Office co-workers that cough and don't cover their mouth's ANNOY ME!!

[Charger440RDN]

Some of you that don't work in an office don't have to put up with this crap. For the last month there have been 7 or 8 people all coughing at the same time, no one covers their mouth   which is not good considering this swine flu crap. It annoys the hell out of me because you can't just get up and go home. I THINK I NEED A GAS MASK!!! Any other suggestions?

[Charger74]

Say something or hand them one of those cheap filter mask. 

[PocketThunder]

We have one lady that coughs all day all winter long.  She wont stay home either.  She eats McDonnalds for breakfast and lunch everyday.  The other ladies around her put out hand sanitizer and clorox cleaning wipes on the printer that they all share.  Everytime she gets something from the printer they all wipe it down.  She is slowly getting the signal... 

I'm all safe here in my Dept.  If we are sick you dont have to tell us to stay home!!! 

[bull]

I guess you just have to be the office jerk and tell them what their mommys apparently didn't. A better way to say it might be with one of those disposable masks but before you put it on take a Sharpie and write "please cover your cough" right on it. I think when they look at you then they'll be able to see quite plainly what your message is. And you won't have to say a word.

[Charger440RDN]

We have one lady that coughs all day all winter long.  She wont stay home either.  She eats McDonnalds for breakfast and lunch everyday.  The other ladies around her put out hand sanitizer and clorox cleaning wipes on the printer that they all share.  Everytime she gets something from the printer they all wipe it down.  She is slowly getting the signal...  

I'm all safe here in my Dept.  If we are sick you dont have to tell us to stay home!!!  

Exactly! You have sick time so use it! I guess people are too scared to miss work these days  

I guess you just have to be the office jerk and tell them what their mommys apparently didn't. A better way to say it might be with one of those disposable masks but before you put it on take a Sharpie and write "please cover your cough" right on it. I think when they look at you then they'll be able to see quite plainly what your message is. And you won't have to say a word.

I just might do that and if that doesn't work I'll buy one of those swine flu masks on ebay for myself  

[Ponch ®]

I work with this lady, mid 60's, sits in a cubicle near me (not right next to me though). she's one of those crude-I don't give a shit-loud Northeasterners. Apparently she's been smoking since she was in her teens and her philosophy was "why should I stop smoking...I know it can kill me but I can also get killed crossing the street". Anyways, she would get these horrible, loud, pleghmy, disgusting cough attacks where she'd practically cough out a lung for 5 minutes straight. Then with a straight face she'd say "I have a tickle...must be the (Weather, fan, dryness, office dust)". It didn't occur to her that she'd just smoke half a pack of cigs.  Then she'd say "ok...time to go on a cig break". It was so bad during those "attacks" that I'd have to get up and go elsewhere cuz I couldnt take it. 

Anyway, I don't know what happened, but a couple of months ago she went to the Dr, and she went on a diet, cut down on smoking (she's now using one of those electronic cigarrettes). No more cough attacks. Go figure...

[Mr.Woolery]

A little health tip:

If you have to cough, don't cover your mouth with your hands.  It'll just cover your hands with the germs which you'll then end up transferring to everything you touch.

If you can, cough into a hankerchief.  If you don't have a hankerchief, then cough into the crook of your elbow.  It's unlikely that you'll be wiping the inside of your elbow on stuff to transfer germs.

[bakerhillpins]

If you can, cough into a hankerchief.  If you don't have a hankerchief, then cough into the crook of your elbow.  It's unlikely that you'll be wiping the inside of your elbow on stuff to transfer germs.

Good advice!

Around here its trying to get people to wash their hands after hitting the restroom. 

[Ponch ®]

Around here its trying to get people to wash their hands after hitting the restroom. 

I wash them before. As Don King once put it - I walk around all day shaking people's hands and touching things other people have touched. I don't know where their hands have been, but I know where my dick has been.

[b5blue]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

[dkn1997]

Some of you that don't work in an office don't have to put up with this crap. For the last month there have been 7 or 8 people all coughing at the same time, no one covers their mouth   which is not good considering this swine flu crap. It annoys the hell out of me because you can't just get up and go home. I THINK I NEED A GAS MASK!!! Any other suggestions?

I'm not a big fan of HR, but you should go to them and not name names, but ask that they send out an email to the entire company about taking all precautions and practice common sense so as not to spread germs, etc...

