STOP COMING IN SICK

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Anonymous wrote:If my husband gets it at work, I’m sending him right back to share it with you all. It’s really crummy as just a cold lasts weeks for me with multiple steroids and antibiotics. He gets no pto. No work, no pay.

Your husband has no PTO and doesn’t get paid if he doesn’t work but you think his coworkers shouldn’t come to work sick and just not get paid?

Most of the co-workers have PTO, as they are feds and with other contractor companies. It varies depending on who you work for. He gets no PTO or sick leave but if he gets sick its from work, so I'm sending him into work sick to protect me. You give it to him, you can have it back.

If you’re so fragile wear a mask at home.

I am that fragile and when someone is sick in our home they isolate. But, unlike you we are considerate.

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The sick person should mask.

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Anonymous wrote:The sick person should mask.

Sick person should stay home. You should mask to keep you healthy.

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Very frustrating. An acquaintance was in town right before Christmas and came to my house newly sick and didn’t tell us beforehand. My entire family was sick except for me and I am not forgiving. The sick person should stay home the first few days of illness period.

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Anonymous wrote:If my husband gets it at work, I’m sending him right back to share it with you all. It’s really crummy as just a cold lasts weeks for me with multiple steroids and antibiotics. He gets no pto. No work, no pay.

Your husband has no PTO and doesn’t get paid if he doesn’t work but you think his coworkers shouldn’t come to work sick and just not get paid?

Most of the co-workers have PTO, as they are feds and with other contractor companies. It varies depending on who you work for. He gets no PTO or sick leave but if he gets sick its from work, so I'm sending him into work sick to protect me. You give it to him, you can have it back.

If you’re so fragile wear a mask at home.

I am that fragile and when someone is sick in our home they isolate. But, unlike you we are considerate.

People have been sick since the dawn of time. If your body is that weak, then you need to wear a mask at all times. Just like immunocompromised people do.

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Anonymous wrote:If my husband gets it at work, I’m sending him right back to share it with you all. It’s really crummy as just a cold lasts weeks for me with multiple steroids and antibiotics. He gets no pto. No work, no pay.

Your husband has no PTO and doesn’t get paid if he doesn’t work but you think his coworkers shouldn’t come to work sick and just not get paid?

Most of the co-workers have PTO, as they are feds and with other contractor companies. It varies depending on who you work for. He gets no PTO or sick leave but if he gets sick its from work, so I'm sending him into work sick to protect me. You give it to him, you can have it back.

If you’re so fragile wear a mask at home.

I am that fragile and when someone is sick in our home they isolate. But, unlike you we are considerate.

People have been sick since the dawn of time. If your body is that weak, then you need to wear a mask at all times. Just like immunocompromised people do.

People like you are such jackasses. Sickness has been around forever, but guess what? We know more about how it spreads. We know more about long term effects. We have more awareness that consequences can be more severe for some people in our community etc etc etc

Stop making excuses for being rude and lacking compassion for those around you. Your job ain't that important.

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Anonymous wrote:If my husband gets it at work, I’m sending him right back to share it with you all. It’s really crummy as just a cold lasts weeks for me with multiple steroids and antibiotics. He gets no pto. No work, no pay.

Your husband has no PTO and doesn’t get paid if he doesn’t work but you think his coworkers shouldn’t come to work sick and just not get paid?

Most of the co-workers have PTO, as they are feds and with other contractor companies. It varies depending on who you work for. He gets no PTO or sick leave but if he gets sick its from work, so I'm sending him into work sick to protect me. You give it to him, you can have it back.

If you’re so fragile wear a mask at home.

I am that fragile and when someone is sick in our home they isolate. But, unlike you we are considerate.

People have been sick since the dawn of time. If your body is that weak, then you need to wear a mask at all times. Just like immunocompromised people do.

People like you are such jackasses. Sickness has been around forever, but guess what? We know more about how it spreads. We know more about long term effects. We have more awareness that consequences can be more severe for some people in our community etc etc etc

Stop making excuses for being rude and lacking compassion for those around you. Your job ain't that important.

Yea but my paycheck is. So you can shut it and wear a mask instead of expecting the rest of the world to take care of you. You clearly have the luxury to be at home worrying about what is happening at your husband’s job instead of having to go out and work in person.

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Anonymous wrote:If my husband gets it at work, I’m sending him right back to share it with you all. It’s really crummy as just a cold lasts weeks for me with multiple steroids and antibiotics. He gets no pto. No work, no pay.

Your husband has no PTO and doesn’t get paid if he doesn’t work but you think his coworkers shouldn’t come to work sick and just not get paid?

Most of the co-workers have PTO, as they are feds and with other contractor companies. It varies depending on who you work for. He gets no PTO or sick leave but if he gets sick its from work, so I'm sending him into work sick to protect me. You give it to him, you can have it back.

If you’re so fragile wear a mask at home.

