A colleague's child was sick and wanted me to help with the shift, but I firmly refused
My colleague Xia's child has recently contracted the virus and has a fever that is difficult to relieve, and she has two children, one in junior high school and one younger, and the situation is compounded by the fact that both children are sick at the same time.
Yesterday she approached me and wanted to lend me some classes, I took one look at her and replied without hesitation: "Sorry, I have family affairs." ”
She asked curiously, "What happened?".These two days are really incomprehensible. ”
I looked her in the eye and said calmly, "My mother-in-law has a birthday. ”
She was stunned for a moment, her lips moving, as if she had something to say, but in the end she didn't say anything and left with a displeased face.
When pandemic restrictions were lifted at the beginning of the year, I was among the first to get sick. I had a high fever of nearly 39 degrees, and luckily it was the day I rested. We worked night shifts, and the previous day had three days off, and that time I had two days off, so I could have six days off.
I lay at home for three days, coughing, sore throat and body aches and aches that stayed with me. Just as I was in a coma, Kasumi called**. It turned out that her two children were also sick, and those days happened to be her shifts. As other colleagues were also sick, she had sought out someone else, but no one could replace her. Although I was half sick myself, I understood her difficulties and agreed to her request without hesitation.
After I told my husband, he blamed me: "You are still barely getting up in bed, why do you still go to work?".”
I smiled and said, "When people are sick, who cares about this, and I am already sick, and I am not afraid of being infected again." ”
So on the fourth day, I fought hard and worked for Xia for two days.
In those days, there were very few people working in the unit, and we had to fill the vacancies. I felt hazy and uncertain, as if I was standing in a dream. Luckily, there wasn't much planned work on those two days, and I completed the task in a daze.
When Kasumi returned, I asked her how her baby was doing, and she said that the fever had subsided and that she was now resting at home.
However, she never asked about my condition.
After a while, my mother suddenly had a fever and my younger brother was out of town. I was so anxious that the first thing that came to mind was Kasumi. However, when I called ** to her, she was a little embarrassed: "Alas, I'm sorry, those two days are my mother's birthday, and our sisters plan to go back to celebrate my mother." ”
Celebrating the birthday of the elderly is certainly important, but when it comes to being sick and taking care of each other, everyone has a different measure in mind.
In fact, I understand that everyone's joys and pains are not fully understood by others. Just like now, if your family member is sick, while you can empathize with the situation of others, you can't expect others to understand your feelings deeply.
Therefore, I chose to remain silent. Through this experience, I realized the differences between people. Even if I'm a little upset with someone, we need to work with a smile on our face and maintain a semblance of friendship.
Recently, there have been a lot of people who have had a fever, especially children. Just yesterday, two of my colleague's children also fell ill. She anxiously approached me and wanted to change shifts. But when I thought that I had insisted on working for her while I was sick, and that she had rightfully refused when I needed help, my sympathy vanished in an instant. I replied with a blank face: "I'm sorry, I also have something to do in the past two days, and I can't help with the shift." ”
She then asked, "Is there anything urgent?"Can't you turn it down?”
I looked at her firmly and said, "My mother-in-law celebrates her 70th birthday, and we have promised to go back." ”
She understood what I meant, and wanted to say something, but finally chose to avoid my gaze and left helplessly.
Later, I heard that she found several people to work shifts, but they were all unsuccessful. In the end, she found a replacement with 500 per shift, while we usually only need to pay 300 for the substitute. The extra 200 yuan she gave up, some people may say that I am cautious, but I want to ask, how to repay virtue with resentment, and how to repay virtue?
The path of life is chosen by oneself and walked by oneself. If you choose to tear down the bridge when someone else is building a bridge for you, you can't blame others.