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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/MrJokster on 2025-07-01 15:04:31+00:00.

I am the type of person who doesn’t get a lot of symptoms when sick. A scratchy throat, a runny nose, but nothing that really knocks me out of commission. However, I try to remain aware that anyone else my contagious self infects might not be so fortunate.

So one morning I wake up feeling off and text my boss that I’m going to Urgent Care & will let him know what they say. I get strep throat a lot and had it again, so they give me antibiotics & send me on my way. Call my boss and ask him if I can work from home (100% of my job can be done from home). “No,” he says. “You either need to take a sick day or come in.” So I tell him, “Okay, see you shortly.”

Now, my boss is the type of person who doesn’t really listen. He hears what he wants to hear and most everything else goes in one ear and out the other. I pull into the parking lot, put a mask on, and head straight to his office. When I barge in, he’s in the middle of a video call, so my one colleague overhears all this and has to keep from laughing.

Boss says, “Oh, they gave you a clean bill of health?” I say, “Nope. Like I told you on the phone, I feel decent enough but am sick and contagious.” I reached into my pocket to pull out a pill bottle, “Gotta be on these antibiotics for at least a day before I’m not.” I even coughed a bit for dramatic effect as I stood there, breathing his air. “Oh,” he says, the color beginning to drain from his face. “Well, why don’t go you ahead and work from home today.”

“I’ll do that, boss.” Funny how that’s fine now that he’s at risk.