Health and happy things (#6)

[thistlechaser]

Doctor OKed me for going back to work full time. That's both good and bad, as I was really starting to enjoy a half-day schedule (so much free time!). And, even though my toe is awfully red, she said it's healing well and no sign of infection. Is it possible? Am I currently infection-free? So it seems! Yay!

Let's just see if I can STAY healthy. I went grocery shopping yesterday and the cashier was sick as a dog, coughing nonstop. If I had noticed earlier I would have left her lane. She handled everything of mine, including the bag (small store, couldn't bag myself). Ugh. I looked for a manager on the way out -- I don't want to get anyone in trouble, but if someone is that sick they should NOT be interacting with the public that way! Unfortunately I didn't spot one.

And on to happy things! I've been dragging my feet about this one because it's going to sound strange. It sounds strange even to me.

FFXI/FFXIV feel like home to me. Literally home, as in chest-swelling, warm feeling inside, this is where I belong sort of feeling. There's no real life place that gets a reaction even close to that. I like where I currently live, but I feel nothing for it.

I have no idea how that works. It's a game. It's not real. I've not even been playing FFXIV long (a week?), but the feeling hit me as soon as I first stepped foot there.

So, even though I've not been brave enough to even talk to anyone yet, FFXIV makes me so happy. Imagine how much happier I'll be once I take part in RP! And join a FC(guild)!

And mostly as a note for myself, I'm done with the third book of the Gone series. I'll review the whole series once I'm done, but so I remember where things started going downhill:

Gone: 5/loved
Hunger: 5/loved
Lies: 3/ok
Plague:
Fear:
Light:

Comments

[mark356.livejournal.com]

When I worked in a convenience store, there were only about 10 employees to keep the store open all the time, and if you got sick for your shifts and no one was available, well, it was still your shift. So there were a couple days when I had to work when I was totally down for the count-- could barely stand up, sneezing constantly, etc. That was definitely my least favorite thing about working there. But I didn't really have a choice in the matter.

[socksofjello.livejournal.com]

When I worked at Walmart, we didn't even have real sick days; you could only have three excused absences in six months before you were written up.

That summer I managed to acquire bronchitis three separate times. I'd get one day of rest and then hope I'd be capable of standing by the time I needed to be in to open.

I imagine many large retailers--including grocers--have similar policies. If you plan on keeping your job, you are required to come to work, big honkin' gobs of green phlegm or no. You can only hope that the manager will take pity on you and send you home once you're there.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Sheesh, wow, that sucks. My sick days and vacation days are the same (so no one takes sick days, since it costs vacation days), but that's a lot worse! I feel bad for her, if it wasn't her choice.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

This was more of a grocery store, but it's certainly possible they made her work instead of it being her choice. (Poor her, in that case!)