Don't forget the crowd who say "I have a bad cold, better not go to work in case I spread my cold to others through the air conditioning system". There is no scientific evidence to suggest that germs can be spread by air con systems. Just because it's in Cosmopolitan magazine or the Sunday Worst doesn't make it scientific evidence.
Hands up if you have 'the flu'
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AgathaC
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+1. That 'touch of flu' drives me mad....anyone who has ever had flu knows as OP has said 'if you had the flu you would know all about it'!..and you can just take your hands back down again 90% of you.
God this annoys me.
"I missed work last Friday - ah I had a touch of the flu"
For a start, you didn't have "a touch of" anything - you either had it or you didn't. But mainly, YOU DID NOT HAVE THE FLU - YOU HAD A COLD!!
If you had the flu you would know all about it.
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Has anybody ever considered the flu injection. Never having had "the flu" I decided not to go that route and am just wondering if that was a good decision. I'm a bit anti unnecessary medication
For those of you who haven't seen this - it will help with a diagnosis!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbmbMSrsZVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbmbMSrsZVQ
I hate big girls blouses who call in sick over a little thing like a fluI had the flu, a chest and throat infection that lasted about a month a few years back. Talk about a struggle getting out of the bed every morning. Some of the stuff that came out of my chest, jaysus. And other places. But enough info Butt it didn't stop me going to work.
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I hate inconsiderate people who come into work dying with chest infections etc. Not only are you spreading your germs everywhere, you're also far more likely to make mistakes or have an accident if using machinery.
Inconsiderate? Everyone else that was working there had cried off sick, one had gone to Oz. It was highly inconsiderate of me to go into work, with no colleagues there to spread my germs to. It was highly inconsiderate of me to think that the company needed someone to run the office because all the other staff were off sick. And the bare faced cheek of me thinking that I had any right to help out the company when it really needed it. I must be a terrible person, me.
The_Banker
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I was out "sick" last Thursday and Friday. I use the inverted commas because I dont know if it was flu or a cold.
I wasnt shivering but I did have aches and pains, especially in my left eye. I had pains in my limbs, I was hot, both eyes were watering, I was sneezing, coughing up phlegm and generally feeling poorly.
I had no appetite but again I havent a clue if it was a cold or the flu.
Maybe the experts here can tell me.
I wasnt shivering but I did have aches and pains, especially in my left eye. I had pains in my limbs, I was hot, both eyes were watering, I was sneezing, coughing up phlegm and generally feeling poorly.
I had no appetite but again I havent a clue if it was a cold or the flu.
Maybe the experts here can tell me.
Hangover !!!!
Sudden exercise without properly warming up - see next sympthom
Standing too close to the fire, rads on full blast, you could try opening a window or taking off a layer of clothing
Ah... chopping onions i'd say are to blame here
Possibly a slight allergy to chocolate, happens to me all the time
10 pints, 40 Jonny Blues and a kebab the night before ??
A nights drinking always leaves me feeling "poor"ly
Hope this helps, and if not, here's a cert for two weeks off work and a prescription for antibiotics - even though these are no good for any kind of infection caused by a virus
The_Banker
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Im over it now.. Like I said, I dont know if it was the flu or a cold and to be honest I dont really care.
I was sick, I stayed at home.