Plenty of people complaining of flu (might just be a cold who knows).
Anyway which one are you:-
1) Man up and come into work anyway?
2) Take the day off because you are "dying"?
3) Take the day off because you don't want to make others ill?
4) Take the day off to go biking and pretend you were ill?
Im a student, so I just did what I normally do. Stay in bed.
Was very conscious of making others ill though, wouldnt want anyone to feel like I did!
i normally rotate through all 4
none of the above.
don't come in cause I don't feel well, and the way to get better is rest.
No MTFU, no drama...
If you have flu the last thing you'll feel like doing is going to work. If you have a cold MTFU.
i come in if a feel a bit ill. i stay in bed if i know that i need a day off to recover.
I can't stand people who come in for weeks on end ill - infecting everyone else and complaining about it when a days rest would have fixed them.
Sadly, as the last 2 days have proved, option 1.
Woke up this morning / feeling excellent! / Picked up the telephone / dialed the number / Of my equal opportunity / employer to inform him / I will not be in / to work today! / Are you feeling sick? / the Boss asked me, / "No Sir" I replied, / I am feeling too good / to report to work today! / If I feel sick tomorrow / I will come in early.
I hate it when people MTFU and wander around infecting the rest of us.
The rule of thumb I use is,
If I do go into work, am I going to be any use when I get there? If "no", I stay in bed.
I'm full of the lurgy at the moment. Booked last Friday and Monday off work cos I had to use up some holiday days before the end of the year. Was fine on Thursday, woke up on Friday feeling like I'd fallen down the stairs, full-on flu-like symptoms. Proper waste of a holiday, gutted.
Cougar, call in sick and get the holidays back.
Yeah, if you're diseased... stay away from me please.
Having said that my immune system is rock solid.
5) Work from home so I am near creature comforts and not make others sick.
1 but should be 3.... as i dont get sick pay its always 1.
phil - the fact that you, in your line of work, don't get sick pay... makes me sick!
I've just had 5 days of sick (including the weekend) as I was down with "flu-like symptoms." Can't have been flu (I think) as I have had my flu jab (type II diabetes). I had a temperature of 39.2deg C and felt dreadful. Headaches, dizziness, sweating / shivering / sneezing / lots of dark green snot. I've come back in today because I feel I can actually contribute. If I infect anybody - what can I say?
"Sorry" ?
2 or 3 for me
You can't call in sick & get your hols back. What if you happened to fall ill while abroad? You're still on holiday
currently having a day off cos of last nights non alcohol based vomiting session, 11pm, 12am, 1.30am, 2.30am, and 4.30am.... took the wifes advice, phone the boss and turn over.... not been off work sick since 2002, and haven't vomited since 1994.... must be getting old!
If I'm properly ill then validly call in sick, if I have a sniffly cold and don't want to spread it then I'm with LHS and just dial in and work from home.
Also worked from home with a nasty ankle sprain recently.
Why have sick days on your record if you are a jammy bugger and actually being in the office doesn't make that much difference to your output 
I f I can get out of bed, I'm well enough to work (and would far rather be at work with something to do than feeling sorry myself sat at home).
If I'm well enough to go to work, then so is everybody else who has the same lurgy (and vice versa). Sure we might share and share alike on coughs and sneezes, but where's the problem with that?
(4 days off in 15 years of working, and that was with chickenpox)
I have a cold/flu and have been going to work.
I like to share things with others.
They are dropping like flies at work.
Look at all you martyrs... going to work when you're ill, all those kittens that aren't as tough as you, pathetic. Spit on them.
You are idiots and I claim my £5.
Its worth remembering you don't get medals for going in when you're ill. and when the promotions are handed out, they aren't looking at sick days....
I MTFU'ed for 3 weeks as we were busy, thought "this is getting ridiculous", went to the docs and was told it was bacterial and I really should have come in sooner, went into work afterwards only to be told by my boss that I looked so ill I should just go home (at last!).
and when the promotions are handed out, they aren't looking at sick days.
But when the redundancy lists are being drawn up they very much do, particularly all the folk with odd days here and there which are almost always skiving.
If you really had flu you would not be able to get to work. I have had flu once and could hardly move for a week.Most of what we get is a horrible shivery cold thing .Flu is really debilitating.
But when the redundancy lists are being drawn up they very much do, particularly all the folk with odd days here and there which are almost always skiving.
And that way lies a discrimination case if that person has a mental illness.
An idiot's guide to diagnosing the flu:
If you can man up and get to work, you've got a cold not the flu.
Here endeth the lesson.
And that way lies a discrimination case if that person has a mental illness.
Are you suggesting that people who go off with coughs and colds have mental issues.
1) No sick pay here and i need the money!
I lack the necessary ability to be ill
And that way lies a discrimination case if that person has a mental illness.
Sorry, you've lost me there. I'd have thought folk with mental illnesses are no more or no less likely to take odd days here and there than other folk.
True flu and you'll feel like shit/death warmed up.
I'd ring in, there is swine flu around and working in healthcare I'd probably be shot going in when ill, but there are those martyrs who'll drag themselves in regardless.
If it is flu then I would ...
1) Man up and come into work anyway?
Ans: Yes. No big deal just don't talk to me.
2) Take the day off because you are "dying"?
Ans: Only when my head is spinning with heavy flue which I did have few weeks ago but it fell on Saturday so wasted weekend.
3) Take the day off because you don't want to make others ill?
Ans: No, spread the love and share it with everyone.
4) Take the day off to go biking and pretend you were ill?
Ans: Never.
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