For better or worse, the pandemic taught us a lot of lessons: about how long we can go without talking to another human being, about how quickly we can all profoundly change the way we live – and about the dangers of dragging your sorry carcass into work when you’re unwell.
There’s nothing more pathetic than the sight of a person determined to prove how committed to the job they are while coughing and spluttering all over their desk. And during the pandemic, it became socially unacceptable: at a time when bringing your sniffle into work could result in half the company being taken out by the same virus, taking a sick day suddenly became the only considerate thing to do.
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