CatherineB
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So my boss came into work just now, he was staying home cause he's sick as hell with a sore throat and a cold but there's some emergency meeting he had to come in for. Anyway he comes in and says 'my computer's taking forever to start up, can you just look up something for me real quick" and leans over my desk, right in my face. I roll waaay back in my chair, 'oh-hoh!' I say, only about 10% joking. 'You better keep back with that lurgy'. 'Oh, I'm sorry' he says and steps back a bit and starts to tell me what to search for on the network drive. Then he sneezes without even turning away - ok, whatever, at least he covered his face with his hands. And then he reaches over and says 'Oh, uh, just let me...' and leans over right in my face again, and before I can stop him he's got his snotty sneezy hands on my mouse and my keyboard and then he sneezes AGAIN and only makes a half-ared attempt to use his shoulder to cover his face (and, in the process, directs most of the sneeze right over at me to his right).
Anyway, I didn't say a word, I just went straight to the bathroom and washed my hands, and then borrowed some computer and telephone disinfecting wipes from the women who work across the hall. I ostentatiously put them on my desk right in front of him and stood there at a safe distance until he was done. When he finished with my computer, he picked up the container of wipes. 'Ooh, can you get some of these for me? I'm sure I caught this cold here at the office.'
Apparently I am nothing more than human office equipment and therefore incapable of catching cold. If he's in tomorrow, I'm going to wear a swine flu mask to make a point.
Anyway, I didn't say a word, I just went straight to the bathroom and washed my hands, and then borrowed some computer and telephone disinfecting wipes from the women who work across the hall. I ostentatiously put them on my desk right in front of him and stood there at a safe distance until he was done. When he finished with my computer, he picked up the container of wipes. 'Ooh, can you get some of these for me? I'm sure I caught this cold here at the office.'
Apparently I am nothing more than human office equipment and therefore incapable of catching cold. If he's in tomorrow, I'm going to wear a swine flu mask to make a point.