ls
16-03-20, 12:55
There’s a co-worker of mine who works as a delivery driver so they only spend maybe 30 minutes a day at my workplace. I’m only a part time worker so I don’t see them too often.
They came in Friday evening when I was at work but I was about 10-15 feet away in a different room so I didn’t actually see them. They said they were feeling unwell and like they were going to puke so they had to go home. I wasn’t too worried at that moment because I haven’t heard about nausea being a symptom of coronavirus.
But then on Saturday when I was at work they popped in briefly to pick up something (even though they were not working that day) and I was again 10-15 feet away but they came face-to-face with my manager and told her that they have a fever and body aches. Somehow my manager didn’t seem worried at all.
But ever since then I’ve been having panic attacks and been feeling absolutely terrified that they might have coronavirus and could have transmitted it to the rest of us at work. I’ve been crying pretty much non-stop from the fear. I haven’t been outside since coming home from work on Saturday. I’m due in work later today and I don’t know whether or not it’s safe for me to go? Even if the co-worker with the symptoms is not at work today I’m worried they may have transmitted it to co-workers who see them more than me and then they will transmit it to me (if I don’t have it already). I’m also worried surfaces at my work are now infected.
I asked two family members for advice on whether or not I should go to work tonight and they think I should (because they say the outbreak will go on for a long time and I can’t never go back). In my opinion I feel like it’s too unsafe to go but I was hoping for some more opinions.
I feel like I really can’t deal with this whole situation and just want to quit my job and hide in the house for a year or two :(
They came in Friday evening when I was at work but I was about 10-15 feet away in a different room so I didn’t actually see them. They said they were feeling unwell and like they were going to puke so they had to go home. I wasn’t too worried at that moment because I haven’t heard about nausea being a symptom of coronavirus.
But then on Saturday when I was at work they popped in briefly to pick up something (even though they were not working that day) and I was again 10-15 feet away but they came face-to-face with my manager and told her that they have a fever and body aches. Somehow my manager didn’t seem worried at all.
But ever since then I’ve been having panic attacks and been feeling absolutely terrified that they might have coronavirus and could have transmitted it to the rest of us at work. I’ve been crying pretty much non-stop from the fear. I haven’t been outside since coming home from work on Saturday. I’m due in work later today and I don’t know whether or not it’s safe for me to go? Even if the co-worker with the symptoms is not at work today I’m worried they may have transmitted it to co-workers who see them more than me and then they will transmit it to me (if I don’t have it already). I’m also worried surfaces at my work are now infected.
I asked two family members for advice on whether or not I should go to work tonight and they think I should (because they say the outbreak will go on for a long time and I can’t never go back). In my opinion I feel like it’s too unsafe to go but I was hoping for some more opinions.
I feel like I really can’t deal with this whole situation and just want to quit my job and hide in the house for a year or two :(