It's actually alarming how stupid they think we and lazy most people are.

A coworker started feeling bad last week. She said she was going to the doctor to be tested. She described her symptoms and I said "Hey, if you're not having trouble breathing and you can still smell, it's probably just the flu. Make sure you get a flu test first before you get a covid test so you know which disease to actually treat since if you come up positive for covid they won't even test you for the flu."

She says "Yeah, that's a good point. I'll do that."

Two hours later she calls in and says "I'm positive for covid."

I asked her if she got the flu results first and she said she didn't get tested because she was pretty sure it was covid.

Surprise surprise, she now gets two weeks of paid quarantine leave that doesn't count against her annual sick leave.

Can't imagine why she decided to skip the flu test.