Terminalcoffee discussion

So I finally decided to take a sick day. I hardly ever do, and I feel that insane Catholic guilt when I do. But I did. I think I'm going to read and watch tv and try to not feel guilty.

My dog and oldest son are sick, too. We shall be sick together.

Do you feel guilty when you're sick? What do you do? What's the line between going to work and staying home? I also don't want to go to work, by the way, because I work in a busy building full of students and I could get them all sick...in fact, I probably caught this from them. Bastards.

i went more than 12 years of not calling in sick. not even one day. but then again i was not really sick enough to call in. it did become a streak that i liked to keep alive so there were some marginal days that i went in to work. finally about a year or so ago i got really sick and missed an entire week of work. laid in bed until i got better. i had lots of books. it was wonderful

i do have a buddy named rooster (yes, i have friends named rooster, fish and butt-butt) who occasionally says that he "calls in tired". there is honesty

I probably went near as long as you Kevin, just never really get too sick. But when I did, I didn't feel guilty about it, and sometimes now the occasional mental health day is needed. If you are in a better frame of mind work will go better.

I'm like you RA. I feel terribly guilty when I call in sick. I call out when one of my kids it sick, though. I don't feel guilty then but I also work from home. I want to be like Barb when I grow up.

I don't usually work from home but I can if I need to.

Whatever happened with your job, Barb? Did you resign and get a new one? Are you still working from home?

This is off track but i was just taking a break from work and i came across this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...

my theory: ZOMBIES

You may be right, Mayra. Amazing. Simply amazing.

'A number of points surrounding this incident remain to be cleared up.'

uhhhh, yeah.

The reason I don't feel too guilty about it is because if I take a vacation day, or go on vacation, and something comes up that they need a question answered I am always available for them to call. They do call quite often, but never for more than a couple minutes a day.

this thread is making me a bit under the weather. think i'll go home......

This thread prompted me to check my time off and I have more than I can carry over! WHOO! That's the first time this has ever happened to me! That means I literally HAVE to take a day off for no reason or I'll lose it!

I hate being sick, and since I have my own little office, and can be comfortable there with tea and my space heater, if I'm feeling just a little icky, and not doing anything too contagious, like coughing or sneezing, I go to work.

If I get the flu, I'm down for the count for at least 3 days where just crawling out of bed is an effort. I'll go back to work after the 3 days off, but am no way feeling 100%.

I remember one of my bosses saying that she had no problem with us using a sick day as a mental health day as long as she didn't catch us in a store or on the golf course.

I do feel a little guilty, but then again I almost never get sick. I give the credit to VACCINES and handwashing, among other things.

I drank a lot of coke as a kid, so I'm uncommonly healthy and popular.

Since I work from home, I don't take sick days, because even if I'm sick, I can still work from bed or the couch.

RandomAnthony wrote: "I drank a lot of coke as a kid, so I'm uncommonly healthy and popular."

Self-deception is so danged powerful, ain't it?

I don't know what you're talking about.

power off at work. i came home to work from my chair. glad i didn't call in sick today

DAMN. I keep hoping for the power to go out, and it's staying on. Stupid ass generators or whatever. Lucky Kevin.

My wife and I ride to work together, so even if the power goes out here, which it has in the past, I can't go home because her work seems to have generators to back up the generators.

I used to take an occasional mental health day, and encouraged my employees to do likewise.

I remember one of my bosses saying that she had no problem with us using a sick day as a mental health day as long as she didn't catch us in a store or on the golf course.

How could she do that unless she was doing that which she had just warned everyone not to do?

Charlotte wrote: "I remember one of my bosses saying that she had no problem with us using a sick day as a mental health day as long as she didn't catch us in a store or on the golf course.

How could she do that ..."

I don't think she meant it literally. She was just qualifying how you spent your mental health day. We received the "don't let me catch you" speech after one girl who had phoned in sick was seen by a coworker driving down the road on a motorcycle. It's a relatively small community and tongues wag.

Gotcha, Janice. How you spend your mental health day reminds me of the "Tasteless" filter on my work's firewall.

My late husband had an incredible work ethic. He built up months of sick time. He used it all when he got leukemia. He died 5 months after diagnosis, at age 50. Use the sick leave before you need it that badly. Take care of each other.

That's very sad, Joanne.

Oh Joanne!!!

Condolences Joanne, but great advice.

Joanne wrote: "My late husband had an incredible work ethic. He built up months of sick time. He used it all when he got leukemia. He died 5 months after diagnosis, at age 50. Use the sick leave before you need i..."

Hell yes. Thank you, Joanne.

Thanks to all of you, it's very comforting. Nov. 7th is the 14th anniversary of his death. It doesn't matter how long it's been, he's loved and remembered. I take nothing for granted. I'm a better person, wish he was here to see that.

thanks for sharing Joanne... hugs to you.

My condolences also Joanne, thanks for the advice.

What a nice group.

Well, I jinxed myself, and had to take an actual sick day today. Inner ear infection that threw my equilibrium off.

Hope you feel better soon, Jim. Is your hearing muffled?

Yes, the hearing muffled, I can live with that, but not having any balance is the hard part.

Can you take something for it like with vertigo or do you just have to wait it out?

i hope you feel better soon, jim. try not to fall down any stairs.

smetchie wrote: "Can you take something for it like with vertigo or do you just have to wait it out?"

I'm not big on taking pills, so I will wait it out. My wife drove me to work today, but she is only going to work a half day, so I guess I am too.

@janine. - I am avoiding all stairs.

I'm REAL big on taking pills.

I hope you are feeling better, Jim. being off balance with no good reason is no fun.

Working on it, thanks.

I've been sick for a week! I hate this! What is wrong with me???

Sorry, Britt. Take fluids and some ibuprofen and go to bed! Rest, rest, rest. Monitor your temp. Did you get a flu shot this year?

No, I didn't.

Well, rest up. Orange juice, chicken soup, herbal tea!

I NEVER get sick. The one or two times a year I might call out are for veterinary emergencies or funerals. I would love to be able to call out for a "mental health day" but I just can't. The guilt is too much. Plus, I only work 3 days a week, it's not that difficult or inconvenient to just fucking go to work when I'm scheduled. I'd rather use my PTO for a real vacation.

I rarely get sick...I once went 4 years without even a cold. When I do get something, it's from a toddler. Dangerous, dangerous vectors of disease.

Unfortunately, the migraines are frequent and chronic. I have had a migraine for 20 of the past 30 days. Now,migraines will not kill you. they just generally make you wish you would just die and get it over with. However, since the migraines have been so very frequent, I've gotten really strict about watching out for food triggers..reading labels like crazy before the migraines drive me crazy. When I was calling in 3 out of every 5 days my boss suggested I go on disability. shortly thereafter the migraines were 28 out of every 30 days and nothing seemed to help...so long as I can have 2 or 3 days headache free I am a happy camper and can cope. If I could schedule them, I'd could arrange a work schedule around them. enjoy your health people. On bad days...well, let us say dark rooms, extreme quiet are my friends. Imitrex and other drugs do not always work and may even trigger a rebound headache. Oh well, It will not kill me...and I am not dying. I get lots of bed rest. Just would rather be headache free and working for a living.