Snrl. · 9:05am Feb 17th, 2020
Fornication with dead animals and silent suffering from fire ants.
I am so tired of co-workers coming to work when highly contagious, because "I can't afford the time off," and then having to lose time anyway because they inevitably get sicker... but only after getting other people (c'est moi) sick as well.
Argh.
You are hitting on the fact researchers have pointed out time and time again as they point out the benefit of paid sick days.. Yet employers though they are losing millions if not billions every year as sick employees infect others say they can't afford it
That’s capitalism for you. People can’t afford to stay at home.
Aye.
My last job was in a control room with 3-4 people depending on the time of day.
If one of us was sick, it was greatly appreciated by the others if that sick person stayed home.
The control room air conditioning cycled the air through our room and one other unoccupied machine room. So all the air was constantly re-breathed.
I have an office at my job (technically a storeroom with a door where we build laptops so downgrade that mental image) so week before last when I was sick, I just stuck up my Quarantine sign and muddled through for the most part since I get little rest at home. Darned kids.
People still went strolling right past the sign like it advertised free candy. “Hey, I need your help with...”
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Yup, it's short-sighted of the employers.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!
What the actual hell, people...?
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*nods* My previous job was working in a kitchen in an old folks’ home. If we were sick, we stayed home until we weren’t sick any more. After all, if a disease got into the food supply, some elderly person cold die.
Now I work as a file clerk, but plenty of my co-workers are senior citizens. You would think a similar concern would apply.
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Agreed on all counts. It’s quite mad, but there it is.
5215893 I should feel good that when I'm sneezing and blowing, people care enough to come into my office and ask if I'm ok.
Next time, I'm getting a can of Lysol and spraying them.
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Hee! I am also reminded of Ford Prefect’s observation on humanity’s incessant insistence on constantly observing the obvious while also being oblivious to it. “You seem to have fallen down a well and broken both your legs. Are you alright?”