I hate that in Tesco you don't get paid for the first 3 days off sick!

GothicStirling

*Kat* wrote: »

lol, you guys are funny! You can be ill and type...lol, and why would I be pulled up by a manager? lol

Just called up work and apparently 2 other people have called in with a sick bug so that makes me feel a bit better about calling in.

Hmmm. Three people calling in sick on a Saturday with a sickness bug. I haven't heard that one before, and not in the slightest bit suspicious. :rotfl:

GothicStirling

Mrs_Arcanum wrote: »

Or look at it another way. What customer wants to see staff sneezing all over the fruit & veg?

Surprised they do not offer overtime though. A friend who used to work for Tesco was forever being telephoned to do extra hours.

I wouldn't advise it, but if the OP was seriously concerned over paying the bills, they would have done it anyway.

It's not actually the sneezing that spreads bacteria, but hand contact with the mouth and nose. So if someone went to work with a cold they would have to make sure they regularly washed their hands.

However, I'm sure if they went to their line manager and said I'm ill, but will work the manager would be so daft as having them on the deli counter or stocking the fruit and veg.

irishjohn

I think maybe it would have been better to get off MSE - go to bed and see if any bug would run its course during a good nights sleep - then maybe it would be possible to get up and do a day at the Customer Service Desk at Tesco today - Make some effort - even if you find you cannot do it and need to go home again - the effort would be appreciated - a call the night before your shift woulod make me suspicious.

anamenottaken

GothicStirling wrote: »

It's not actually the sneezing that spreads bacteria, but hand contact with the mouth and nose. So if someone went to work with a cold they would have to make sure they regularly washed their hands.

"Not only but also".

Depends how quickly the sneezing projectiles are touched by another person.

GothicStirling

irishjohn wrote: »

I think maybe it would have been better to get off MSE - go to bed and see if any bug would run its course during a good nights sleep - then maybe it would be possible to get up and do a day at the Customer Service Desk at Tesco today - Make some effort - even if you find you cannot do it and need to go home again - the effort would be appreciated - a call the night before your shift woulod make me suspicious.

Quite true.

The last time I was off sick I spent the early hours in the bathroom. I managed to get some sleep but I was still humming and harring whether to go to work up to 30 minutes before I was due to get my train.

GothicStirling

anamenottaken wrote: »

"Not only but also".

Depends how quickly the sneezing projectiles are touched by another person.

True. I can't see any reason why someone with a cold couldn't work in the stock room or collecting trollies in the car park.

GotToChange

Scepticism aside - I do not think that people who are genuinely ill should be made to feel that they should go in to work - be it because they don't get paid or because there is some "fall out" down the line - let alone harumphing when they call in.
No-one should EVER go in to work after (or whilst still having) sickness and diarrhea, most especially in a customer facing/food contact role.
I worked for a food manufacturer who insisted on two clear samples before coming back in to work - and not just on the production lines.... (equally though, they paid full sick pay from day one and for quite some time).
On the other hand, I worked recently for a one-man Architectural practice, covering for his long-serving (and suffering!) secretary. He didn't know how to do wages - his wife didn't seem in any kind of hurry - so when the secrtary's hubs came in to chase up pay, I was asked to work it out - at SSP rates. I did it without deducting any waiting days (bearing in mind that they would claim all SSP back from HMRC through tax/NI) but the wife corrected even this the next time the hubs came in to chase pay - again. She had been diagnosed with cancer and worked for them for 15 years; the 3 days equated to about £45. I honestly don't understand some people.
OP - I feel for you but I suppose we live inan unfair world.Think yourself lucky you aren't being asked to poop in a box... I personally would simply give my eye teeth for a job with Tesco.

GotToChange

GothicStirling wrote: »

True. I can't see any reason why someone with a cold couldn't work in the stock room or collecting trollies in the car park.

You can't?:mad:

Tiddlywinks

GothicStirling wrote: »

It's not actually the sneezing that spreads bacteria, but hand contact with the mouth and nose. So if someone went to work with a cold they would have to make sure they regularly washed their hands.

Sneezing propels bodily fluids at a hell of a speed into the air and if you are near enough to breathe those in or touch the surface where they land then you may become infected.

Outpost

momoyama wrote: »

IP address.

I very much doubt that Kat's Tesco manager could gain access to her IP address, cross-reference that somehow with her internet provider and identify her. Again assuming of course that the particular manager of the store where she works, one of thousands of stores, happened upon her post and took issue with it.

I don't think stating "IP address" is quite the explanation of how such a thing could be done that I was hoping for.

momoyama wrote: »

And two cases, both me. In the most recent one I slagged off the weekend manager of the leisure centre that I hire space from. Their manager wasn't happy

I don't think the weekend manager of your leisure centre has the resources or technical know how to trace you via your IP address for the reasons I've outlined above.

I'd hazard a guess that it was more likely due to the link to the 'Spirit Combat International Worcester Dojo', occupation and email address to be found in your profile's contact details. There's nothing of the sort to be found on Kat's profile.