State of the Union

[obdigore]

If you had cancer and were going through chemotherapy would you want to be cared for by a nurse with the flu?

Yea bro, If I got sick because some health care worker came to work sick and my immune system was destroyed by chemo, I'd just BOOTSTRAP myself up. I'm not one of those 47% of moochers who rely on the rest of us to be healthy!

[Nakura Chambers]

If you had cancer and were going through chemotherapy would you want to be cared for by a nurse with the flu?

Well I don't work in the healthcare industry, so that's a bit different. Ideally a hospital would provide it's staff with a reasonable number of sick days.

[Cthulhu 2020]

If you had cancer and were going through chemotherapy would you want to be cared for by a nurse with the flu?

Or a waiter, or a chef, or a salesperson, or anyone you have any remotely close contact with?

Fact of the matter is that calling in sick is for the greater good of society's health. I work through being sick because I have work I can do at home, but not everyone has that luxury.

[obdigore]

Same. If I can function, I'll be at work.

I call my boss and tell him I'm sick, and if I feel like it I work from home. If I don't, I take a sick day.

But then again, I'm salaried and get things like paid sick leave and whatnot.

[obdigore]

Bills aren't a concern for me, but I'm not good at taking time off. I had six vacation days or something at my last job after working there for a year and the amount of using them I never did was astronomical.

I carry over vacation time every year, not always with sick time. Sometimes you wake up with a wicked hangover and just don't feel up to 4 hours of morning meetings.

[Felya]

Which is why working from home is awesome. Been doing it for 11 years. Does make me a bit agoraphobic...

Just finished my 10 hours at work! Woot weekend time!!!

(Worked late partially due to eating some bad fish and spending too much time on the porcelain throne posting here)

[Lilly32]

That's because it excludes Medicare and social security...

People collecting Medicare and SS are retired. Where do most people move to when they retire? They move the the South where its warm and nice outside.

http://economistsoutlook.blogs.realt...tirees-moving/

[icausewipes]

Which is why working from home is awesome. Been doing it for 11 years. Does make me a bit agoraphobic...

Just finished my 10 hours at work! Woot weekend time!!!

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