I have a slight dilemma this week. I've been asked to cover my yoga teacher's class, while she deals with some urgent family business. Of course, I feel hugely honoured that she should trust me with her class. It's my normal Friday practice, so I will almost certainly know everyone and most of them know that I've been training as a teacher over the last 6 months. But, since I agreed to do it, I have come down with a really heavy cold, sore throat and now I'm coughing. I could possibly get away with dosing up, to allow me to lead the practice, but is that fair on the class? I don't think so. If I'm on the road to recovery, then maybe, but if I still feel the way I feel today, then I would expect that I'm highly contagious.
So that gives me another dilemma - how soon should I alert my teacher to the fact that I may not be able to cover for her. Of course, I have someone who would cover my classes, who may be available, but it's not my class, my teacher may prefer to arrange her own cover. Then again, she has enough on her mind. Thinking clearly is not something I do well with a head full of cold! Perhaps I'll arrange cover as backup, if she doesn't have a plan 'B'.
So what do you do when you have a cold? Do you turn up to work, share your germs with colleagues and possibly with clients? How well received is it when people do that? I'm all for working from home in these circumstances, but, since the transition from comms to yoga teacher, that has become a little tricky. Fingers crossed it'll only last 3 days and I will be fine by Friday!
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So that gives me another dilemma - how soon should I alert my teacher to the fact that I may not be able to cover for her. Of course, I have someone who would cover my classes, who may be available, but it's not my class, my teacher may prefer to arrange her own cover. Then again, she has enough on her mind. Thinking clearly is not something I do well with a head full of cold! Perhaps I'll arrange cover as backup, if she doesn't have a plan 'B'.
So what do you do when you have a cold? Do you turn up to work, share your germs with colleagues and possibly with clients? How well received is it when people do that? I'm all for working from home in these circumstances, but, since the transition from comms to yoga teacher, that has become a little tricky. Fingers crossed it'll only last 3 days and I will be fine by Friday!
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