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?



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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.


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