Are you one of the unfortunates who caught this year’s vicious flu bug? Did you have a high temperature and a horrible cough? Was it hard to sleep? Did you find it impossible to concentrate on your work? Was it even difficult to read a newspaper or a book? Did you in the end decide to go the doctor, get some antibiotics and take to your bed?How much sympathy did you get from colleagues and clients? Did the milk of human kindness curdle and go off? Did you get emails saying that you had promised to deliver that report on Monday and threatening exclusion from polite society unless it was on his/her desk by Thursday? I compounded the scenario by moving house at the same time. But that didn’t increase the sympathy vote. You see, no one cares any more. If you’re well enough to receive a text or email you’re well enough to respond and jump to it. 24/7 accessibility is half the problem. The tradition of feigning illness and taking days off at will is the other half. What do we do about it? Easy. Don’t try throwing a sickie unless you’ve got a doctor’s note. And treat people with contempt (however powerful they are) if they bully you by email when you’re really ill.
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David Wethey
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