Carrying on the sickness theme..

[KittyGlitter]

Has anyone out there never had a sick day off from work because they either never get sick or if they do, they battle on regardless?

[Kay]

Yeh,my hubby! His head would have to fall off before he'd go sick.  He pushes himself too hard sometimes.

[stoo_pid]

I've never had a day's sick.  Mainly its cos I'm lucky enough to rarely get ill.  On the 2 or 3 occasions I have been, I've not been so unwell that I couldn't do my job. (My Dad never had a day's sick either but I think that was cos he was so stubborn he'd never admit he was ill!)

[turquoise]

My dad has never had a day off sick either. And i never had a day off sick from school or uni. My attendance was always 100%. Apart from when i'm bunking uni lol.

[smudge]

My husband falls ito this category. He would have to be literally on his hands & knees before taking time off work.

[AllYourBase]

I haven't had a day sick since I started work, seven years ago. I am lucky in that I work in a pharmacy dept, so there are always people and drugs on hand should I feel ropey and need advice or medicine. Some o my collegues however seem to take a different view of their responsibilites however. I suppose it's all down to education. I do get frustrated when people are paid whilst off sick tho'.

[FP]

I can't remember my husband being off.  He just soldiers on and then complains all evening when he comes home and acts like a bear with a sore head.  He must think he's indispensable! 

 

 

[Slainte]

My dad will only stay off work sick when he absolutely has to.  When he broke his arm he got the cast removed earlier as they wanted to put a new one back on - he wouldn't let them and went back to work with no fuss.

Having said that, I find it extremely irrating when people come into work when they are clearly not well enough.  Firstly, I don't want to catch their colds which they invariably spread to the rest of the office; secondly, I cannot stand the martyr act 'I've got so much to do, I couldn't possibly not come in' etc... and lastly expecting sympathy to be lavished upon them for 'struggling in'.

Sorry - rant over now.

[Yinzer]

Simon C, I can't believe you get frustrated at people getting paid while off sick. Would you rather they bring their illness for everybody else - employees, customers etc - to catch? When I was pregnant a girl I worked with was often sick and would never stay home. Needless to say I ended up catching it really bad and it didn't clear up for over a week.

It's just selfish! I try to avoid going anywhere when sick.
On another note though, I think that the older generation are just raised to complain less. My grandmother won't say anything, or even make a sick face until it is completely unbearable or she needs to go to the ER. There's just this "no excuses" mentality.

What about you Kitty Glitter?

[KittyGlitter]

I've had my fair share of sick days off. No point in spreading germs or going in doing the martyr thing, being unable to concentrate and not being very productive!

[maurizio]

If you are seriously ill then you take time off, full stop.This mentality of going to work till you drop makes ME sick. We already work long hours a day, we don't take lunch breaks, we don't take our full holiday entitlement, we work unpaid overtime and we enjoy the shortest number of bank/public holidays in Europe, hurrah.

[FP]

Try working in a call centre all day with a streaming cold, taking approximately 15 calls per hour and talking non stop; well nigh impossible.  Also in an air conditioned atmosphere with all the windows shut tight and 50 other people, is it fair to spread your germs!