That Guy – Office hypocondriach
This is the guy who always thinks he has the virus that’s going around. Or if you get something he thinks he has it now. This one guy in particular that I know is particularly funny. One time he told me he was drinking his drink and he told his daughter not to drink after him because she had a sore throat. Well all of a sudden a few hours later his throat starts to get scratchy and starts saying she took a drink of his water and got him sick.
This type of person is usually a huge neat freak. And while it may be funny to play around with him. Like start to coughing and say you don’t know what’s going on, you just started coughing. He will call in the next day saying he can’t stop coughing. It usually ends up making more work for yourself I have found out, because when they are sick you have to cover for the work they are supposed to do.
To this guys credit that I know he does get sick a lot. He had pneumonia once and I don’t think he can fake that. But how much do these people get sick because their mind tricks them into it?
One problem that I have run into though with these people who are in a position of authority is if they see someone they look over is looking sick they will send them home. And that is fine when you’re getting paid vacation and sick time, but if you work security like I do you don’t get paid things like that and you still have to pay the bills.
Matt Howard
http://onecrazyoffice.com
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