Editor from the land of bubblegum pop admonished admonished for such a trivial thing last Monday.

I was working even though I was sick, emailing my colleague for the story we were working on, talking to sources on the phone. Then I I became feverish at around noon, so I had to message the team that I wouldn’t be able to make it to the 1 pm call because I was down with fever.

I took a nap so that the fever would go away.

I woke up to a Teams message ping, with the K editor scolding me for just messaging on Teams, for skipping the call, not filing for leave if I don’t intend to work, etc etc.

I told her I was working and didn’t intend to skip work, it just so happened that at noon I was down with fever and had to sleep it off.

Where is the humanity? Where is the empathy?

So even though I was not feeling well, I drove all the way to Ortigas yesterday to attend a week-long conference. I was coughing and sniffling — I was a danger unto humanity.