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Scouse
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The scouse family all had flu last week (on half term - what fun!) with me finally giving in and going to bed on friday evening.
Having got rid of the worst of it by monday it settled into an ear infection instead - in my bloody good ear! - which hurts like a bugger especially when I swallow.
Now I've broken out in so many coldsores I look like Joseph Merrick with a heroin addiction.
Like I said 'kin wonderful!
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Big TC
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D'you mean John Merrick?
Anyhoo, hope you fell better soon.
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Scouse
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Big TC wrote: | D'you mean John Merrick?
Anyhoo, hope you fell better soon. |
I thought it was John Merrick as well, but apparantly not.
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Big TC
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As in The Elephant Man?
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DradusContact
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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Got a touch of a cold myself. Feel lousy. Not one for sickness myself, had 3 days off work since 2006.
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Jasper
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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| DradusContact wrote: | | Got a touch of a cold myself. Feel lousy. Not one for sickness myself, had 3 days off work since 2006. |
Three days off, that's outragous. Almost a day a year! |
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TimR
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to go in even if I had the flu but eventually learned that it's just not worth it. |
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| TimR wrote: | | ... but eventually learned that it's just not worth it. |
Which must have pleased your colleagues |
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Scouse
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't take any time off sick - I'd already booked friday off to take the kids to a haloween party & watch up!
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gonnabuildabuggy
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| TimR wrote: | | I used to go in even if I had the flu but eventually learned that it's just not worth it. |
Ditto - you end up giving it to your colleagues so safer all round to stay at home. Seeing as I can work from home that's what I do, though not had a day off for several years - amazing what self-employment does.
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TimR
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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Never passed it on - I was always happy to shut my door and ignore the bastards  |
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Humphrey The Pug
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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I've been shit in the last week and it has culminated in a chest infection that I've now got antibiotics for.
I haven't had a decent nights sleep in almost a week and took my first sick day off in at least 4 years on Monday.
Starting to feel a little better now.
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Bob Sacramento
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Big TC wrote: | | As in The Elephant Man? |
No, the guy that does the racing odds on Channel 4.
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DradusContact
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Humphrey The Pug wrote: | I've been shit in the last week and it has culminated in a chest infection that I've now got antibiotics for.
I haven't had a decent nights sleep in almost a week and took my first sick day off in at least 4 years on Monday.
Starting to feel a little better now. |
At least you have some credibility though. If i phone up sick then at least people know its going to be genuine. Some of the sicknotes in here you could set your watch by, ie every monday morning. 
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DaveGibson
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| When I was at Rolls-Royce in the seventies we had one colleague whose regular absences caused the manager to say she was the first woman he'd ever come across who had a period every two weeks. These days, he'd probably get sued for sex discrimination. |
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Boxer6
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Big TC wrote: | | As in The Elephant Man? |
Yep, Joseph Carey Merrick. Apparently, he was only called John in the film.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| It's amazing in Germany, where employees (though not contractors like me) get so many sick days per year on full pay. Some of them seem to regard this limit as a target ... |
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DaveGibson
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr wrote: | | It's amazing in Germany, where employees (though not contractors like me) get so many sick days per year on full pay. Some of them seem to regard this limit as a target ... |
When I was with BL/Istel/AT&T, etc. after about five years' service we qualified for a full year's illness on full pay. In fact, early on we were in receipt of NI sick pay, on top, but that was later netted off.
A friend ended up getting just that. Both his doctor and the company's doctor advised him to retire on medical grounds but the HR manager said he'd hardly been off work and refused to allow him to leave. His doctor then stopped his drugs, because they were wrecking his liver, with the result that his joints seized up (he had rheumatioid arthritis) so he then spent the next year off work, before the HR manager approved. He was even promoted during his absence. |
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simonp
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Australians are the same. Their allocated sick leave is treated as extra holiday and they'll phone in sick even when they're not. |
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