Battling away
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Looks like you will live longer than most[^] :) (I went 2 years without sick leave or a holiday in my early twenties (except Christmas day, a few public holidays and weekends of course. Though I worked plenty of those and was online on Christmas day checking out a sick server.) These days I know better; regular holidays are good for you and make you more productive. Working stupid hours just makes you stupid.)
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
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1 day off in the last 10+ years that wasn't pre-planned: nothing at this contract (18 months+) except a wee vacation in September. A contractor turns up every day, come hail or shine and never makes pathetic excuses such as 'I've got a cold' or 'my leg fell off' or 'I'm technically dead...' I'm a contractor: I don't take time off, for any reason, ever. :-)
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1 day off in the last 10+ years that wasn't pre-planned: nothing at this contract (18 months+) except a wee vacation in September. A contractor turns up every day, come hail or shine and never makes pathetic excuses such as 'I've got a cold' or 'my leg fell off' or 'I'm technically dead...' I'm a contractor: I don't take time off, for any reason, ever. :-)
Is that because you get paid per day and wouldn't get the cash if you were off sick?
My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"
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Ive spend the last 11 months and 3 weeks at the same company on a 1 year contact. I havent technically phoned in sick for the whole year but this week I'm coming down with the mother of all colds, Ive got to suck it up only 7 days left before I leave. Who can beat this record of 1 year without phoning in sick? :)
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Ive spend the last 11 months and 3 weeks at the same company on a 1 year contact. I havent technically phoned in sick for the whole year but this week I'm coming down with the mother of all colds, Ive got to suck it up only 7 days left before I leave. Who can beat this record of 1 year without phoning in sick? :)
I spent 10 years working from home. I never once called in sick.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Is that because you get paid per day and wouldn't get the cash if you were off sick?
My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"
Bloody right: had a slipped disc last year: never missed a day! (Ibuprofen niiiiice).
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Ive spend the last 11 months and 3 weeks at the same company on a 1 year contact. I havent technically phoned in sick for the whole year but this week I'm coming down with the mother of all colds, Ive got to suck it up only 7 days left before I leave. Who can beat this record of 1 year without phoning in sick? :)
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eyeseetee wrote:
Some people stand in the darkness, afraid to look into the light
Hasselhof fan?
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eyeseetee wrote:
Some people stand in the darkness, afraid to look into the light
Hasselhof fan?
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I spent 10 years working from home. I never once called in sick.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
No, just using the baywatch theme tune as a way of mocking the fact that come rain or shine you will make it into work. Obviously it has gone down in flames.
Sad to say...
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Sad to say...
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eyeseetee wrote:
shuffles towards the door and grabs his coat...
more than worthy of a 5.
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Ive spend the last 11 months and 3 weeks at the same company on a 1 year contact. I havent technically phoned in sick for the whole year but this week I'm coming down with the mother of all colds, Ive got to suck it up only 7 days left before I leave. Who can beat this record of 1 year without phoning in sick? :)
Lovely. You're one of those who, come hell, high water, or snotty nose, feel it necessary to come in to the office and share your disease with your coworkers. Thanks for sharing, but get the hell home and stop spreading it around. Of course, I'm one to talk. I'm coming down with a cold, and where am I? Out in the center pasture of the cube farm where I work. Moo.
Software Zen:
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Bloody right: had a slipped disc last year: never missed a day! (Ibuprofen niiiiice).
Imagine how I feel, after a decade of contracting in Oz and the Uk I get a contract in Singapore where I get paid sick leave. I found this out when I got an additional $400 at the end of the first year for not using any of it. I still cannot make myself take a sick day that is not valid.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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10 years working at home ay? I guess you use this forum as your only form of social interaction then.
When I was working from home, this site wasn't even in existence.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Ive spend the last 11 months and 3 weeks at the same company on a 1 year contact. I havent technically phoned in sick for the whole year but this week I'm coming down with the mother of all colds, Ive got to suck it up only 7 days left before I leave. Who can beat this record of 1 year without phoning in sick? :)
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Lovely. You're one of those who, come hell, high water, or snotty nose, feel it necessary to come in to the office and share your disease with your coworkers. Thanks for sharing, but get the hell home and stop spreading it around. Of course, I'm one to talk. I'm coming down with a cold, and where am I? Out in the center pasture of the cube farm where I work. Moo.
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
Thanks for sharing, but get the hell home and stop spreading it around.
This being the 21st century why are there so many people who don't understand that the success of the cold and flu come down to them being most contagious before obvious syptoms occur? By the time your co-worker comes in all snotty and coughing they've pretty much passed the state of transmissability and have already infected their co-workers before they even knew they were sick.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
Thanks for sharing, but get the hell home and stop spreading it around.
This being the 21st century why are there so many people who don't understand that the success of the cold and flu come down to them being most contagious before obvious syptoms occur? By the time your co-worker comes in all snotty and coughing they've pretty much passed the state of transmissability and have already infected their co-workers before they even knew they were sick.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
Dammit John, I'm not a doctor, I'm a moon shuttle conductor. (with apologies to DeForest Kelley, R.I.P.)
Software Zen:
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Dammit John, I'm not a doctor, I'm a moon shuttle conductor. (with apologies to DeForest Kelley, R.I.P.)
Software Zen:
delete this;
