Dammit, I want sympathy
Feb. 25th, 2003 02:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ventaI think I've got 'flu :(
Some of you might be familiar with my rant about 'flu.
Have you ever noticed that nobody ever takes a day off work because they've got a cold ? They always take a day off for 'flu. For ages now I've been trying to get the cold reinstated as something people take seriously - you can feel bloody awful with a cold; you don't need to claim 'flu to take time off. And regardless of what the Lemsip adverts say, you don't get better from 'flu in a day. People die of 'flu.
While I don't think my death is imminent, I think I'm justified in applying to have my cold upgraded. I'd list symptoms to demonstrate my claim, but fear it'd make very dull reading.
Some of you might be familiar with my rant about 'flu.
Have you ever noticed that nobody ever takes a day off work because they've got a cold ? They always take a day off for 'flu. For ages now I've been trying to get the cold reinstated as something people take seriously - you can feel bloody awful with a cold; you don't need to claim 'flu to take time off. And regardless of what the Lemsip adverts say, you don't get better from 'flu in a day. People die of 'flu.
While I don't think my death is imminent, I think I'm justified in applying to have my cold upgraded. I'd list symptoms to demonstrate my claim, but fear it'd make very dull reading.
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Hey, I take time off for colds.
Date: 2003-02-25 02:11 am (UTC)On those rare occasions when I do have the flu, I don't want people wandering around thinking I'm a bit sniffly and feeling like shit. I want them to realise that my lungs hurt, I can barely stand up, and I'm hallucinating, dammit!
So if you indeed have the flu, or flu-like symptoms, you may have all the sympathy that I withold from evil cold-upgraders.