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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GraceK" data-source="post: 322322" data-attributes="member: 47233">One of my pet hates is people who have colds and insist 'it's only a cold for God's sake' and who battle it out at work spreading their wonderful cold around everyone.For the past 4 years I've had a chest infection every year round about October/November when the temperature changes and everyone's coughing and sneezing.  I have asthma and bronchiectasis and I'm knocked off me feet with a cold and the last one turned very quickly to pneumonia and I ended up being carted off in an ambulance from the local Walk In centre.  Colds may not be much more than an inconvenience to anyone who doesn't have lung problems, which is fine for them if they want to battle on at work and spread the damned thing to all and sundry.  But to those of us with lung problems sitting next to someone with a cold could mean we end up in hospital and a week or more off work.  I wish to God people would not insist on being ever so brave and stoical when they're in the infectious stage, dragging themselves into work to spread their germs.  Just be selfish and keep it to yourself please.My other pet hate is people at work with colds who cough and sneeze into their hand and don't use a hanky and then handle their keyboard, office equipment and offer to make me a cup of tea.  Yuk!  Stay at home please and keep the cold to yourself.</blockquote>

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