Results 1 to 16 of 16

Thread: do you go to work when you have a cold?

  1. #1
    God/dess
    Joined
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    3,422
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts

    Default do you go to work when you have a cold?

    I've got another cold...#345, 678 this year or something. When I felt the first pangs of sore throat coming on, I took lots of cold FX, echinacea, vitamin C, but to no avail apparently.

    It makes me severely angry at the universe that I am ALWAYS getting sick, but whatever.

    Is it wrong to go to work when I have a cold? It's a minor one...just stuffy nose so far. I'm not yet coughing or anything.

    I don't want to make other people sick. I'm almost certain it's working so close to other people that makes me so sick, or maybe handling all that money...I hand-sanitize my hands before every customer (they've got little sanitizer dispensers all over the place...not sure the message it sends, but it's useful). Doesn't seem to help...maybe I rub my eyes too much. Anyway.

    I know there have been threads about how wrong it is to go to work sick, but this is minor. I'm still unsure of it, since it's still a (presumably) communicable virus. (I qualify with 'presumably' only because I never manage to make my boyfriend, family, or friends sick, even when I am all sick around, near-by, and on them, in the case of boyfriend...I mean, I don't make-out when I'm sick, but sometimes I do when it's in the early stages and I don't realize it's anything more than a dry throat...but I digress)

    Weighing on my mind is the following: I'm scheduled to work every day until next Saturday, including tonight...If I call in sick, I kinda think they'll fire me since I've done it a lot in the past. No use trying to convince them that I frequently REALLY AM just too damn sick to dance, be it IBS or colds. Also, this is the last chance I get to work before I go on a two week trip, so I kinda wanted (perhaps even needed) to make some money. I have been meaning to sell my saddles to the saddlery this week (i have two that I never use anymore), so I guess that could tide me over with cash for a while.

    This is so depressing. Being sick is incredibly disheartening.

    Ugh...I also feel dizzy, congested, and tired...in absolutely no mood to go to work, and wouldn't if I didn't feel obligated. So I'm kinda torn between ethics and responsibility...and only 'responsibility' to the extent that I need to be pragmatic enough not to get fired, if at all possible. What would any of you do?

  2. #2
    Featured Member
    Joined
    Jan 2007
    Posts
    1,242
    Thanks
    1
    Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    I don't go to work if I'm sick. It really pisses me off when I am talking to a guy or dancing for them and then they mention how sick they've been or that they are getting over a cold or whatever. If they are sick, they shouldn't be coming in to get dances. Yuck.

    On the flip side of that, it bothers me when girls come in sick. We get really close to people and its not fair to them or the rest of the staff.

    When I am sick I spend a few days trying to rest up and eat well and get better. Dancing when you are sick doesn't help because you are under dressed and exerting yourself on stage and doing dances.

    Whatever you decide, I hope you feel better soon.

  3. #3
    God/dess
    Joined
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    3,422
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    *sigh* I know you're right. I wouldn't want other people working around me with a cold either. I just feel like they're not going to believe me, and subsequently fire me. Not the end of the world, as I could work somewhere else.

    Sorry for the victim mentality. I get so frustrated, but the world hates a victim, I know. (hah, even that sounded whiny- what I mean is, it's almost embarrassing to get sick so often...I guess I need to...live healthier, or something. Having a shitty immune system is not the end of the world...it could be way worse. If I were truly pragmatic, I'd stop wishing to have a more co-operative body, ditch the fatalism, and really try to fix things...try different solutions. And suck it the hell up in the mean time)

    ---self-pep talk over. Gonna be brave and call the asshole manager now...if he doesn't believe me, fuck 'em.

  4. #4
    God/dess GoldCoastGirl's Avatar
    Joined
    Oct 2002
    Location
    ...hehehe... email me to ask me where i am ! (i dare you!)
    Posts
    11,486
    Thanks
    42
    Thanked 127 Times in 51 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    If it is just the start of a cold, I do go into work. I make sure I am drugged up before I go in and no drinking of alcohol that night! If it is more than a sniffle... then yes I will generally try to call in sick as it is best to try to look after my health (long term picture) than to go in sick and maybe possibly make myself even worse because I'm walking around in something skimpy in a generally unhealthy environment compared to staying away and pumping myself full of vitamins etc to make sure I don't get worse.


    enter: E3167322D9 for your 10% discount

  5. #5
    Veteran Member dollyrocker's Avatar
    Joined
    Dec 2006
    Location
    DFW
    Posts
    693
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    I haven't worked in over a week due to a flu/virus I came down with. If I don't feel good I radiate bad energy, which doesn't make me $$. So I stayed home (glued to stripperweb!) all of last week.

  6. #6
    God/dess Bella21's Avatar
    Joined
    Sep 2003
    Location
    SoCal
    Posts
    7,772
    Thanks
    2
    Thanked 40 Times in 35 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    It depends... If I'm sick enough that other people can tell (i.e. sniffing or coughing), then I generally don't go in. You'll just get more sick, it will be unattractive, and some of the other girls might get pissed that you came in sick.
    If you think school is hard, try being stupid.

