If you have a cough, just call in sick
Summary
A straphanger shares a simple public health take: if you have a cough, just call in sick. Kareem agrees wholeheartedly, arguing that nobody wants you at work anyway and "we all know that you do nothing at your job." The conversation touches on creative directors, mood boards, and the agony of sitting through a 70mm screening of The Great Escape while someone hacks away behind you. Then the guest starts coughing. Repeatedly. Kareem's not amused. He points out the irony immediately, asking why they didn't follow their own advice and stay home. The guest insists it's just lingering holiday germs and they're fine, but Kareem's patience wears thin fast. "If you cough one more time, I'm out." The whole thing devolves into awkward territory as the cameras keep rolling and Kareem wonders aloud whether he'll even post the episode.
Full Transcript
So, what's your take? If you have a cough, just call in sick.
100% agree. I have no idea why anyone would not use the excuse of having a cough to just stay home.
Even if it's a Zoom call, don't even come.
That's a good point. If I have a cough, I'm a Zoom, I'm not even getting out of bed.
No one wants you there.
It's a great excuse to just not do much.
We all just want an excuse to do nothing. And this, we have it. Everyone's going to understand. No one thinks you work anyway. We all know that you do nothing at your job.
Especially for all of you creative directors out there.
Yes. One day of not creative directing ain't going to hurt nobody.
The mood board can mood board itself.
You know where else you should not go if you have a cough? The movie theater.
I'm watching The Great Escape Mat 35mm, 70 mm, how all the millimeters
in 3D
and then they're about to escape and I hear a guy go
kills you.
It kills the movie.
You got to do like um like they do at the Philharmonic, you know, in between movements they everyone holds their cough.
How do you hold your cough?
It's a great question.
I think people are not like I've been getting over something, but I didn't want to I didn't want to do you dirty, you know, cancelled the last
You literally did me dirty.
No. No.
Was that a real cough or a fake cough? I'm I'm serious. If we're doing a bit right now, please reveal that it's a bit.
It's just like I you know, home for the holidays. You know, people were in close faces, but I'm good. I'm like I'm chilling.
Cover your mouth next time.
I'll cover. Go.
Okay, we can do it like that.
I'm good.
I don't want to do it again. You should have taken your own advice. So what you
don't come close to me. Don't come close to me.
Can we just
Why didn't you call in sick?
I really
If you cough one more time, I'm out.
I'm I'm dead serious. I'm out. If you cough one more time, I'm out.
I'm not doing it.
Ten, why did you You should have called in sick, too.
See, they're coughing, too. It's chill.
Stop cough.
You still going to post this?