Cold and Flu Season at Work
Note: I wrote this in January 2020, before I'd heard of COVID...
I hope your germs stay over there
Behind that cubicle wall
I don’t have time to catch a cold
I’m far too busy, after all!
I hear your coughing, full of phlegm
And the snot you’re sniffing back.
Just blow your nose, then wash your hands
Better — go home now and hit the sack.
I’m taking lots of vitamin C,
Drinking water, getting rest.
But no matter what I do,
Turns out, it’s all in jest.
Because we’re breathing the same air
We’re touching the same doors
Germs aren’t smart enough to know
They’re uninvited boors.
The light switch in the meeting room
Now carries your disease
No matter how careful I am
I feel all this unease.
I wish you would have stayed at home
Your work just isn’t up to par.
When you’re sick, you’re not as good
It does not make you a star.
Please go home, you look like hell
The situation is just gross.
Come in again when you feel well
And I won’t mind sitting close.
Now my head is starting to hurt
My nose is itching too.
Damn you for bringing in your germs
Cough, cough, sniff, sniff, AH-CHOO!