How sick do you need to be to not go to work?

El_Dangeroso · 10-02-2013 05:34PM #1

I'm feeling under the weather today, think I'm coming down with a cold - not hungover if that's what you were thinking:)

Not super sick, but definitely ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly. Currently debating whether to go into work tomorrow if I still feel this bad. If I feel worse it's a definite, but currently I'm borderline.

How sick do you need to be before you call in sick? Are you the 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' type or do you have a duvet day at the first sign of a runny nose?

TheBody · 10-02-2013 05:36PM

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

I'm feeling under the weather today, think I'm coming down with a cold - not hungover if that's what you were thinking:)

Not super sick, but definitely ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly. Currently debating whether to go into work tomorrow if I still feel this bad. If I feel worse it's a definite, but currently I'm borderline.

How sick do you need to be before you call in sick? Are you the 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' type or do you have a duvet day at the first sign of a runny nose?

I don't get paid unless I'm at work, so I'm one of those 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' people you refer to.

Death and Taxes · 10-02-2013 05:37PM

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

judgefudge · 10-02-2013 05:40PM

Depends on what I have to do. I've gone into work in bits before because I've had to get something important done. But if you genuinely don't feel great and you don't have anything urgent to do you're better off taking a day off. Otherwise it just drags on for longer.

mp22 · 10-02-2013 05:42PM

Work,what is this "work" of which you speak??

michael999999 · 10-02-2013 05:43PM

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

I'm feeling under the weather today, think I'm coming down with a cold - not hungover if that's what you were thinking:)

Not super sick, but definitely ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly. Currently debating whether to go into work tomorrow if I still feel this bad. If I feel worse it's a definite, but currently I'm borderline.

How sick do you need to be before you call in sick? Are you the 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' type or do you have a duvet day at the first sign of a runny nose?

If your well enough to be on boards, your well enough to work!

Hercule Poirot · 10-02-2013 05:44PM

Man rings his boss: Boss, I won't be in today, I think I'm sick.

Boss: OK, how sick are you?

Man: Well considering I just had sex with my dog, I'd say I'm very sick

Bad Santa · 10-02-2013 05:44PM

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly.

Sounds like Guillain Barré syndrome. Hope you hadn't anything planned for the next ten years or so.

TheBody · 10-02-2013 05:45PM

mp22 wrote: »

Work,what is this "work" of which you speak??

Is there a correlation between that post and the forum you mod??? :pac:

Pilotdude5 · 10-02-2013 05:45PM

I believe the medical term is "Fairly sick"

kneemos · 10-02-2013 05:46PM

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

I'm feeling under the weather today, think I'm coming down with a cold - not hungover if that's what you were thinking:)

Not super sick, but definitely ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly. Currently debating whether to go into work tomorrow if I still feel this bad. If I feel worse it's a definite, but currently I'm borderline.

How sick do you need to be before you call in sick? Are you the 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' type or do you have a duvet day at the first sign of a runny nose?

If your asking your not sick enough.

CINCLANTFLT · 10-02-2013 05:46PM

A guy phones up his workplace on a Monday morning...

"Sorry Boss, I can't come in today, I'm sick"
"Dave this is the third Monday in a row you're had off. Just how sick are you?"
"Well, I'm in bed with my little sister at the moment if that's any help."

mikemac1 · 10-02-2013 05:48PM

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

Not super sick, but definitely ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly.

Sounds like constipation

Have a 6 pack of Bulmers Pear

juan.kerr · 10-02-2013 05:49PM

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

Man rings his boss: Boss, I won't be in today, I think I'm sick.

Boss: OK, how sick are you?

Man: Well considering I just had sex with my dog, I'd say I'm very sick

And how did your boss respond to that?

10-02-2013 05:49PM

Usually so rough that I'm sent home. Which means that getting up to go to the pharmacy is put off by about an hour.

galwayrush · 10-02-2013 05:50PM

It's not an option for the self employed.

El_Dangeroso · 10-02-2013 05:51PM

TheBody wrote: »

I don't get paid unless I'm at work, so I'm one of those 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' people you refer to.

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Great, so ye're the guys who comes in all snotty and infectious and makes sure the entire office or customers gets what you have.

Pottler · 10-02-2013 05:53PM

galwayrush wrote: »

It's not an option for the self employed.

Not really. I've a freshly cracked rib and a sprained wrist. Tomorow off? Nah, work as normal. I think I'd have to die for me to be considered ill enough to take the day off. Even than there's a fair chance they'd prop me up in the corner to keep an eye on things. It hurts to breath, never mind cough. I'm getting too old for the rough stuff.

HTML5! · 10-02-2013 05:54PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Rubbish.

The state pays disability benefit.

If a working taxpayer gets sersiously ill or run over the way to work they're not entitled to sick pay?

I know these are extreme cases, but people get ill through no fault of their own. Of course they should be entitled to it.

Just because a few people abuse it, well that's not my problem if I'm very sick and can't work.

Edit: for the record I'm a contracter and I don't get paid for sick days.

Hercule Poirot · 10-02-2013 05:54PM

juan.kerr wrote: »

And how did your boss respond to that?

Transferred to a different departement, and my advert for dog-walking was taken off the notice board..

mikemac1 · 10-02-2013 05:56PM

Pottler wrote: »

Not really. I've a freshly cracked rib and a sprained wrist. Tomorow off? Nah, work as normal.

Now, now. Were you scrapping outside Supermacs last night?

Did you win?

juan.kerr · 10-02-2013 05:57PM

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

Great, so ye're the guys who comes in all snotty and infectious and makes sure the entire office or customers gets what you have.

A little cold will hardly kill you. Man up.

mikemac1 · 10-02-2013 05:58PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Spoken like an office worker.

Accidents happen on the job.
Swinging doors and trays of soup in a hotel for just one example

Senna · 10-02-2013 06:00PM

Very much related to how busy work is rather than how sick I am. There would be a few days that unless I cant physically move, i'd feel terrible about not coming in.
But if I felt like shíte and it was a quiet day, I'd have no problem telling them I'm not coming in. I don't get paid for sick days and I've probably been off about 5 days sick in the last 5 years.

dr.bollocko · 10-02-2013 06:00PM

I need some gold paint to complete my cenotaph for the self employed.

greenman09 · 10-02-2013 06:01PM

I usually need to be at deaths door before I consider ringing in. Whether or not they believe it, is up to them

PhlegmyMoses · 10-02-2013 06:01PM

I have been absent once for a week since I started in my place 3 years ago. Was in hospital. Rarely get more than the sniffles so no need to pull sickies.

Senna · 10-02-2013 06:01PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Accidents happen on the job.
Swinging doors and trays of soup in a hotel for just one example

Sick days and a work related accident are not the same thing.

Overheal · 10-02-2013 06:02PM

Until an employer pays me sick leave to responsibly excuse myself so I don't spread a virus to others, I'm going to continue working until I can't speak or stand. In the end, it costs them more in lost productivity than it does 8 hours pay.

mikemac1 · 10-02-2013 06:05PM

Senna wrote: »

Sick days and a work related accident are not the same thing.

Still sick leave though

And the post was

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

But I'm getting realy pedantic.
I'll leave it at that

miller50841 · 10-02-2013 06:05PM

Guys Guys Guys hold on a minute This is the man flu we are talking about it is extremely serious only men get it and women dont know there you go...................:D

How sick do you need to be to not go to work?

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