You Know You Work With Morons Whenâ€¦â€¦.

flatlander13 · Post by **flatlander13** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:53 pm

You know you work with morons when a guy you work with gets sick over the weekend, gets tested and is found positive for the Swine flu, and shows up for work Monday morning still sick because, â€œI have a lot of work to do.â€

Post by **Sham** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:59 pm

It really sounds like that inconsiderate fool should be fired from his job. That is the stupidest thing I have heard in a long time.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:01 pm

It's all about choices.

mojo · Post by **mojo** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:21 pm

Had a client come in the office - coughing and saying she felt horrible. Halfway through the meeting she said she has swine flu - was just released from the hospital. When I interrupted and asked why she was here, she said "because they won't let me go to school with the flu"......

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:21 pm

How about this. I had to give the local cops/firefighters/city employee's flu shots, but my own ems company did not provide them for us

Told us to go get them on our own.

We were provided swine flu shots, though they came through the local health dept. and were specifically designated for all ems workers in the county. Surprised my company actually told us.

It might not be a bad idea to re-purpose your dust mask for use off the playa

And carry around the industrial sized purell container.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:02 pm

Don't they charge people for that shit in some countries?
That bullshit costs some companies millions.
I'm sure it costs people their lives sometimes.

Morons!

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:35 pm

Our county is doing the following with the first batch...

CDC's Target Populations ONLY: Pregnant Women, caregivers for infants under 6 months old, and those with underlying health conditions.

Haven't heard about law enforcement yet. Hope to find out more at a meeting tonight.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:44 pm

geospyder wrote:Our county is doing the following with the first batch...

CDC's Target Populations ONLY: Pregnant Women, caregivers for infants under 6 months old, and those with underlying health conditions.

CDCâ€™s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended that certain groups of the population receive the 2009 H1N1 vaccine when it first becomes available. These target groups include pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age, healthcare and emergency medical services personnel, persons between the ages of 6 months and 24 years old, and people ages of 25 through 64 years of age who are at higher risk for 2009 H1N1 because of chronic health disorders or compromised immune systems.
Yeah, law enforcement is going to have to make the "we're first responders" argument. Well, all the diabetic cops.... Yeah, anyone can make a doughnuts joke...

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:08 pm

mojo wrote:Had a client come in the office - coughing and saying she felt horrible. Halfway through the meeting she said she has swine flu - was just released from the hospital. When I interrupted and asked why she was here, she said "because they won't let me go to school with the flu"......

i had a friend who kept a fan in his office, he would often turn it on full blast and point it in the direction of anyone who was sick. they never got it, though.

i had an guy next to me who used to fart around 9:00am every morning, SBDs (silent but deadly) ... the fan was useful for that, too.

he never got it, either.

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:04 pm

Apparently the health care personnel already got theirs. This batch will be for pregnant women, caregivers for infants under 6 months old, and those with underlying health conditions. Public service announcements have been released for tomorrowâ€™s paper. Itâ€™s going to be interesting sorting out those that insist on vaccinations but don't fit the above conditions. Law enforcement might be in the next round - no official word yet. Addiction to donuts - does that count as underlying health conditions?

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:05 am

You guys are going to trust the government to give you a "vaccine" against this dreaded, media hyped swine flu?

hahaha suckers, don't ya know 2012 is just around the corner. Next it's gonna be the lizard flu.

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:21 am

whatever happened to bird flu? did swine ever get it?

we now have birds with swine flu:
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/2 ... -risk.html

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:45 am

and notice that shortly after we got a black president.....swine flu

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:47 am

"......when pigs fly......"..........

flatlander13 · Post by **flatlander13** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:58 am

When I got back from this years burn there were posters EVERYWHERE in our company telling of the signs of the flu and to STAY HOME if you had the flu.
They also provided everyone with an industrial size container of disinfectant wipes.

You would think people would get itâ€¦â€¦â€¦you are sickâ€¦â€¦.stay home.

The people who work for me have been told â€œunofficiallyâ€

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:46 am

ygmir wrote:"......when pigs fly......"..........

I've seen a "pig pink" t-shirt. On the shirt is a pig with wings and a hypo needle sticking in its hind side. Under the pig are the word "Swine Flew"

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:50 am

The Swine Flu?

Oh, let's panic! We're doomed, we're doomed, I tell you!

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:50 am

Pigs on a Wing - Pink Floyd Animals

If you didn't care
What happened to me
And I didn't care
For you
We would zig-zag our way through the boredom and pain
Occasionally glancing up through the rain
Wondering which of the buggars to blame
And watching for pigs on the wing
You know that I care what happens to you
And I know that you care for me too
So I don't feel alone
Or the weight of the stone
Now that I've found somewhere safe
To bury my bone
And any fool knows a dog needs a home
A shelter from pigs on the wing

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:53 am

flatlander13 wrote: EVERYONE needs the; Iâ€™m sick of being at work excuseâ€¦â€¦â€¦

we used to call them "mental health days"...

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:06 am

geospyder wrote:Apparently the health care personnel already got theirs. This batch will be for pregnant women, caregivers for infants under 6 months old, and those with underlying health conditions. Public service announcements have been released for tomorrowâ€™s paper. Itâ€™s going to be interesting sorting out those that insist on vaccinations but don't fit the above conditions. Law enforcement might be in the next round - no official word yet. Addiction to donuts - does that count as underlying health conditions?

In our county police fire and ems are apparently getting first shot

at the H1N1 vaccine, though no nasal spray for fire and ems as the virus is live and can cause problems with patients with auto-immune problems.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:26 am

You know you work with morons when one of your colleagues uses the old notation for Plank's constant (h) instead of 'h' bar when trying to determine the energy of a photon.

We sent him home for the rest of the day so that he can dwell on his stupid mistake.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:30 am

Isotopia wrote: We sent him home for the rest of the day so that he can dwell on his stupid mistake.

At my place of work he would have been sent to his dwelling for the rest of the day, so that he could home in on his mistake.

j_cavera · Post by **j_cavera** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:36 am

Actually:

h = 4.136 E-15 eV sec

h-bar = h / 2pi = 6.582 E-16 eV sec

And:

E = hv (not h-bar)

- Jim

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:00 pm

j_cavera wrote:Actually:

h = 4.136 E-15 eV sec

h-bar = h / 2pi = 6.582 E-16 eV sec

And:

E = hv (not h-bar)

- Jim

...only if you wear a RFR ionized tin foil hat.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:20 pm

Actually:

h = 4.136 E-15 eV sec

h-bar = h / 2pi = 6.582 E-16 eV sec

And:

E = hv (not h-bar)

- Jim

Your Master has taught you well.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:37 pm

I always thought it was Planck?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:11 pm

Gyre! On this forum we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

Someone said this to me on another forum.
Just struck me as funny.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:26 pm

It was even funnier when Homer said it to Lisa.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:45 pm

Really?
A simpsons reference?

The Planck constant or the thermodynamics thing?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:52 pm

At every place I have worked, there was always one person who was a real numb-nuts.

Except this place I am at right now.

Maybe I am that guy?

You Know You Work With Morons Whenâ€¦â€¦.

You Know You Work With Morons Whenâ€¦â€¦.

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