Yes, she had several chores to accomplish before she had houseguests this week, and she should have called in sick.
However, she fought the good fight and weathered the shitstorms today that would most certainly have plagued her tomorrow.
Or not. She's just trying to be positive.
But she must say, there was a terrible vibe today, and everyone felt it. Perhaps the rain outside affected the mood, but inside the offices, the cubes, the halls, it was dark, it was tense, it was unforgiving. And apparently, five other colleagues in the department shared this "I should have called in sick." thing, so that sort of made her glad that she hadn't called in sick, because then it would have really looked bad, and her being a temp and on the bottom of the totempole and whatnot, well, as conscientious about work as she happens to be, you all know the possible ending to that story. Hey, it happens.
And then it turned out --this is the God's honest truth-- that someone was really sick who hadn't called in sick, and this person in writhing pain came to her for assistance and had to be rushed to the hospital. Like seriously emergency-complications-from-his-surgery sick. That was quite sobering to say the least.
Did she learn something today?
Life can be annoying but also fragile. And tough. And mean.
What else did she learn?
She should have called in sick!
Is it tomorrow yet?
3 comments:
Don't call in sick.
Just don't take work so seriously.
I highly recommend wearing a pair of these to work on casual Fridays.
I love those thongs peter!!! I thought you were a yanks fan? Aren't those BoSox thongs?
As for our beloved Anne, I hope you know that calling in sick is directly purportionate to how much you can get away with..so pick your times carefully..you never know when you actually NEED it..for being sick..:p
even though today is Tuesday, I should have called in, both yesterday and today. Is it all this rain that has everyone in a bad mood, or just me? I wonder...
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