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When’s the last time you went to work sick?

I have gone to work and made it through eight hours while throwing up the past two days. 

Posted - October 15, 2018
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  • 19937
    I don't get sick very often, so when I do, I stay home.  
      October 15, 2018 2:03 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Very wise....why knowingly infect others...:( 
      October 15, 2018 2:38 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    I do. We are short staffed as is and prisons are full of sick people. I know I’m needed there and I have only called in sick three times. We have at least four people calling in sick every day. I don’t want to add to the list. 
      October 15, 2018 3:02 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    What if you had something highly contagious and you didn't know...taking it in to a prison could be quite devastating and infect so many others including the staff and your friends....If they all become ill...what then ? 
      October 15, 2018 3:10 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    I had the flu once and called in that time. Most of the time I just have a sinus infection or cold. If it were something serious I would go to the doctor and stay home. I have acid reflux and heartburn. Sometimes I throw up. It isn’t contagious so I power through it. I also have borderline Crohn’s Disease. I just power through flare-ups.  
      October 15, 2018 3:14 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Crohns is nasty, but not infectious ...Hope you dont feel ill to often...:( 
      October 15, 2018 3:19 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    Thank you. It comes and goes. I take medication for it. It helps a lot. I’m too stubborn to let an illness or disease to keep me from going to work. 
      October 15, 2018 3:21 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    I hibernate when I'm not well and get my mum to come stay with us....lol
      October 15, 2018 3:26 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    LOL. I’m grumpy when I’m sick. I just want to be left alone and if I need something, I get it myself. It works well living alone. 
      October 15, 2018 3:30 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Exactly, as well as if I feel lousy, I need rest.
      October 15, 2018 5:54 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Raise your body temp one degree and bugs can't survive the extra heat and they then die off quickly...
      October 16, 2018 11:55 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    That's why we run fevers.  It's the body's way of fighting illness.
      October 16, 2018 1:19 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    It's true...I'm pretty ((( HOT ))) myself and rarely get that sick....  :)D 
      October 16, 2018 3:54 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    LOL ... I'm sure you are.
      October 17, 2018 8:36 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    :) 
      October 17, 2018 12:42 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    cant rennennber since i rarely get sick
      October 15, 2018 2:32 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    I never go to work feeling ill....it would be pointless in my case 
      October 15, 2018 2:59 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    Back in the Navy. A recruit from another country would join our Navy and bring a bug that most have never been exposed too. When a recruit got sick, he got a three day bunk pass. The recruit trainers (me) had to continue working even if I got sick. It happened twice in four years while I was there. I haven't been ill for28 years, except for very minor colds.
      October 15, 2018 3:47 PM MDT
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  • 16829
    Friday. We're upskill training at the moment, couldn't miss two days so after missing Thursday (didn't dare go too far from a toilet), I dragged my sorry carcass in on Friday.
      October 15, 2018 6:11 PM MDT
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  • 1713
    When I had the flu a month or so ago. I went through the worst of it on my days off, but it was still lingering by the time I had to go back to work. It was mostly just a severe headache by then and I hate missing work what with it being so understaffed so I just went in.
      October 15, 2018 10:06 PM MDT
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