They're all sick
By Angie
@andriaperry (118753)
Anniston, Alabama
January 30, 2023 4:51am CST
My nephew works in retail and he has been battling a head cold, he got better and none of us caught it.
My brother is working with this guy that won't stay home when he is sick. His boss told him he would beat his butt if he caught it and took it to the elderly he takes care of.
Well my brother got sick a couple days ago and didn't go to work, he respects people.
Yesterday my sister in law woke up sick.
It rained and was cool all day so I volunteered to go get my nephew at work and pick up food for her, the rest of us ate left over homemade chicken soup.
My sister in law of all people didn't need to catch this, she just got over pneumonia, she was in the hospital a week, Christmas day and after.
Why can't people stay home when they're sick?
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@DaddyEvil (147613)
• United States
30 Jan 23
Because most bosses don't care if you're sick. They want you at work anyway. If you don't work, you can't pay your bills.
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@DaddyEvil (147613)
• United States
30 Jan 23
@andriaperry Most people don't believe in Covid and the ones that do believe it's real will still go in to work anyway. No work, no money.
That's the reason Pretty and I still won't eat in restaurants. If you can't see the people making your food, how do you know they aren't sick and you'll get sick from eating the food they made?
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@DaddyEvil (147613)
• United States
30 Jan 23
@MarieCoyle Oh, yeah... that's how most employers are here. It's really bad in some states.
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@MarieCoyle (43635)
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30 Jan 23
I sure wish they would. I have a very compromised immune system and so does my son, I am his caregiver part of the time. We both take precautions to avoid illness. It totally makes me sick when I hear of someone or read here or wherever that people have run errands, gone to the grocery, and so forth, when they were positive with Covid. I've heard, oh, they wore a mask, they stood away from others, and so forth. That doesn't fly with me. I am sorry your sister-in-law is ill.
I hope you stay well!
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@shaggin (74174)
• United States
30 Jan 23
@mariecoyle that makes me so mad when people know they have corona and don’t stay in as well! People don’t care enough about others. My mom who is a germaphobe was saying she could go out after 5 days I said I’d stay in for 10. She tends to only care if she catches things but doesn’t worry enough about who she gets sick. It’s always just allergies … nope!
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@MarieCoyle (43635)
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30 Jan 23
@shaggin
They are not thinking, not at all. They can pass it on to others and it can kill them. Going to the store can be done by someone else if they have Covid. Makes me so angry when I hear of this.
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@GardenGerty (163399)
• United States
30 Jan 23
I stay home more often now than I used to. I get more exhaustion than illness, though. If I catch something it usually is from the kids at work.
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@MarieCoyle (43635)
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30 Jan 23
My grandson in kindergarten brings home every kind of illness that there is, I think. I get the kid thing. We love them, but those little people can spread the germs.
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@LadyDuck (473955)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 23
@andriaperry When I sick I stay home, too many do not respect the others.
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@andriaperry (118753)
• Anniston, Alabama
31 Jan 23
I have asthma so I cough but if I'm sick I stay home
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@shaggin (74174)
• United States
30 Jan 23
Hopefully it will just be a light cold. If I am sick I stay home most the time but I am a stay at home mom so I can. My sister was going to be fired from her job as an aide at the school because she had to take so many days off to take care of her sick kids.
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@crossbones27 (50546)
• Mojave, California
30 Jan 23
Sorry to hear that, its bred , no work no pay and if sick who cares come, or no job probably 60 percent of jobs in America.
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@RebeccasFarm (94527)
• Arvada, Colorado
30 Jan 23
Some people are so inconsiderate. Terrible.
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@wolfgirl569 (115761)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Jan 23
You should especially when you have a good boss that wants you to
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@sallypup (64194)
• Centralia, Washington
31 Jan 23
@andriaperry Poor lady. I hope she is getting care.
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@andriaperry (118753)
• Anniston, Alabama
31 Jan 23
She was bad today but my brother is better.
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@andriaperry (118753)
• Anniston, Alabama
31 Jan 23
@sallypup my brother is taking care of her.
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@LindaOHio (188220)
• United States
30 Jan 23
I'm so sorry that so many people were sick. I always had a tendency to work when I was sick too. Have a good week.
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@andriaperry (118753)
• Anniston, Alabama
31 Jan 23
I won't run from sickness but I think people should stay home when it begins because that's when you catch it
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@LeaPea2417 (37812)
• Toccoa, Georgia
30 Jan 23
I agree, they should stay home when sick. I do hope they will all recover very soon.
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@RasmaSandra (84712)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Jan 23
I agree people should stay away from each other when they are sick and not spread germs around,
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@ZedSmart (19785)
• Philippines
31 Jan 23
Some people, even if they want to take a rest would likely to go out because of some responsibilities that no one else could do for them. But, if it's something that can infect with others, they should limit their exposure to people or never ever exposed.
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