Things I have Learned This week...

1. Contrary to popular belief had sanitizer is not magical. When you encounter tens of thousands of people on a daily basis from all over they are bound to carry all sorts of lovely germs. No matter how many times you lather on that hand sanitizer their germs will come into contact with you... Sooner or later you will get sick. That small, cute, child that comes up to you and coughs will catch up to you. If you do not get sick, lucky for you I probably will.
2. No matter how sick you are, the people above you will still thank you for pushing through and coming to work anyways. It does not matter if guests are terrified by your cough that sounds like your lungs are about to fly out of your chest, or the other painful sounds your illness makes. Because half the battle was deciding to come to work in that condition and you did that. High five!
3. Once you call in sick because you sound like death is knocking at your door and people have taken notice of your pitiful state and tell you to go home and rest, you've caused a lot of hassle. Not only do you get a mark on your attendance card for calling out sick, but then your shift is floating around with nobody to work it. Not necessarily your fault, since you are sick, but none the less it becomes a big-to-do.
4. Getting a day off to heal up and relax seems ideal... Until you've realized that you lost 10+ hours of pay and no matter what that lovely chunk of your pay check will still get taken out on pay day for rent. Urgh...
5. Florida oranges are delicious, but they do not have magical healing vitamin-c powers.
Those are my thoughtful life lessons from the job this week. Do enjoy!