Money Moral Dilemma: Should you risk spreading the lurgy to colleagues?

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Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on:
You’re battling a nasty flu, but need to go to work because of cash problems (you do freelance shifts and don’t get paid sick leave). You’ll be able to make it through the day with the aid of cough mixture and hankies, but you risk infecting colleagues with the lurgy. You know it’s contagious because your husband was struck down by the same bug last week. Yet you’re in debt and need the money.
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Should you risk spreading the lurgy to colleagues?
You’re battling a nasty flu, but need to go to work because of cash problems (you do freelance shifts and don’t get paid sick leave). You’ll be able to make it through the day with the aid of cough mixture and hankies, but you risk infecting colleagues with the lurgy. You know it’s contagious because your husband was struck down by the same bug last week. Yet you’re in debt and need the money.
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Rather lose one staff member than a whole team/dept going down .
In real life, I always had a permanent job and would be frowned upon if i did decide to stay off sick, even for the sake of others' well-being. My manageress would always come in sneezing and coughing and saying that she simply cannot go home because there is too much to do. The same attitude was expected of all the rest staff.
I've always worked for small companies and if the boss doesn't take time off sick, then the staff aren't expected to either.
I will go to work tomorrow, I'll dose up with Sinutab and cope. I'll also warn my colleagues to stay away from me and will hole myself up in my office each day until I'm clear.
If I'm off sick, it will go on my record. Also it goes against my work ethic - I would be totally embarrassed to take time off for a cold.
Unfortunately I'm on a part time contract basis so I've just lost 4.5 hours pay and at £23/hour - that's a wodge of cash gone from my budget. I struggled through Friday and Monday already and I felt so ill on Friday that I can't even remember what I taught and it just got worse over the weekend. I would have gone in again today but with the kids hacking allover the place I couldn't face letting them go in and feel as bad as I did.
I feel really bad as theres's no one to replace me in 2 of the lessons I was doing but I just physically couldn't do it.
Unfortunately, in we all go, spread the germs around and just sit there with a lemsip and get on with the job.
Especially with the question though - if we need the money that much, well fraid we have to look after ourselves and our dependants. My colleague who sits next to me has been spluttering all week, I've joked with her that I'll have it next week....we just have to be adult about it, it can't be helped:rolleyes: