So-called Swine Flu victim….

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Wilmslow replied

31 July 2009, 07:41
Originally posted by realityhack View Post

Oddly enough, I took a few days off last week, including the Friday, only to email the PM on the Sunday to warn him I may be working from home Monday. Called the doc and he said: Swine Flu symptoms, off for a week, and so it is. Thought 'this is overkill, brilliant, I'm going to have a week off and it's only going to be like a very mild cold! Excellent!'

Not so. I've barely left the bed for 3 days now, I felt like dying yesterday, and I couldn't sleep at all last night as I was coughing every 20 frikkin seconds. Glad it's happened so I can just get it over with, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

I think I'd twat someone if they implied it was a sickie when I get back, assuming this clears up by Monday. If your colleague definitely had it I wouldn't mock unless you want to be wearing a standard-issue corporate coffee.

Exactly my point. People who HAVE swine flue have my sympathy.

Said colleage has not had anything like this, it was blatantly a childcare run out of holiday blag!
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realityhack replied

30 July 2009, 22:10
Oddly enough, I took a few days off last week, including the Friday, only to email the PM on the Sunday to warn him I may be working from home Monday. Called the doc and he said: Swine Flu symptoms, off for a week, and so it is. Thought 'this is overkill, brilliant, I'm going to have a week off and it's only going to be like a very mild cold! Excellent!'

Not so. I've barely left the bed for 3 days now, I felt like dying yesterday, and I couldn't sleep at all last night as I was coughing every 20 frikkin seconds. Glad it's happened so I can just get it over with, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

I think I'd twat someone if they implied it was a sickie when I get back, assuming this clears up by Monday. If your colleague definitely had it I wouldn't mock unless you want to be wearing a standard-issue corporate coffee.
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MarillionFan replied

30 July 2009, 16:36
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

F*** all wrong with you. Two paracetamol, back to work within the hour.

Yes of course. But Im perm at the moment, so frankly Im dying and would be rude of me infect the whole building. If I was contracting, I would have stayed in the room and the next day, been the only one still there!
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Bagpuss replied

30 July 2009, 16:34
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suityou01 replied

30 July 2009, 16:32
Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post

Ive just taken the rest of the day off sick.

Been in a conference room for three days with a load of people, all of a sudden after lunch, got a sudden rise of temperature, headache, sore throat and fever.

Decided to come out of the room and pop home for an hour.

Havent been back for the rest of the day and now in bed

F*** all wrong with you. Two paracetamol, back to work within the hour.
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MarillionFan replied

30 July 2009, 16:29
Ive just taken the rest of the day off sick.

Been in a conference room for three days with a load of people, all of a sudden after lunch, got a sudden rise of temperature, headache, sore throat and fever.

Decided to come out of the room and pop home for an hour.

Havent been back for the rest of the day and now in bed
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PM-Junkie replied

27 July 2009, 10:54
Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post

Does make you wonder how many supposed SwineFlu stats are in fact people pulling sickies ....

the government talking bollux to try to throw people off the scent
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Churchill replied

27 July 2009, 10:49
Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

40% of all sick days are either side of the weekend. It's a disgrace.
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NotAllThere replied

27 July 2009, 10:47
40% of all sick days are either side of the weekend. It's a disgrace.
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AlfredJPruffock replied

27 July 2009, 09:50
Does make you wonder how many supposed SwineFlu stats are in fact people pulling sickies ....
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Peoplesoft bloke replied

27 July 2009, 08:24
Originally posted by Wilmslow View Post

Any other ‘swine flu’ scams?

I am selling Tamiflu on eBay
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Wilmslow started a topic So-called Swine Flu victim….

27 July 2009, 07:55
So-called Swine Flu victim….

Lazy colleague at work, often conveniently ill on Friday afternoons booked Friday to Monday off for Lattitude last week, only needing Friday off as was back home on Sunday.

Called us on Monday morning cancelling her holiday declaring swine flu, so changing to sick day banking holiday and off sick for the rest of the week.

Call me a cynic, but, sounds very convenient being well enough for a weekend break to suddenly get ill when due to come back to work!

She is now back in the office. I am not worried one iota about getting the pandemic as I know full well she has pulled a fast one!

Any other ‘swine flu’ scams?
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