I am that fragile and when someone is sick in our home they isolate. But, unlike you we are considerate.

People have been sick since the dawn of time. If your body is that weak, then you need to wear a mask at all times. Just like immunocompromised people do.

People like you are such jackasses. Sickness has been around forever, but guess what? We know more about how it spreads. We know more about long term effects. We have more awareness that consequences can be more severe for some people in our community etc etc etc

Stop making excuses for being rude and lacking compassion for those around you. Your job ain't that important.

Yea but my paycheck is. So you can shut it and wear a mask instead of expecting the rest of the world to take care of you. You clearly have the luxury to be at home worrying about what is happening at your husband’s job instead of having to go out and work in person.

I am a DP.

We should change the insane work culture of the US instead of pretending that there is something wrong with not wanting to be around other sick people at work or school. Those of you pretending it's NBD are FOS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:a cold are you serious, that is barely sick.

a cold or covid, no way to tell at this point.

many people get pneumonia from every other cold, so it can be serious.

but until we see unlimited telework and/or sick leave, people will come to the office to not burn it except when they really can't work.

Unlimited sick leave doesn't work, either, for a variety of reasons. First, when you don't have a specific allocation, there's typically no clear signal of what is considered acceptable. So people would be inclined to take *less* leave than a limited, but reasonably generous, allowance.

But maybe even more than that, for many of us our work doesn't stop just because we're not there. Taking time off just makes my life harder when I'm able to return.

Today was an example of that. I was sick and not allowed to telework (thanks, Trump!). But I have plenty of leave. So I took the leave but worked from home anyway to avoid additional future pain.

But suppose I was a little less sick and had things on my plate that couldn't be done at home? Yeah, I probably would have gone in. I would have attempted to avoid others, but I would have done whatever I needed to do.

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Anonymous wrote:If my husband gets it at work, I’m sending him right back to share it with you all. It’s really crummy as just a cold lasts weeks for me with multiple steroids and antibiotics. He gets no pto. No work, no pay.

Your husband has no PTO and doesn’t get paid if he doesn’t work but you think his coworkers shouldn’t come to work sick and just not get paid?

Most of the co-workers have PTO, as they are feds and with other contractor companies. It varies depending on who you work for. He gets no PTO or sick leave but if he gets sick its from work, so I'm sending him into work sick to protect me. You give it to him, you can have it back.

If you’re so fragile wear a mask at home.

I am that fragile and when someone is sick in our home they isolate. But, unlike you we are considerate.

People have been sick since the dawn of time. If your body is that weak, then you need to wear a mask at all times. Just like immunocompromised people do.

People like you are such jackasses. Sickness has been around forever, but guess what? We know more about how it spreads. We know more about long term effects. We have more awareness that consequences can be more severe for some people in our community etc etc etc

Stop making excuses for being rude and lacking compassion for those around you. Your job ain't that important.

Yea but my paycheck is. So you can shut it and wear a mask instead of expecting the rest of the world to take care of you. You clearly have the luxury to be at home worrying about what is happening at your husband’s job instead of having to go out and work in person.

I am a DP.

We should change the insane work culture of the US instead of pretending that there is something wrong with not wanting to be around other sick people at work or school. Those of you pretending it's NBD are FOS.

Great, find a way to implement universal sick leave for all US workers. Until you do, you’ll just have to get over people being sick at work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Coworker just announced she has a cold and when pressed by another coworker, jokingly said “Oh, I guess I’m breaking the rules.”

It’s gross. Don’t do it.

Honestly, it sounds like your company needs to create a better sick leave culture. Co-workers just telling each other to go home isn’t going to provide reassurance. This needs to be some top-down messenging on this issue or else people will feel they are the martyr hero for coming into work rather than viewing it as a necessary and supportable absence.

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Anonymous wrote:If my husband gets it at work, I’m sending him right back to share it with you all. It’s really crummy as just a cold lasts weeks for me with multiple steroids and antibiotics. He gets no pto. No work, no pay.

Your husband has no PTO and doesn’t get paid if he doesn’t work but you think his coworkers shouldn’t come to work sick and just not get paid?

Most of the co-workers have PTO, as they are feds and with other contractor companies. It varies depending on who you work for. He gets no PTO or sick leave but if he gets sick its from work, so I'm sending him into work sick to protect me. You give it to him, you can have it back.

If you’re so fragile wear a mask at home.

I am that fragile and when someone is sick in our home they isolate. But, unlike you we are considerate.

People have been sick since the dawn of time. If your body is that weak, then you need to wear a mask at all times. Just like immunocompromised people do.

People like you are such jackasses. Sickness has been around forever, but guess what? We know more about how it spreads. We know more about long term effects. We have more awareness that consequences can be more severe for some people in our community etc etc etc

Stop making excuses for being rude and lacking compassion for those around you. Your job ain't that important.

