Last Thursday morning, our office building super personally delivered very important memorandums to each and every tenant. The memorandums, of course, were in regards to the swine flu. Aside from the usual nonsense, theybasically copied and pasted the advice from the CDC website, which recommended the following:
Covering nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing and sneezing, and then discarding that tissue; thoroughly washing our hands with soap and water (alcohol also seems to be effective); trying to avoid contact with sick people; and (the gem) if you become sick, CDC recommends you to stay home.
Not to be outdone by these genius actions, that same afternoon our director of HR sent everyone the following e-mail:
"Everyone -- There has been much in the news this week about Swine Flu. Flu viruses spread through person-to-person or other close contact. It can take up to five to seven days to become sick after being exposed. We encourage everyone to take precautions and maintain good health habits.
If you are ill – flu or otherwise – we encourage you to stay home. We appreciate your wanting to come in to get work done. However, when you’re not feeling well, typically you don’t function at your best. Just as important, you increase the risk of spreading germs to others in the office.
Here is a link to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that offers tips on stopping the spread of germs at work: http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper/work.htm "
Now, here is my five cent question to all of this: we only get fifteen work days off for the entire year that includes vacation, sick leave, personal leave, mental health days, etc. So, who is going to compensate us for extra time off: benevolent Obama Administration?
And speaking of that magnificent entity (our government, that is), as this little piece "goes to print", there were no news, breaking or otherwise, about quarantine of anyone recently returned from Mexico, or, at least temporarily, curtailing communications with that extremely advanced country.
Brilliant!! Another job well done!!!
4 comments:
What does Obama have to do with your lack of sick days? Didn't you have just as many when we had a Republican president?
uhm, you should find a place that gives more days off :). Citi gives 27 unplanned/vacation/sick days off and all bank holidays...but then again, not sure they're hiring.
The memo should have read:
Dear employees,
There has been much in the news this week about Swine Flu.
Having the flu is no reason to not come to work.
Because of the nature of this particular flu, surgical masks will now be available in the lobby for only $1 per mask.
Agree with FA re: days off.
I also read in the Daily News last week some tips on where/how one should cough, re: staying @ home when sick, etc. It was quite enlightening. But why wait til 'swine flu pandemic' to learn some basics that even Elmo knows?
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