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04-10-2013, 12:30 PM | #2 |
Don't tread on me.
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I know some of the old timers here have to have some good stories. I know a guy at my church who hasn't missed a day of work in 30 years for sickness.
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04-10-2013, 12:32 PM | #3 |
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I get roughly 240+ hours vacation and 40 hours sick leave a year. I take off whenever the hell I want.
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04-10-2013, 12:33 PM | #4 |
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I had a day when my BP was 190 over 100. They sent me to the emergency room. This is after I worked all day.
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04-10-2013, 12:37 PM | #5 |
Don't tread on me.
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Man, that is crazy. Work ethic has gone down the crapper in this country. I have hired 4 kids (I say kids lightly, all are older than I am) in the last 2 years, all four had automotive skill, but would not come to work on time nor were they reliable. It's hard to find dependable workers anymore. I am not advocating you should work when it jeoporadizes your health whether long term or short term, but strep throat and the flu are not strokes and infarctions.
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04-10-2013, 12:42 PM | #6 |
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I've been pretty sick. Last year I ran the sprayer for 16 hours with a 101 fever when I got off.
I've also been in the field while having significant asthma. I'd rather have the ****ing fever. Asthma blows. |
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04-10-2013, 12:46 PM | #7 |
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Why would I go to work when I have a perfectly good excuse not to?
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04-10-2013, 12:48 PM | #8 |
Bazinga!
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I was a manager for a retail store in the past. You have "sick" days but you don't really have sick days...if you understand what I'm saying.
One time I was so sick that I could hardly stand because I had so little energy from the fever. I still worked the entire day even though most of it involved sitting in a chair. I've never called in sick for a real job although I did call in some during college when I had a student job.
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04-10-2013, 12:51 PM | #10 |
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I've never missed TBH Hella vacation and personal time in advance though.
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04-10-2013, 12:52 PM | #11 |
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I've missed one day because of being sick in the last probably 5 years. It's a little bit skewed now, at my current job I will typically just work from home if I'm sick and think that I'm contagious.
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04-10-2013, 12:53 PM | #12 |
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Do hangovers count?
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04-10-2013, 12:54 PM | #13 |
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Honestly it depends on what's going on.
If I have nothing worthwhile going on at work (last Friday) I'll take a sick day and go fishing/play golf/whatever. If there's something half-assed important going on, as long as I can get here, I'll be here. Have been here with a fever probably in the 101 range (unsure though as I don't take it....why would I it doesn't matter), have had migraines to the point where I puked a couple of times, but still worked through it. |
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04-10-2013, 12:54 PM | #14 |
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Once was dry heaving at work with the trots, but stuck it out the entire day. I breathe in people's faces all day, so I try not to work when it might be flu.
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04-10-2013, 12:58 PM | #15 |
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I used to never use sick days. just come in sick and try to make it through the day. then one day an ulcer busted loose in my gut and I passed out on the floor of my office and shit my pants full of blood. ambulance came and loaded me up. after that, the boss said "if you're sick, **** it...stay away from here."
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