Blowing your nose/coughing at work

If you're sick and you need to blow your nose or cough a lot - do you do it at your desk? Do you go somewhere to the bathroom or kitchen or something?

Just curious. I'm sick and excusing myself to go to the kitchen to blow my nose because someone I work with thinks it's gross.

But we also work with someone who will cough, sneeze, and chew without covering her mouth.

ETA: when I say cough, I mean the really bad wet coughs, like bronchitis coughs. The ones that you know are going to take a while and in the end "produce" something.

Message edited 1/31/2008 8:38:48 AM.

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I do it at my desk...but I have tissues and I know how to use them. I have a coldy thing now...so I am doing a lot of spluttering and coughing. My colleagues are lucky!!

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Done at my desk. I am kind enough to keep a tissue in front of my face. But to get up and walk out of my office every time is just excessive.

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Coughing, I cover my mouth at my desk with a tissue.
Blowing my nose I always go to the bathroom.

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I walk to the kitchen and do it there because I don't want people to hear that nasty stuff. I cough at my desk because there is no need for me to run everytime I need to cough.

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I do it at my desk. Granted, I have my own office, but there are secretaries' cubicles right outside my door. They've never complained. Also, I used to share an office. I never thought it was weird or gross for my office mate to blow her nose at her desk. Why should she have to get up and leave the office to blow her nose. I'd rather her do that than sniffle for an hour, get up blow her nose, come back, and 5 mins later start sniffling again.

And I sure don't leave the room to cough!

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I do it at my desk as I have tissues. If I had to get up & go to the bathroom or outside everytime, I would not get any work done.

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At my desk, with lots of tissues on hand. Right before I leave, I'll wipe down my desk with Lysol.

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at my desk with lots of tissues

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I think going to the bathroom is much better than doing it in the kitchen.... I dont want someone hacking all over the place where I have to prepare my food/coffee

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I blow my nose in the ladies room. It is so freaking loud, I not only don't want to subject my co-workers to it, I don't want to deal with the embarrassment. It's that bad.

I cough at my desk but cover my mouth with tissues.

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I do it at my desk, but I also get up an wash my hands afterwards (I don't like hand santizers)

Everyone gets sick, I think your co-worker should be a little more understanding.

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I do it at my desk, all the time. When I have a cold i blow my nose a lot.

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I usually go to the bathroom for nose blowing & heavy duty coughs.

I would never go to the kitchen and I don't want to gross out my office mate at my desk (she never said anything but I don't want to make her uncomfortable).

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If its going to be a really gross cough or blowing my nose. i will go to the bathroom to do it.

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I do it at my desk as well. I have a box of tissues. But if I have that bad of a cold etc. I will just stay home. I can't stand when people come in here sick.

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My desk.

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I cough at my desk, blow my nose in the bathroom.

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I'll do both at my desk, and then run to the bathroom to wash my hands...and then run back to my desk and use some sanitizer...

Everyday, before I sit at my desk, and before I leave for the evening, I wipe my desk down with clorox wipes....

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If I have a really bad cold and I have a lot of things to come out then I go to the bathroom and blow my nose.......b/c when its stuffy and mucousy, its sooo loud! LOL

And also to wash my hands........

Coughing I'd do at my desk although I dont really do much of it when Im sick.

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My desk ... I think it's kinda gross to be doing it in the kitchen where people have food I'd use the bathroom instead if it bothered someone enough.