Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Thursday, November 12, 2009

All except me


This is one of the steps to take if you have the flu. It's from a poster that my employer has put up, from our health region. Well, it's a step most people can take.

I had a bug of some type a while ago. It wasn't H1N1, but it may have been just a seasonal thing. Not a respiratory bug, but gastro-intestinal, and very unpleasant. I took a couple of days off work. I've now been informed that, due to the fact that I have taken a few days off work due to chronic pain issues, and despite the fact that I'm contractually allowed a day and a half a month sick, and that I accumulate these days each year, I am none-the-less not allowed to take any more sick time off, apparently even if I get H1N1. I'm sure my co-workers are going to take pleasure in having me in the office, coughing and sneezing, wheezing and snorting, spreading the virus hither and yon. Before the extra exertion requires me to be hospitalized. Ah, well...


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