Posted by BeardedLady on December 18, 2002, at 15:09:52
In reply to Anybody ever worked for one of these characters?, posted by wharfrat on December 18, 2002, at 14:40:07
At my daughter's preschool, parents send their children to school hacking and dripping and blowing, and it's okay, just as long as they don't have a fever! I suppose I could understand it if some of these women had jobs to go to and needed to live their kids in school, but half of these moms don't work and just don't want to sacrifice their own few hours of solitude.
I take my daughter back home when there's a snotty kid at school.
But in answer to your question, yes. I've worked with these kinds of people all my life. They show up for work long enough to make everyone else sick.
When I get sick, I spend two days in bed until it's mostly gone. I don't socialize, don't go out, don't exert myself. I just wait it out. I wish others would do the same. If they did, we wouldn't have half the illnesses we have.
Here's a little tip about colds that maybe you already know: the rhinovirus enters through your nose or eye (if you sip from a cold sufferer's glass--or kiss him--you could be relatively safe). And you spread colds through your nose or mouth. So if someone sneezes into his hand and shakes yours, and you take that hand and touch your eye or nose later, it's pretty likely you'll get a cold.
Avoid shaking anyone's hand during cold and flu season! And don't share their telephone!
beardy (who hates colds and has one on January 1st and November 1st this year, and that's IT!)
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