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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Re: Certificate of Flu
Date: 2003-02-25 04:11 pm (UTC)On the plus side, though, I now feel positively healthy as I don't have stomach ache. Though that might be something to do with having not really eaten since Friday night.
(That last one was Steve's fault - sorry !)
Apparently even if everyone writes in on their sicknotes, though, it still won't get in the BMJ...