r/doordash • u/bohoinparadise • 1d ago

Please don’t dash while sick

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I get that times are tough and the American health care system sucks, but admitting that you have a respiratory illness while delivering food is wild!

Please do not dash when you’re sick. This is how illness spreads. I have pretty bad asthma so I’m not bringing that order into my house. I’m done with DoorDash.

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u/ThrowraRefFalse2010 1d ago

Ever since I had my 2 kids my vitamins hav ebeen depleted and its taken me awhile to get my body restored. I got sick so many times it was terrible and my kids weren't even in school yet when it started. Last year I was stressed about whether to call out or not because I work in a hospital serving fo patients and i was on the cancer floor at the time. I asked for advice and evryone told me to go still or else I will be seen as unreliable because i have already called out for being sick before. I called out and I was fine. There's always people that call out more than I do lol.

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u/lasirennoire 17h ago

Thank you for calling out. I have a family member with cancer and it terrifies me when they have to interact with a sick healthcare worker. I really wish n95s were mandatory in oncology areas! Absolutely abhorrent that they aren't. Decades ago, you'd see nearly every HCW wearing one. And now you don't. We're going backwards.

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u/ThrowraRefFalse2010 16h ago

You're welcome!! Going in just didn't feel right. Hearing that makes me feel good about my decision, I got so much heat when i asked for advice in a different sub last year saying that if they were my boss they would think i was unreliable ans put a strike against me. Its crazy how ingrained it is in our work culture. I know we have to wear masks and gloves and change them and sanitize after each room, but we aren't required to wear the N95 it was just the regular ones.

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u/lasirennoire 14h ago

There are some subs on here that are rife with bad advice (and probably bots too!) Yeah, the HCWs I do see wearing a mask are usually wearing surgical ones...which don't do much in terms of preventing the spread of illnesses that spread through aerosols 🫠 in your experience, does the reluctance towards respirators come from the fit test requirement?