Nearly coughed my lungs out yesterday so I got an appointment to see the doctor that afternoon. Left work at 12 cos it was a 15:15 appointment - 1hr home and then 15mins to doc... give and take, and no point coming back after work. That's either by car OR by train.
Throat infection/thing like that, got a heap of medicine. Antibiotics, probiotics, super-strength antihistamine to kick-start the anti-allergy effect, must keep on with my normal antihistamine, plus nasal spray. Ooh and: COUGH SYRUP!!! Strong stuff which makes you feel like a "space-robot" (to quote the doc), so I can only take it at night... BUT YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!! I *SLEPT* last night!!!!!!
The accountant came to give me my payslip earlier and informed me that the directors had decided that the friday I'd taken off as leave would have to stay as leave and not become sick leave cos it's basically "tough luck" if you get sick while on leave (which wasn't the issue... I got sick BEFORE I was on leave). She also said that the one (uhh) boss apparently asked what was wrong because it just said "attended GP" on my doctor's certificate. Like he can't hear me coughing all the time and stuff.
What is the best way to make your employees untrustworthy? DON'T TRUST THEM. Doubt them and question them and suspect them of everything you can possibly imagine, give them the 3rd degree on everything under the sun. Think the worst when anything happens. Yes I *have* ranted about this before, but I really was quite unpleasantly surprised when I phoned in after my op to let the bosses know that the surgeon had booked me off for a certain amount of time and the boss's response was "oh well, if *that's* what he's decided to do". Bla. And when I left early the LAST time to see the doctor, he said to me the next day "people don't usually take a half day to go see the doctor, they usually take an hour or so". Funny to hear a while later from a colleague who's worked here for a LONG time, that when this boss was a "junior" chappie, he was the one out the door the *second* he got a headache. Methinks he suspects everyone is like he was?
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!
Anyway, the other boss came past me a little while ago and asked "so what did the doctor say?". Told him about throat infection, etc blabla, got loads of medication etc so he said "Brooklax is all you need.... be too scared to cough".
So much going on this weekend, it seems. Going to Synd Friday night, bring'n'braai to see M's new place and her "new" pc. Saturday a farewell bring'n'braai for Te before she leaves for Denver, Colorado!!
Finally got the double pump for the tank, temporarily wired it up and started both filters and OMG the tank water STINKS! Proper, stinky river smell. OMG! So yes, a major waterchange is scheduled for this weekend too! *huff*, see, the pump WAS urgent *huff*
ewww stinky riverwater in my BEDROOM!!!!!!!!!
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G's also coughing now, he started feeling sick yesterday. At least it's not the same thing I have... but ugh... next I'll get THAT and be sick another time HAHA.
I am SO GLAD this is a short week.
Eww stinky riverwater in my BEDROOM!!!!!!!!!