Comments on: Mr. Bicycle, I am Calling in Sick Today

By: Effects Of Exercise On The Body

Effects Of Exercise On The Body — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:46:11 +0000

[...] Mr. Bicycle, I am Calling in Sick Today [...]

By: Yant

Yant — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:07:51 +0000

I’m the only cyclist in my department and the only person not too have had time of sick in the last year.
Commuting everyday toughens you up.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:29:32 +0000

I’m with Noah on that one. If I can’t ride, I don’t go to work. Part of that is because I don’t OWN a car, but I could take the bus (though the route to go across town instead of north-south in Columbus is a bit cockeyed).

But I look at it this way: if I’m so sick that I can’t ride a few miles to my job, then I probably don’t need to be spreading whatever I have to my cow-orkers.

By: Kung

Kung — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:06:33 +0000

When I am sick I just ride slow and show up late. Enough is enough when you are sick for more than a week. Last winter I was sick for a month and I finally killed the ick with garlic.
Get better and
“Wrap a hot towel round your head” (Ferris’ dad)

By: Noah

Noah — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:02:26 +0000

I wrote about the very same thing (to an extent) over on CBB a few days ago. It boils down to “Too sick to ride = too sick to work” and if you feel kind of crappy, it’s far better to chillax than to be a hero (a.k.a. dumbass) and make your immune system work double time when it’s already having problems.

Runny nose? I’ll ride. Mild cough? I’ll ride.

If I have a fever or If my throat starts tickling like I’ve got post-nasal drip or strep I call my boss and tell him I’m sick. Then I drink a bunch of water, eat a bunch of spicy food and go take a 12 hour coma.