A Question for Captains and Above: Did you go sick?

When I made captain in 2000, there was never any official word on it but it’s definitely frowned upon. Sick record really is one of the best indicators of someone’s work ethic but like many legitimate things, the job takes it to another level. At interviews, they’ll go as far as analyzing what days in your set you went sick, looking to see if you have a pattern of consistently banging in to extend your swing. I had a serious 9/11 related surgery once and used my own time. It wasn’t to get any points. I worked for a real douche and didn’t want to hear anything. When I was looking at retiring, 5 or 6 years later, and figured out the dollar value of those days I took off, I realized what an idiot I was and went sick twice for b.s. surgeries. This coronavirus, though, should turn all that old thinking on its head. Now, a cold could mean you’re taking a chance of killing a co-worker’s mother. Go sick. If the job doesn’t like it, they should establish some form of sick specific to possible COVID symptoms.