| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Poll: What do you do when you get sick while working on a project? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Interlangue wrote:
You mean "sick" or "sick"?
If I am sick but well enough to work, I continue working.
If I am unable to continue working on a long project, I arrange to take a little time off to get better and work full time + extra right afterwards.
If I realize I will not manage, I contact the client and we figure out something together.
| | | | | One of the above - it depends! | Jun 22, 2011 |
Last January when I slipped on the ice and landed a very painful place, I had an important deadline... and my adjustable office chair was the most comfortable place in the house.
Colds and tummy bugs - I make lots of hot lemon drinks, wrap myself in an extra shawl and keep working.
Fever and headaches, especially migraine - I call the client and/or a colleague and work out what we can do. If possible, extending the deadline is the easiest. My migraine medication is high... See more Last January when I slipped on the ice and landed a very painful place, I had an important deadline... and my adjustable office chair was the most comfortable place in the house.
Colds and tummy bugs - I make lots of hot lemon drinks, wrap myself in an extra shawl and keep working.
Fever and headaches, especially migraine - I call the client and/or a colleague and work out what we can do. If possible, extending the deadline is the easiest. My migraine medication is highly effective and I am comfortable, but I make stupid mistakes if I try to work within twenty-four hours, so I need a proofreader!
I try to arrange deadlines so that there is time to sleep off a migraine if necesary, but it is not always possible. But then I have also reached an age where migraine attacks are nothing like as frequent or severe as they used to be, just more unpredictable. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Keep on working but it's awful | Jun 22, 2011 |
Fortunately I have only had this problem with 'flu, but once was enough. Now as soon as I feel that I might be coming down with something, I take garlic, Vitamin C and echinacea, take a hot water bottle to bed with me and anything else that I remember might once have helped. And now it is extremely rare for me to get a cold or the 'flu.
| | | | wonita (X)
China
Local time: 19:02
| I normally get really sick | Jun 22, 2011 |
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| Work while sick | Jun 23, 2011 |
I once made the mistake of telling a client I was in the hospital. They took the job away from me, and it represented about three months' income. I will never again confess that I'm sick.
| | | | Allison Wright (X) 
Portugal
Local time: 00:02
| Continue working | Jun 23, 2011 |
Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
I will never again confess that I'm sick.
I continue working (if 'flu, fevers, and similar), but sleep for a couple of hours in the afternoon. I am generally healthy, but as Muriel says, never admit a bout of feeling under the weather to clients; I merely ensure proper rest and consume quantities of herbal remedies. Serious health problems of family members is more likely to cause me distraction that my own colds, or other ailments!
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