolerance as family values." Alan Shore, Boston Legal Charging for checked baggage merely redistributes the appropriate costs to those who use the most space on the plane. - John Rosenthal on bing.com ..........

11-19-2009, 10:33 AM	#7
Robinrs Sistah Souljah! Others love Spidey, but Spidey loves ME They change color depending on the light old as dirt but still rockin' Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Atlanta, GA originally from Bklyn, New York Posts: 29,443	I have sinus and allergies and neither are contagious. I'd be home everyday in spring if I abided by this.... I prefer to feel for the struggle the sick person is going through than what it can do to me. I guess that's why I rarely catch anything. __________________ My family!!

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11-21-2009, 02:39 PM	#9
mikehn DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 884	Some of us just dont have the luxury of staying home when we're sick. You would not want the person who cuts your social security check to call in sick now would you? If Iran was pointing missiles at us, Obama better not be calling in sick.

11-21-2009, 06:00 PM	#10
mrsstats Sure sister's cat is as big as a mountain lion Listens to AM every day Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,305	with only 5 sick days a year, 1 illness can wipe that out. What do you do after that? We can really afford not to have money coming in???

11-21-2009, 06:17 PM	#11
daisyduck123 I just love those parmesan mashed potatoes at Chef Mickey's! I don't know how to cut & paste Disney has made my family & I "park snobs" Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 9,702	I work in a room with 24 others, many who are sick, coughing, and just feel lousy. They don't get to stay home because they're parents SEND THEM HERE anyway! I'm a 1st grade public school teacher. (and I just try very hard not to touch their desks, pencils, etc) __________________ July 2010 BCV/BLT July 2009 BCV/AKV Jan. 2009 CBR/SSR July 2008 AKV/BCV Dec. 2007 AKV Aug 2007 Dolphin/BCV May 2007 SSR May 2006 CBR Jan 2006 Pop CenturyMay 2005 Pop Century May 2004 Pop Century Dec 1976 Off Site

11-21-2009, 06:20 PM	#12
happygirl Wishing upon Okay this is starting to get freaky Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,861	Some simply can't afford to stay home. __________________ hubby Richard 37 me Jenny 32 daughter Ashlyn 6 son Brady 4 Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away

11-21-2009, 06:28 PM	#13
aprilgail2 Ikea- Swedish for CRAP Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: NY Posts: 14,033	I would be more than happy to stay home every time I am sick except that my employer does not seem to feel that I should LOL...we get "points" every time we take off and once you hit a certain number of points you go on trial...first is a warning and after that you start getting hit with a week off no pay, then 2 weeks off no pay, then 60 days off no pay, then 6 months off no pay and then termination....so its not always as easy as "just stay home" __________________

11-21-2009, 07:01 PM	#14
LuvCuteBoys Doing good is not a competition Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,006	A lot of my coworkers use their sick time to stay home... when their kids are sick. They run out of sick time, especially if they have more than one, or one who is very prone to being sick. __________________ Please see the Hidden Mickey for Haiti thread

11-21-2009, 09:49 PM	#15
eduk8r26 DIS Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: southern california Posts: 1,007	Define "sick". I have a cold--no temperature, feel fine, just a drippy nose and itchy throat that makes me cough. I'm not going to stay home because of that. To me, sick is a temperature over 100 and feeling lousy.

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