[Silver R/T]

have your boss hold a safety meeting

[0X01B8]

I wash my hands before I touch my junk.

Good advice!

Around here its trying to get people to wash their hands after hitting the restroom. 

[jb666]

have your boss hold a safety meeting

What if it IS the boss?

At my place, he's come in sick for the past two weeks.. Add to the fact that he's a MAJOR frickin' baby, he's been slobbering all over the place... Now, reverse the rolls and we would catch holy Hell for coming to work with the sniffles.. He always says "Why not stay home instead of exposing everyone?". Practice what you preach, a-hole!! 

Don't get me going.. I've already felt like pounding on him for the past 2 weeks.. But, I don't think I'd be gainfully employed if I took that approach.

[Silver R/T]

have your boss hold a safety meeting

What if it IS the boss?

At my place, he's come in sick for the past two weeks.. Add to the fact that he's a MAJOR frickin' baby, he's been slobbering all over the place... Now, reverse the rolls and we would catch holy Hell for coming to work with the sniffles.. He always says "Why not stay home instead of exposing everyone?". Practice what you preach, a-hole!! 

Don't get me going.. I've already felt like pounding on him for the past 2 weeks.. But, I don't think I'd be gainfully employed if I took that approach.

every boss has a boss...

[jb666]

have your boss hold a safety meeting

What if it IS the boss?

At my place, he's come in sick for the past two weeks.. Add to the fact that he's a MAJOR frickin' baby, he's been slobbering all over the place... Now, reverse the rolls and we would catch holy Hell for coming to work with the sniffles.. He always says "Why not stay home instead of exposing everyone?". Practice what you preach, a-hole!! 

Don't get me going.. I've already felt like pounding on him for the past 2 weeks.. But, I don't think I'd be gainfully employed if I took that approach.

every boss has a boss...

not this jackass.. He owns the company.

[Brock Samson]

 my bud and I went to see 2012 yesterday,..

The show was packed, folks were trying to sneak in from other theaters in the Metroplex,.. anyhow,.. so there's this dude sitting on the same row as us but about six or seven seats to the left.... so he's hacking and coughing as soon as he gets there, really nasty,.. you could even hear him through the end of the world sceans, anyhow - so folks to his side start getting up and leaving 10 minutes into the movie then the folks in front of him, then behind,.. and the folks trying to sneak in the middle of the movie stay in these only open seats for a few minutes and then they leave,.. to be replaced by others who then leave,.. when the movie was finished there's an empty patch of seats all around him,..  My buddy wanted to jack the dude  but was afraid of getting the N1H1,..


A pretty good movie, first 45 minutes is the best part after that there's a whole bunch of Independance Day moments,..

[Silver R/T]

have your boss hold a safety meeting

What if it IS the boss?

At my place, he's come in sick for the past two weeks.. Add to the fact that he's a MAJOR frickin' baby, he's been slobbering all over the place... Now, reverse the rolls and we would catch holy Hell for coming to work with the sniffles.. He always says "Why not stay home instead of exposing everyone?". Practice what you preach, a-hole!! 

Don't get me going.. I've already felt like pounding on him for the past 2 weeks.. But, I don't think I'd be gainfully employed if I took that approach.

every boss has a boss...

not this jackass.. He owns the company.

well then I would suggest you contact your local OSHA/WISHA type of agency and they should be able to take care of it

[Silver R/T]

my bud and I went to see 2012 yesterday,..

The show was packed, folks were trying to sneak in from other theaters in the Metroplex,.. anyhow,.. so there's this dude sitting on the same row as us but about six or seven seats to the left.... so he's hacking and coughing as soon as he gets there, really nasty,.. you could even hear him through the end of the world sceans, anyhow - so folks to his side start getting up and leaving 10 minutes into the movie then the folks in front of him, then behind,.. and the folks trying to sneak in the middle of the movie stay in these only open seats for a few minutes and then they leave,.. to be replaced by others who then leave,.. when the movie was finished there's an empty patch of seats all around him,..  My buddy wanted to jack the dude  but was afraid of getting the N1H1,..


A pretty good movie, first 45 minutes is the best part after that there's a whole bunch of Independance Day moments,..

that's why I hate going to movie theaters, especially they raised ticket price $1.50 in just last year. I'd rather wait when movies comes out on DVD and watch it at home