Yea but my paycheck is. So you can shut it and wear a mask instead of expecting the rest of the world to take care of you. You clearly have the luxury to be at home worrying about what is happening at your husband’s job instead of having to go out and work in person.

I am a DP.

We should change the insane work culture of the US instead of pretending that there is something wrong with not wanting to be around other sick people at work or school. Those of you pretending it's NBD are FOS.

Great, find a way to implement universal sick leave for all US workers. Until you do, you’ll just have to get over people being sick at work.

I understand some people have limited options, but if you have leave or telework options and you come in anyway, you are a jackass and should be shunned. People should feel free to make you miserable in other ways so you get the message to wise up and be courteous.

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Anonymous wrote:If my husband gets it at work, I’m sending him right back to share it with you all. It’s really crummy as just a cold lasts weeks for me with multiple steroids and antibiotics. He gets no pto. No work, no pay.

Your husband has no PTO and doesn’t get paid if he doesn’t work but you think his coworkers shouldn’t come to work sick and just not get paid?

Most of the co-workers have PTO, as they are feds and with other contractor companies. It varies depending on who you work for. He gets no PTO or sick leave but if he gets sick its from work, so I'm sending him into work sick to protect me. You give it to him, you can have it back.

If you’re so fragile wear a mask at home.

I am that fragile and when someone is sick in our home they isolate. But, unlike you we are considerate.

People have been sick since the dawn of time. If your body is that weak, then you need to wear a mask at all times. Just like immunocompromised people do.

People like you are such jackasses. Sickness has been around forever, but guess what? We know more about how it spreads. We know more about long term effects. We have more awareness that consequences can be more severe for some people in our community etc etc etc

Stop making excuses for being rude and lacking compassion for those around you. Your job ain't that important.

Yea but my paycheck is. So you can shut it and wear a mask instead of expecting the rest of the world to take care of you. You clearly have the luxury to be at home worrying about what is happening at your husband’s job instead of having to go out and work in person.

I am a DP.

We should change the insane work culture of the US instead of pretending that there is something wrong with not wanting to be around other sick people at work or school. Those of you pretending it's NBD are FOS.

Great, find a way to implement universal sick leave for all US workers. Until you do, you’ll just have to get over people being sick at work.

I understand some people have limited options, but if you have leave or telework options and you come in anyway, you are a jackass and should be shunned. People should feel free to make you miserable in other ways so you get the message to wise up and be courteous.

Lol. So pathetic. Now wear a mask if you’re afraid of germs.

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Anonymous wrote:If my husband gets it at work, I’m sending him right back to share it with you all. It’s really crummy as just a cold lasts weeks for me with multiple steroids and antibiotics. He gets no pto. No work, no pay.

Your husband has no PTO and doesn’t get paid if he doesn’t work but you think his coworkers shouldn’t come to work sick and just not get paid?

Most of the co-workers have PTO, as they are feds and with other contractor companies. It varies depending on who you work for. He gets no PTO or sick leave but if he gets sick its from work, so I'm sending him into work sick to protect me. You give it to him, you can have it back.

If you’re so fragile wear a mask at home.

I am that fragile and when someone is sick in our home they isolate. But, unlike you we are considerate.

People have been sick since the dawn of time. If your body is that weak, then you need to wear a mask at all times. Just like immunocompromised people do.

People like you are such jackasses. Sickness has been around forever, but guess what? We know more about how it spreads. We know more about long term effects. We have more awareness that consequences can be more severe for some people in our community etc etc etc

Stop making excuses for being rude and lacking compassion for those around you. Your job ain't that important.

Yea but my paycheck is. So you can shut it and wear a mask instead of expecting the rest of the world to take care of you. You clearly have the luxury to be at home worrying about what is happening at your husband’s job instead of having to go out and work in person.

I am a DP.

We should change the insane work culture of the US instead of pretending that there is something wrong with not wanting to be around other sick people at work or school. Those of you pretending it's NBD are FOS.

The problem is, a lot of people only say that until they're on the receiving end of the consequences of changing those cultural expectations.

Health care is a good example. My wife is a doctor. She knows people get mad when she comes in while sick (she does wear a mask then, at least). But the anger communicated to her and her coworkers in those situations is *dwarfed* by the anger of patients who have the appointment they needed to schedule 3-months out cancelled at the last minute. And that is dwarfed by the people who have their procedures cancelled after they spent the night clearing out their bowels.

At one point they tried calling patients and giving them the option to reschedule when the provider was sick, but that just seemed to make them even more mad.

The health care case is more extreme than most, but the basic idea broadly applies. If you give people the option between *potentially* getting sick due to an exposure, or *definitely* being inconvenienced by someone not working, most will accept the risk of illness. Not everyone feels that way, but it doesn't seem anywhere close to an even split. The vast majority seem to at most grumble and then want to carry on.

[Anonymous]

People don't receive enough sick leave to call out for every cold.