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July 06, 2005
You only reap what you sow
Oh the shame, I am such an evil, evil person.
One of my colleagues has been off sick for a week and I did nothing but complain about having to pick up her queries while she was off.
She came back to work yesterday and was obviously still not 100% fit but she said she'd felt awful for leaving us in the lurch. Feeling like a completely repulsive worm, I continued with the work I'd taken from her in her absence and told her just to concentrate on anything new in that morning.
When I handed it back to her all done and dusted, she was delighted and my guilt was somewhat assuaged... until today that is, when she came over and quietly handed me a little thank you gift. It wasn't much, less than a fiver but it taught me a valuable lesson.
I'm blessed with good health. I'm never off sick from work and I should be grateful for that fact, not moaning about those less fortunate. There will come a time when I'm sick and I need colleagues to return the favour, I'm sure I'll get well a lot sooner knowing they're doing so with a smile on their faces.
Posted by lilliebet at July 6, 2005 08:38 PM
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Your coworker sounds like she was super nice about everything. We all get sick from time to time, it's great that your attitude turned positive, but don't beat yourself up - you did have to do extra work.
Posted by: tanya at July 7, 2005 02:47 PM
While this is not on-topic for this post - and although I don't know you personally - I want to express my outrage at what has happened on your soil, my deep sympathy for your people and my gratitude for the friendship of your nation. God Bless.
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Mike
Kansas, USA
Posted by: Michael Marden at July 8, 2005 08:41 AM
Those little, unexpected lessons are fabulous, hey?
Peace...........
Posted by: Helen at July 8, 2005 05:04 PM