Apparently the people in HR here are convinced that someone is going to contract the swine flu (I’m sorry, H1N1) and infect everyone and it will be a major meltdown. Things started off slowly, first there were the signs about washing your hands in the bathroom. That wasn’t enough though, because the new tactic is instilling fear. All of the sudden there are signs everywhere in the office that look like this:
They are on the refrigerator, next to the water cooler, in the hallways – nobody is safe. I’m patiently waiting for the day when we are given those little masks when we walk through the doors.
Here’s the thing though, every time I see those signs I just want to get back in my car, drive all the way home and call into the office and say: (cough, cough) it feels like I have a cold AND flu symptoms, I can’t come in today.
I'm going to go ahead and say that people do a pretty good job panicking on their own and we don’t really need HR to help it along. Oh, and in case you were wondering the reason we are having flu vaccines in the office today (right now in fact) is so everyone can get them out of the way early and be ready to go when the H1N1 vaccine is ready. We can’t get normal running water but we will beat this outbreak, damn it.
We now have hand sanitizer stations positioned in random places throughout the whole building. I mean it will be really convenient when I am on my way to a meeting to put down my stuff on the floor (computer, notebook, bb) and just take a quick sanitizer break. No big deal.
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