A business building buddy
grumbled
that he thought
one of his employees
was faking illness,
trying to get out of working.
Confessing to being ill
at this point of the pandemic
is, for some,
a confession of weakness.
It also brings
social isolation
and social condemnation.
The sick person
is viewed as an unsafe person,
a risky person
to be near.
People are more likely
to fake being well
than fake being ill.
So when they tell you
they’re ill,
they’re likely VERY ill
as in
vomiting
and having the sh*ts
without any warning
level of illness.
(This is happening
with one of the dominant
COVID variants.)
No one wants
a person ill like that
at the office.
If someone says
they’re ill,
believe them.