Sick People

Sinbad said:
But if you get sick from them, then you're obviously not eating right, sleeping right, practicing good hygiene, or paying attention to your body.
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3WA said:
Exposure to their pathogens shouldn't be a problem unless you have failed to look after yourself. Why don't you look after yourself better so you don't get sick?
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I typically don't get sick. I have to spend extra energy + time sleeping as a result of said pathogens. Honestly, I'd rather not be doing that.
 
FuLL_MeT4L said:
I typically don't get sick. I have to spend extra energy + time sleeping as a result of said pathogens. Honestly, I'd rather not be doing that.
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But you're an expert hygienist, you shouldn't be getting sick at all...
 
FuLL_MeT4L said:
I typically don't get sick. I have to spend extra energy + time sleeping as a result of said pathogens. Honestly, I'd rather not be doing that.
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You just wait...
And yes, you lack empathy.
I suspect you are a serial killer in waiting.
 
FuLL_MeT4L said:
Falling sick is really the failure of an individual to maintain their own health. If you're eating right, sleeping right, practicing good hygiene, and paying attention to your body it becomes quite difficult to catch a cold. And when one does catch something, it's quite easy to kill it off before it sets in in earnest.
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Ignorance.

I typically quarantine myself and see nobody for 3 days instead of spreading it around to those I work with or care about.
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This, however, I fully agree with.

People need to stop spreading their ****ing germs around when they're ill. Stay at home, recuperate, get over the infectious stage of the illness, don't spread it, you bastard morons.
 
I can't remember the last time I wished an illness on someone...but today I am wishing damn hard.
 
FuLL_MeT4L said:
Falling sick is really the failure of an individual to maintain their own health. If you're eating right, sleeping right, practicing good hygiene, and paying attention to your body it becomes quite difficult to catch a cold. And when one does catch something, it's quite easy to kill it off before it sets in in earnest and one turns into a ball of gunk.
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That will only work if people with the flu avoid going to gym (or any other public place) and not snot all over the equipment. I somewhat get OP's POV - nothing more annoying for me right now to have to slow down with running and work from home, because a few filthy guys had a snot rocket festival last week in the gym - yuck.
 
FuLL_MeT4L said:
The expected response to somebody suffering from an infection is "Aw shame, I'm sorry you're not well."

What I really want to say is "You're a failure."
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FuLL_MeT4L said:
P.S. I do get sick every couple of years. I typically quarantine myself and see nobody for 3 days instead of spreading it around to those I work with or care about.
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Sooo... you're a failure?
 
DrewChan said:
Sooo... you're a failure?
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Everybody fails from time to time, so yes when I fall prey to a cold I am always willing to admit that I have failed to defeat the particular illness in question. Perhaps I don't treat the word 'failure' with the same contempt as others.

Honestly, I'm quite surprised that this post has gotten so much hate. I suppose I could have written this with less of a serial-killer tone, as bokdrol suggests.

I'm curious now. Do people really believe you should just go to work, go out &/or stay up late, and get an antibiotic; then get some sympathy to top it off?
 
No, I agree it is best to stay at home. I usually refuse an antibiotic because a cold/flu is a virus, not a bacteria. The last time I got a cold was from a colleague who insisted on being a martyr. When I got ill, I was booked off and I could feel the waves of disapproval coming from said colleague because I didn't come to work while ill.
 
bokdrol said:
No, I agree it is best to stay at home. I usually refuse an antibiotic because a cold/flu is a virus, not a bacteria. The last time I got a cold was from a colleague who insisted on being a martyr. When I got ill, I was booked off and I could feel the waves of disapproval coming from said colleague because I didn't come to work while ill.
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A big problem for me with company culture; I believe it's particularly bad in SA.

I assume then that my original post has incited ire because of my loading of the word 'failure' onto the notion that one should be 100% responsible for ones own health. As I've suggested previously, perhaps the connotations I attach to the word 'failure' don't align fully with what other people read.
 
FuLL_MeT4L said:
Everybody fails from time to time, so yes when I fall prey to a cold I am always willing to admit that I have failed to defeat the particular illness in question. Perhaps I don't treat the word 'failure' with the same contempt as others.

Honestly, I'm quite surprised that this post has gotten so much hate. I suppose I could have written this with less of a serial-killer tone, as bokdrol suggests.

I'm curious now. Do people really believe you should just go to work, go out &/or stay up late, and get an antibiotic; then get some sympathy to top it off?
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I agree viruses should not be treated with antibiotics, any doctor that prescribes antibiotics without a bacterial infection shouldn't be a Dr,

I also agree that personal choices can degrade your immune system, (staying up late etc)
I agree if you're sick, don't infect others

Should a person be called a failure for getting sick, and be ridiculed for their weak immune system? No, everyone gets sick.... your post therefore insulted everyone - hence the hate ^_^
 
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