sinus joys

[rivendellrose]

God damn it. That sinus thing that's been haunting me for the last few weeks has finally settled in to roost. This is likely to mean at least a week of me stumbling around zombified and decidedly... hmm. Sinusy.

And so, a question: If, when one was hired, one was told that the company policy was "If you're sick, we'd rather have you stay at home because many of us have small children," does one take that to heart, or assume that sore throat and sinus headache do not apply? At my old job I always assumed that if I could drag myself to class, I could drag myself the rest of the way to work, because if I didn't they would be short-handed for the stuff that needed to get done. And if I did and they didn't need me, they would send me home. I'm not sure how that logic applies to this job. :/

Update: I'm in the office, drinking tea, and hoping that I can convince people to let me go a little early today... maybe a half-day or something like that. Sinus things always hang onto me forever if I don't make a concerted effort to lose them early.

Comments

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I understand that. Any time I have the slightest change in my daily routine, I feel kind of disconcerted and weirded out. Like my life has to be integrated again or something.

And dear gods do I know what you mean about the self-analysis. It always weirds me out to realize that most people, in a general population sense, really don't think that much about what they do and why they do it, or spend any significant time on figuring out their own brains. As frustrating as it is to do so, I think it's so important to a really fulfilled and self-aware life.

It's so frustrating when people think they're helping and actually end up doing exactly the opposite. *Rolls eyes*

[reve-lucide.livejournal.com]

... really don't think that much about what they do and why they do it, or spend any significant time on figuring out their own brains.

Yeah, I can't stop my brain from figuring itself out, even if I wanted to, so the people that just wander obliviously through their own lives completely baffle me.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

...so the people that just wander obliviously through their own lives completely baffle me.

Exactly! Aren't they interested in why they do the things they do, or think the things they think? I mean, it's probably self-centered of me to some degree, but... dude, I'm always fascinated by trying to figure out where my brain comes up with stuff and how/why it gets from one thing to another.