i wonder if anyone gets that icky flu..
will they actually let you stay home from work????
or guilt you to come in [like any other time you get sick]???
makes me wonder.
hmm...
swine flu?
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Posted 4 years ago #
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Well probably, since this whole thing has blown wayout of proportion. Thousands of people die every year from the regualar flu, and now 80 people die from swine flu and they're calling it an empidemic! If you get sick, it's common sense to stay home, no matter what you have, so you don't infect everyone else. Although starbucks isn't really set up for that at all.
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Swine flu isn't any more dangerous than any other flu.
I hope no one hear has caught the panick bug that is going around...
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i know this.
i'm just saying... with all the media hype about it and people panicing -- i wonder if any baristas catch it.. will they still guilt you into working if you call out [due to short staffing]? i bet they would. and if you had to work, you should tell everyone you are sick with the swine and they made you come in or you would be written up/fired!
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Why are we talking about this here?? Will we please STOP with the Swine Flu Panic? I am so sick of hearing about it and seeing idiots wearing face masks at the grocery store. Houston has closed down several schools due to swine and its straight up STUPID!
Swine Flu is just as dangerous as real flu. So can we please just let it go?
Posted 4 years ago # -
It's from Mexico. Why not call it the Mexican Flu? That's what it is. We don't get it directly from pigs, so why blame them? Maybe the Pork Plague?
It is vastly overrated.
Posted 4 years ago # -
my original post was kind of meant as a joke.
you guys are ****.Posted 4 years ago # -
*rolls eyes at theoneyoulovetohatexo* Whatever. I'm sick of the term and am fed up with people talking about it.
Posted 4 years ago # -
Do you get to turn into a pig when you get sick? Do you grow a snout?
Posted 4 years ago # -
If so, most of my customers have swine flu already.
Posted 4 years ago # -
And I assume your SM snorts when s/he laughs?
Posted 4 years ago # -
The One...we are NOT all ****! Some of us are assWIPES! Ha Ha Ha
You know, years ago many would have said that "pigs will fly before we elect a black president". Well, 100 days into Obamination, and the Swine Flu!
Posted 4 years ago # -
I'm over the swine flu. Where the HELL did it get it's name?
I can understand wearing a mask in Mexico to prevent it - they can't effing afford to get it taken care of. However, in America, we can afford that ****. Plus, it's the effing FLU!
Here where I live the Panick Bug hasn't struck yet. YET.
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The latest news is that "Swine Flu" is not as contagious as was previously stated. And it is no longer transfered from pigs. It has mutated and has now become H1h2 or something like that. People should stop calling it swine flu, it is causing great economic difficulty to pork farmers. There are countries out there killing all of their pigs because of misinformation. You can not get it from eating pork.
Oh, sorry....I got off the track here.
SB told me that I couldn't keep hand sanitizer at the DT because it is not SB issued. But they would doubtfully give me the time off to recover from the flu. Im sure this would take more than one day! So irresponsible! Oh, that would be my fault for not washing my hands between sick customers, right? And when do I have a chance to do this with a DT line around the building? Hmmmm. This company is **** up. They should give us paid sick leave if they don't supply us with a means to prevent infection, at the very least. And they should pay for us to see a doctor at their expense.
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I heard somewhere that the mask actually doesnt help...it just makes you look like a ****. Anyway, in America you will look like a ****.
To get to the topic that the one I guess was trying to start until we **** got all grumpy, there are a lot of worse things that Starbucks workers have probably passed around due to the non existent sick day policy at Starbucks. It's pretty sad really. I guess that's the risk you take with food though.
Posted 4 years ago # -
They seriously don't pay us enough for this crap.
I fear for anyone unfortunate enough to have to clean the restrooms! You KNOW what kind of vermin lurk behind those doors!
As for this Swine Flu "pandemic", no it's not from pigs. It's a mutation of the flu virus with the genes from pig, human, and bird influenza viruses-H1N1. No worse than the seasonal flu, just an "enhanced" variety.Posted 4 years ago # -
oohh thank god..I stopped eating pork last week..
j/k.. seriously j/k.
Posted 4 years ago # -
Pandemic is when people are falling dead left and right like the Black Plague or something. How many people died so far from the H1N1 this year?
Staying home would not make a difference at all.
Posted 4 years ago # -
36,000 people die every year in the U.S. from complications of the common flu.
This swine flu is just a flashy, different sort of flu, and so far it's less deadly that normal flu.
A person is intelligent. People are stupid. Oh, the herd mentality.
Posted 4 years ago # -
+1 to above post!
Posted 4 years ago # -
The Media has hyped this flu...I realize this now. I don't get flu shots or anitbiotics unless I get bitten by an animal. Then its a must! The Government has decided that this is the best way to spend some money to look good! I just try to stay healthy, get plenty of rest and don't abuse my body (too much) and I will be fine. There are lots of health stores out there who will guide you through an illness without those dangerous flu shots. Im fine, not getting mercury shot into my body! Yay, No flu shot!
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