How Sick is Too Sick?

[Veronica]

If everyone rode bikes to work and stayed home when too sick to ride, I bet we'd all be better off. We're still not sure about how to keep sick kids out of school though, so the staff have to show up...

My district actually has an attendance contest. The school with the best attendance gets a "traveling" trophy.

Currently we have the elementary trophy. Every time my principal praises the students in her announcements I cringe. I finally e mailed her asking her to include that if they are really sick, they should stay home. She's pretty cool, so she has added that to her spiel.

It's too bad that our funding is tied to daily attendance.

Veronica

[malkin]

My agency also gives awards to staff members who take the fewest sick days. To me this is the same as blaming people for their illnesses.

[Geonz]

If I'm too sick to ride, I'm too sick to work... if I'll feel worse after a ride, I'm too sick to ride.

Those snot rockets help a lot when things need to get flushed out

If they're gonna push attendance, they should also push, push, push things like handwashing and "doing it in your sleeve" :-) (yes, video safe to see at work )

[malkin]

What a great video!!
I sent the link to the nurse for my agency; maybe we'll all start doing it in our sleeves!