Letters to the Editor
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Think of how many more productive hours this country could log...
...if EVERYONE, regardless of gender, stayed home when they were sick. How many colds/flus/etc. have people caught from copy machines, phones, handshakes, etc.? How many times have you sat next to a coughing, spewing colleague in a meeting, or sat next to someone similarly pneumatic on the subway, and thought, Jeez, why didn't you just STAY HOME?!?
The reason more women than men take this sensible approach is, I suspect, twofold: women are, over all, less self-inflated, and they generally have less high-powered jobs. The former is great, the latter not so much. But I venture to say that most people have caught a lot more colds and flu bugs from their male colleagues than from their female ones -- and that means a direct hit to overall productivity. So while you may look like more of a "team player" when you show up sick, you generally drag the whole team down.