Dammit Wednesday: Being Sick at Work.

I’m normally fairly healthy when it comes to illnesses, in a typical year I might get a nasty cold once or twice maybe a stomach bug every once in a while but overall I wouldn’t be considered a sickly person. Right now I’m working on getting over my 3rd cold in about 60 days. The symptoms are essentially the same each time, minor throat irritation in the morning and nasal congestion throughout the day. Naturally, I’m just sick enough to disrupt things at work but I’m not showing any out-of-the-ordinary symptoms that warrant real concern. Some people say it’s just this elusive ‘bug’ that’s going around; others are blaming it on our never-ending 7 month winter. Either way, it sucks.

Being sick at work always sucks, especially being sick with a ‘bug’ that refuses to go away. Like most people, when I’m sick I really don’t want to do anything which means my overall productivity in the workplace is poorer then it could be. In the end I just have more work to do when I’m not sick because I need to get caught up. Also, it’s a pain when you have to talk a lot when you’re sick especially with nasal congestion. It seems like I’m constantly on the phone and people can always tell when I’m sick, they point it out almost immediately. I’m not sure what tips them off either; perhaps it’s when I answer the phone with “Good Afternoon, This is Bark.”

I think we can all agree that having to endure a few days at the workplace with a nasty cold is the worst.