Last Man Standing

[bjarvis]

Some ugly stomach bug is causing various folks to drop like flies around my office. I know of at least three people who called in sick this morning. A few minutes ago, my boss stopped by my cube on his way home early... he's looking pretty green right now too.

Hopefully, it's not a bug easily transferred to others as I have must-attend meetings today, tomorrow & Wednesday. Evil pathogens will simply have to wait until Thursday to add me to their list of achievements.

Comments

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

I'll bet it's the Germanfest they all went to last night and didn't invite you. Probably some bad wienerschnitzel.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

That explanation works as well as any... at least under this premise, they're not contagious.

[urbear]

Poisoned office coffee?

Then again, office coffee is almost always toxic anyhow, so there's nothing new there...

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

That idea works too... I don't drink coffee so the bug would pass me by. In lieu of carbonated or caffeinated beverages these days, I've been keeping a case of apple juice in my filing cabinet. Additional vitamin C can't hurt either if there's a noxious bug on the loose.

[urbear]

Hmmm. If you're trying to avoid the sugar in carbonated drinks, apple juice isn't a good choice; it's at least as sugary as anything that fizzes. Most apple juice is processed half to death, concentrated, diluted, and sweetened to the point where its link to the original fruit is tenuous at best. And it's not much of a source of vitamin C, unless it's been added artificially.

With that said, I'll take apple (or orange, cranberry, mango, etc.) juice over Coke any day.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Well, if the labels are to be believed, the apple juice has 1/3 the sugar of coke classic, ounce per ounce. Probably still more than our evolved monkey bodies should ingest though.

[gingy.livejournal.com]

The Bug caused a Canadians event to be cancelled this past weekend.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Ugh! Hope this burns itself out quickly!

[gingy.livejournal.com]

I probably won't get it. I have the immune system of an ox. Or something suitably disease-resistant.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Um, yeah, something suitable but perhaps more flattering. I'm at a loss for an appropriate metaphor.

East coast

[scshagger48.livejournal.com]

It's on the east coast too as my cousin said his wife who teaches in Charleston had it for a week and thought she was going to die. He said he didn't get it though but had to cook all week as the sight or smell of food made her go ballistic!