i spent most of the day yesterday in bed trying to recover from flu-like symptoms. i had the classic signs, fever, chills, and generally achey all-over. i thought for sure my number was up and that i would have to call in sick today. now, my streak of consecutive days for not calling in sick is approaching 4 years. i don't have the exact date, but if i could track down the HR records i know that it is very close to 4 years. i think that is borderline unheard of in these days of corporate absenteeism. there have been times when my decision to go in to work was questionable but i have always gutted it out, sucked it up, played with pain. it's to the point where i take a sort of sickening (no pun intended) pride in the fact that i have a cal ripken-like ironman streak going and i don't want it to stop unless i am connected to tubes and wheeling around my i.v. bags. i have concluded that i have an equally disturbing affliction, the opposite of absenteeism, something known as presenteeism. apparently i, and others like me are unknowingly costing our companies billions of dollars by coming to work sick, thereby infecting our co-workers, who must then call in sick, reducing productivity.
i am feeling some better so maybe it was a 24 hour thing. not 100% percent, but i can do it. it's not that bad...i can suck it up. can't...break...streak.
2 comments:
YOU ARE SUCH A FREAK.
Guess this is your way of getting back at "the man"
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