  7. #7
    Banned rozz's Avatar
    Joined
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Taxachusetts
    Posts
    2,369
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    If it's above the neck, I go. Below, I stay home. Oh, and try zinc. It shortens the duration of colds. Echinacea only works before you get sick, not during.

  8. #8
    Banned LatinaRose's Avatar
    Joined
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Toronto 4 now...
    Posts
    4,876
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    I take an Airborne and go in if it's not too bad. I know it's to help prevent colds, but I figure it can prevent it from getting worse. And I always try to remember to take one every night I go in during cold season to prevent getting one.

    They don't sell the Airborne brand in Canada, but Life brand has a knockoff version at Shoppers.

  9. #9
    God/dess cinammonkisses's Avatar
    Joined
    Aug 2002
    Location
    Some Fat guys Lap!
    Posts
    9,647
    Thanks
    11
    Thanked 90 Times in 67 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    I dont go into work when I'm sick. I feel like it's unfair to the other dancers. Plus, I HATE hearing girls hacking and dam near throwing up a lung. I dont want to catch that mess!







    Some Douchebag: "[Pimp C] 12:43 am: its true we got to stick together the black people on SW CK you is teh condoleeza of SW"


  10. #10
    Featured Member yogibear179's Avatar
    Joined
    Jan 2007
    Location
    R.I
    Posts
    751
    Thanks
    5
    Thanked 31 Times in 26 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    maybe you should try airborne. My grandma works as a barber and she is in constant contact with people, she drinks it at least everyother day and it has kept her sick free for a while now (she gets colds alot)...

  11. #11
    God/dess papillonluvr's Avatar
    Joined
    Feb 2006
    Location
    japan
    Posts
    3,724
    Thanks
    315
    Thanked 1,186 Times in 703 Posts
    My Mood
    Goofy

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    Depends on how sick I am if I would or not. Minor cold, sure I'll go in. But if I'm tired and achy and have a runny nose or something, then hell no Im not going in. Especially if it impairs my ability to interact w/custy's, like a cough, runny nose, or swollen eyes or some such.
    Rest will do a hell of a lot of good. Working can make a cold worse and then you will be out of work longer than if you had just stayed home a few nights.
    "You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories -Stainslaw J. Lec

    Confuscius say: "Man who pull bra stap get bust in face"


  12. #12
    God/dess
    Joined
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    3,422
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    Well I worked last night, and it was no problem. The cold symptoms were completely unnoticeable thanks to some Sudafed. I had to wake up early today for a dayshift, which I am really dreading. I would totally call in, but I worry that they'll fire me. This management is hella strict. Oh well.

  13. #13
    Cally
    Guest

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    Im workin tonight with a hell of a nasty cough and sore throat... you can do it Molly Just think of TBay and remind yourself if you can live through that you can do anything... or just think of all the crazy shit I work through lol.

  14. #14
    Lola Rose
    Guest

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    Quote Originally Posted by cinammonkisses View Post
    I dont go into work when I'm sick. I feel like it's unfair to the other dancers. Plus, I HATE hearing girls hacking and dam near throwing up a lung. I dont want to catch that mess!
    EXACTLY!!! I catch everything, and 2-5x as bad as others. So the cold that would keep the girl next to me out of work for 3 days wil keep me in bed for 2 weeks.

    Please stay home. It is so selfish. The dancers that have children especially have my sympathy. They'll catch it, and so will their children.

  15. #15
    God/dess
    Joined
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    3,422
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    If I'm not coughing, sneezing, and my congestion is gone (so I don't look, feel, or sound like I have a cold), then is it really such a big issue? I hand sanitize every three seconds. It's hard to distribute germs when everyone is bathing in alcohol, which is this place, and I'm not getting anything into the air. With the Sudafed, I can't tell I have a cold, so I don't think it's like having TB or something. When I'm coughing, I definitely stay home, but otherwise? Is it any worse than any other job?

  16. #16
    God/dess Jenny's Avatar
    Joined
    Sep 2002
    Posts
    9,746
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 50 Times in 31 Posts

    Default Re: do you go to work when you have a cold?

    Hm. I do.

    I get the complaints - but really. How many people in the world miss work because they have a cold? I mean, skip if you have, like, anthrax, or ebola or, like, pregnancy or something, but outside of that... people work sick and make their coworkers sick. Unfortunate fact of life. We do too.

    Hee - I once worked a week with no voice (and I wasn't contagious, if it makes you feel better) and I spent it lamely trying to convince guys I was just talking too much.
    I have taught that the sky in all its zones is mortal and its substance was formed by a process of birth

Similar Threads

  1. I have yucky cold but I must work... What to do ?
    By Pure in forum Stripping (was Stripping General)
    Replies: 21
    Last Post: 08-23-2010, 07:05 PM
  2. Rant!!! have a cold but need to work
    By quequisiera in forum Body Business
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 02-21-2006, 04:10 PM
  3. Replies: 41
    Last Post: 07-05-2005, 03:50 PM
  4. sick with a cold and need to work.. help?
    By tampafldancer in forum Body Business
    Replies: 18
    Last Post: 04-02-2005, 06:10 PM
  5. When you absolutely HAVE to go to work with a cold...
    By db20 in forum Stripping (was Stripping General)
    Replies: 39
    Last Post: 03-22-2005, 02:41 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •