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** Alice's illness is contagious. By coming to work sick, she infects her coworkers.

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** Alice's illness is contagious. By coming to work sick, she infects her coworkers. It's even worse if she's FeigningHealthiness; They'll be royally pissed off at Alice for getting them all sick.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "You shouldn't be here! You're sick"!

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* '''Lampshaded''': "You shouldn't be here! You're sick"!sick!"

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* '''Enforced''': “We can’t tell people it’s ok to stay home while sick. Make her come in anyway!”

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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“We can’t tell people it’s ok to stay home while sick. Make her come in anyway!”anyway!”
** Its a [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSA]] about [[DeconstructedTrope the dangers of going to work while sick]].

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice has allergies or has lost her glasses and works through that, but she isn't actually sick.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Alice has allergies or has lost her glasses and works through that, but she isn't actually sick.sick.
** Alice has mostly recovered from her illness, but she's still showing some occasional symptoms and she continues to work anyway.



** Alice has people depending on her to do her job, and her (innate or externally infuenced) sense of responsibility, or fear of the consequences of not doing her job, outweighs her concern for own well-being.

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** Alice has people depending on her to do her job, and her (innate or externally infuenced) influenced) sense of responsibility, or fear of the consequences of not doing her job, outweighs her concern for own well-being.



* '''Inverted''': Alice [[PlayingSick plays sick to get out of work]].

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice [[PlayingSick plays sick to get out of work]].



* '''Subverted''': Alice appears to be working through a cold but she is actually just having hayfever.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alice appears to be working through a cold but she is actually just having hayfever.



* '''Double Subverted''': But then she catches a cold.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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But then she catches a cold.
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???“We can’t tell people it’s ok to stay home while sick. Make her come in anyway!”



* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
Alice gets herself sick and comes to work to infect her boss for revenge.
* '''Exploited''': ???Alice works at a bioweapon plant so is called in BECAUSE she’s sick.



** Alice's boss tells her to go home until she feels better.

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** Alice's boss tells her not to go home come in until she feels better.


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* '''Played for Horror''': Alice is becoming a zombie but still goes to work and causes the apocalypse.
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** Alice calls in whenever she's feeling even ''slightly'' under the weather.


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** Alice thinks about calling in, because she doesn't want to get anyone else sick.
** Alice is seen at home, sick, but she's on the computer.
** Alice goes to work, but leaves early due to being sick.
** Alice throws up in the bathroom at work, [[MorningSickness because she's pregnant]].
** Alice stays home, not because ''she's'' sick, but because her child is sick.


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** But then she remembers that she has a ''big'' presentation at work, and that she can't miss that for anything. So she takes some medicine, stashes a bag of cough drops and a packet of tissues in her purse, and goes in.
** She's working from home.
** She only went in for the presentation she had to do.
** She hasn't announced her pregnancy yet, and believes it's bad luck to do so before the 12th week of pregnancy, so she just tells people she ate something bad.
** A few days later, she gets sick herself, but goes to work anyway.

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* '''Defied''': Alice has special powers, meaning she cannot get sick.
** Alice doesn't want to risk spreading her illness, so she holes up at home and takes time to recover before resuming her dutirs

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Alice has special powers, meaning she cannot get sick.
** Alice doesn't want to risk spreading her illness, so she holes up at home and takes time to recover before resuming her dutirsduties.
** Alice's boss tells her to go home until she feels better.



** Alice attempts to work through a serous illness but she ends up in hospital and flunks her work.

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** Alice attempts to work through a serous serious illness but she ends up in hospital and flunks her work.


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** Alice's illness is contagious. By coming to work sick, she infects her coworkers.
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** Alice's illness is fairly minor and doesn't interfere much with her ability to work. For instance, she works as a computer programmer from home and simply has a mild cold.

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** Alice lives in a culture that reveres the ability to soldier on through all manner of pain and poor health.
** Alice has people depending on her to do her job, and her (innate or externally infuenced) sense of responsibility, or fear of the consequences of not doing her job, outweighs her concern for own well-being.



** Alice doesn't want to risk spreading her illness, so she holes up at home and takes time to recover before resuming her dutirs



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice attempts to work through a serous illness but she ends up in hospital and flunks her work.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Alice attempts to work through a serous illness but she ends up in hospital and flunks her work.work.
** Alice ignores her deteriorating health for too long or at the wrong time, and gets so sick that she renders herself physically incapable of doing her job.
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** Alice is AfraidofDoctors, and she always does this when sick despite the fact that she ''should'' go to the clinic.

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** Alice is AfraidofDoctors, AfraidOfDoctors, and she always does this when sick despite the fact that she ''should'' go to the clinic.
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** Alice is AfraidofDoctors, and she always does this when sick despite the fact that she ''should'' go to the clinic.

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* '''Justified''': Her work is very important or Alice doesn't know she is sick.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Her work is very important or Alice doesn't know she is sick.sick.
** She literally cannot afford to take time off work; either her job is on thin ice due to the amount of times she's [[PlayingSick dubiously called in "sick"]], she's self-employed and only earns based on the work she does, or she lives in a country where statutory sick pay isn't a thing and out-of-work benefits either don't exist or difficult to get.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice has allergies or has lost her glasses and works through that, but isn't actually sick.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice has allergies or has lost her glasses and works through that, but she isn't actually sick.



* '''Inverted''': Alice plays sick to get out of work.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice [[PlayingSick plays sick to get out of work.work]].



* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice seems to be working through the cold but she just has hayfever. She then catches a cold which is magically cured and starts acting sick but was just kidding.
* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice seems to be working through the cold but she just has hayfever. She then catches a cold which is [[AWizardDidIt magically cured cured]] and she starts acting sick but was just kidding.
* '''Averted''': ???Alice never gets sick, never works while sick, or never works, full stop.



* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???
Alice has special powers, meaning she cannot get sick.
* '''Discussed''': ???"Alice, why are you at work? Don't you have a cold?" "I do but I can still work"



* '''Implied''': Alice is sneezing, coughing or acting sick throughout her work, but there is no clear indicator she is actually sick.



* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice is a witch, who has PowerIncontinence because she is sick, and it has humorous results.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice is dying, but the world depends on her.



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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has a terminal illness or a serious one and STILL works on.

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[SecretlyDying Alice has a terminal illness or a serious one and STILL works on.]]

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* Basic Trope: The Hero is sick but tries to keep working despite illness.
* Straight: Alice is sick but keeps on working.
* Exaggerated: Alice has a terminal illness or a serious one and STILL works on.
*Downplayed: Alice has allergies or has lost her glasses and works through that but is not actually sick.
* Inverted:Alice Plays Sick to get out of work.
* Justified: Her work is very important or Alice doesn't know she is sick
* Subverted: Alice appears to be working through a cold but she is actually just having hayfever.
* Double Subverted: But then she catches a cold.
* Zigzagged: Alice seems to be working through the cold but she just has hayfever. She then catches a cold which is magically cured and starts acting sick but was just kidding.
* Parodied: Alice works through a disease which makes her skin glow red.
* Deconstucted:Alice attempts to work through a serous illness but she ends up in hospital and flunks her work.
* Reconstructed: Alice manages to work through the cold and flunks her work but gets better and corrects it.
* Defied:Alice is immune to all illnesses.
* Averted:Alice never gets sick or this is a sickness-free show.
* Enforced:The writer thinks illness jokes are funny.
* Implied: Alice is seen working and is later told she had been sick.
* Logical Exreme:Everybody must go to work regardless of sickness.
* Played for Laughs: Alice's illness-related blunders are funny.
* Played for Drama:Alice has to work while her friends try to cure her
* Lampshaded: "You shouldn't be here! You're sick"!
* Invoked: Alice's coworkers ask her to show up when sick to see what will happen
* Conversed: "Why do characters always go to work when they are sick?"

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* Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope''': The Hero is sick but tries to keep working despite illness.
* Straight: '''Straight''': Alice is sick but keeps on working.
* Exaggerated: '''Exaggerated''': Alice has a terminal illness or a serious one and STILL works on.
*Downplayed:
on.
* '''Downplayed''':
Alice has allergies or has lost her glasses and works through that that, but is not isn't actually sick.
* Inverted:Alice Plays Sick to get out of work.
* Justified:
'''Justified''': Her work is very important or Alice doesn't know she is sick
sick.
* Subverted: '''Inverted''': Alice plays sick to get out of work.
* '''Subverted''':
Alice appears to be working through a cold but she is actually just having hayfever.
* Double Subverted: '''Double Subverted''': But then she catches a cold.
* Zigzagged: '''Parodied''': Alice works through a disease which makes her skin glow red.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
Alice seems to be working through the cold but she just has hayfever. She then catches a cold which is magically cured and starts acting sick but was just kidding.
* Parodied: '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "You shouldn't be here! You're sick"!
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Why do characters always go to work when they are sick?"
* '''Deconstructed''':
Alice works through a disease which makes her skin glow red.
* Deconstucted:Alice
attempts to work through a serous illness but she ends up in hospital and flunks her work.
* Reconstructed: '''Reconstructed''': Alice manages to work through the cold and flunks her work but gets better and corrects it.
* Defied:Alice is immune ----
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to all illnesses.
* Averted:Alice never gets sick or this is a sickness-free show.
* Enforced:The writer thinks illness jokes are funny.
* Implied: Alice is seen working and is later told she had been sick.
* Logical Exreme:Everybody must go to work regardless of sickness.
* Played for Laughs: Alice's illness-related blunders are funny.
* Played for Drama:Alice has to work while her friends try to cure her
* Lampshaded: "You shouldn't be here! You're sick"!
* Invoked: Alice's coworkers ask her to show up when sick to see what will happen
* Conversed: "Why do characters always go to work when they are sick?"
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*Basic Trope: The Hero is sick but tries to keep working despite illness.
*Straight: Alice is sick but keeps on working.
*Exaggerated: Alice has a terminal illness or a serious one and STILL works on.
*Downplayed: Alice has allergies or has lost her glasses and works through that but is not actually sick.
*Inverted:Alice Plays Sick to get out of work.
*Justified: Her work is very important or Alice doesn't know she is sick
*Subverted: Alice appears to be working through a cold but she is actually just having hayfever.
*Double Subverted: But then she catches a cold.
*Zigzagged: Alice seems to be working through the cold but she just has hayfever. She then catches a cold which is magically cured and starts acting sick but was just kidding.
*Parodied: Alice works through a disease which makes her skin glow red.
*Deconstucted:Alice attempts to work through a serous illness but she ends up in hospital and flunks her work.
*Reconstructed: Alice manages to work through the cold and flunks her work but gets better and corrects it.
*Defied:Alice is immune to all illnesses.
*Averted:Alice never gets sick or this is a sickness-free show.
*Enforced:The writer thinks illness jokes are funny.
*Implied: Alice is seen working and is later told she had been sick.
*Logical Exreme:Everybody must go to work regardless of sickness.
*Played for Laughs: Alice's illness-related blunders are funny.
*Played for Drama:Alice has to work while her friends try to cure her
*Lampshaded: "You shouldn't be here! You're sick"!
*Invoked: Alice's coworkers ask her to show up when sick to see what will happen
*Conversed: "Why do characters always go to work when they are sick?"

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