Rant: Feeling guilty about calling in sick

[jim]

I ran a 100 fever off an on yesterday, body aches, etc... Horrible night sleep, woke up like someone stuck a knife in the middle of my back. Took my temp and it was 99.5, so I called in sick to work. Took some ibuprofen, fever gone and now I feel decent and am wondering if I should have gone in.

[StatmanCrothers]

no.your apparent recovery is temporary. go run up and down the stairs a couple of times.

you need to rest. they'd never admit it, but they'd rather have you hale and hearty the rest of the week than feeling crappy and inefficient all week because you didn't rest long enough to let your body recover.

PS also, you are still in the infectious stage. don't be going into work and getting everyone else sick.

[Dillagii]

Don't be. You didnt lie to them. You were sick. You should relax and rest and be ready for tomorrow.

[jim]

no.your apparent recovery is temporary. go run up and down the stairs a couple of times.

you need to rest. they'd never admit it, but they'd rather have you hale and hearty the rest of the week than feeling crappy and inefficient all week because you didn't rest long enough to let your body recover.

PS also, you are still in the infectious stage. don't be going into work and getting everyone else sick.

Exactlty why I didn't go in. If this were Thurs/Fri I'd probably be a trooper and go in. My employer is actually very understanding. But my job involves sitting in front of a computer, exactly what I am doing this very moment.

I'm not so sure those mosquito bites I got cleaning my garden out a couple of days ago aren't related to this to be honest.

[Michael]

I hate when ill coworkers come to work. They make everyone else sick.

[thrill]

Well you're still possibly contagious, so think about how you're saving the company man hours by not infecting coworkers.

[Dillagii]

Dont you have an option of "Working from home?".

[jim]

Dont you have an option of "Working from home?".

That's basically what I'm doing, although I can feel myself fading again so now I'm glad I didn't go in.

[Leroy]

None of us will have jobs in a month anyway, so use up that sick bank.

[clevername]

sounds like Ebola.

I wouldn't want my co-workers giving me Ebola.