Roger Out
How many times in your 17 years have you bravely gone into work when you shouldn't have?
Whilst I agree in Air Traffic we seem to have a fair share of malingerers (Lemsips) there are probably an equal amount of robust chaps like yourself who think it's a sign of bravado to come in whilst ill. Then they wonder why half of the watch go sick at some point within the next 2 or 3 weeks, because when I had that I came in.
Case point being December 1999 my Watch Manager came into work for 4 days running looking exceptionally ill before going sick for about a week with flu. This dedication to duty not only gave me the flu for the first time in my life, but, left me with asthma at the end of it.
Mind you, the only thing I thought about at the time, and now whenever I'm taking my puffer is, "At least he didn't let the team down".
Rant over
The Greebs