As the ill wind of winter blows it’s hard to know which way to duck to avoid the dreaded lurgy. Now, while we Aussies can’t begin to appreciate a real winter like our northern friends…we still have our fair share of coughs, colds and achy bits….and herein lies the problem…. At what point do we stay away from work?
Every day I have at least one person ask me when I lost my voice…(as they take a step back in horror and 
cover their mouth). When I respond with “oh… about 8 years ago“… their tune changes and curiosity peaks; but the thought that I would dare come to work IF I was suffering from some sort of “bug” is clearly not too popular…. Bringing me back to the issue of ‘damned if you do and damned if you don’t’.
If you stay away people talk about you having ‘time off’ and letting the team down…..but if you go to the office they talk about you for ‘sharing the bugs’….So as far as I can see the only answer is to ‘mask up and suck it up’ (either that…, or work from home all winter).
Wonder Years 