An Almost-Perfect Storm
There are six people, not counting me, on one of the teams I supervise. After severe storms the previous night, I was happy to wake up with power on and a dry house, even if I had been feeling unwell the past few days. I almost decided to call in, but thought I would give it a try. And it was a good thing, too.
When I got into work I had three voice mail message.
Message 1: Person 1 has a migraine; will medicate and try to come in for the afternoon.
Message 2: Person 2 has water in the house, and will be in as soon as furniture can be moved and carpet rolled up and put somewhere to dry.
Message 3: Person 3 is not feeling well and will be in later this morning.
Then, I checked my email.
Email 1: Person 4 is home sick on doctor’s orders, but working remotely.
Email 2: Peson 5 has extensive storm damage to the house and will not be in.
Person 6 was in, but started feeling unwell mindmorningish. Fortunately, Person 6 is a real trouper and stuck it out. And a good thing, too, as Person 1 didn’t make it in at all as the migraine simply refused to abate.
Today, Persons 1-3 and 6 were in the office, and 4 and 5 were repeats of yesterday.
I’m crossing my fingers for tomorrow. At least we’re on an upward trend.
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