The top ten signs you should go home sick

People in my office have trouble accepting that they’re sick and should go home. Now I’m not saying I’ve been guilty of all of these, but let’s just say they’re all things people in my office have done.

You know it’s time to go home when:

10. You don’t drink tea regularly, but you switch to it for its stomach settling effect

9. You keep and use more than three kinds of medicines in your desk drawer

8. You get dizzy from scrolling down a screen

7. You refer to it as "doing shots" of Pepto

6. You schedule a meeting for noon because you know eating lunch is not something you want to do

5. Your co-workers tell you that you look like crap, and you just give them a thumbs-up and a wink

4. You decide to draft a top-ten list on signs you should go home sick as something to distract your mind from how you feel

3. You can’t wait until it’s time to go home because you dream about just climbing into bed and passing out

2. Its mid-July and you have the chills so bad that you’re in the office wearing two sweaters and a long-sleeved shirt

And the number one way you know it’s time to go home sick...

1. You leave a meeting to go throw up, and then go right back in