I get really riled up by people who go to work putting on a brave face when they have something as medically boring as a common cold. Keep it to yourself, not shuffle about all over the place.
Employers make me mad as hell when they say stuff like “it’s just a cold, you can still come in” __Piss. Off___!_ It’s a cold. __STAY AT HOME__.I don’t want your germs floating about in my airspace. Good lord. It’s common sense. Colds are contagious. If you get a cold on your third day at work, don’t be a hero, get better first. Get it shifted.
I say this because I went to work for a company for five years, barely phoning in sick. In fact, I didn’t phone in sick once for two years. I am a sucker for getting colds, I hate that shit just as much as hey fever, something else I get almost every damn year.
For the first two years, I stuck at it whether I got a cold, hey fever or some other sniffle and cough problem. After that though, my body decided it wasn’t liking it, and at one point it took two months to shift a common cold. There is no way on earth any company is paying me enough to go to work with a common cold that isn’t going to budge for two months.
Take more care of yourself than your job. There is nothing worse than piling on undue stress on your system in order to impress the boss. The boss can wait, your health cannot.
Stress by the way, is a big contender for people leaving work in the first place.