The Great British (Middle Class) Attitude to Illness and Work
To show how tough one is (in case the burly working classes don’t know and to assess your outward signs of your salvation) when ill one must carry on working so that:
1. One may be less productive throughout the duration of the illness
2. Make the duration of the illness longer to continue this lower productivity.
3. Pass it on to your colleagues so they may continue the above tasks after one basking in how hard working we all are and isn’t that a priori what makes us meritous and proves we’re better than the next man (as we get paid more and in a meritocracy based on pay logically then if you’re paid more you’re better).
Thus the rationality of the work ethic is again proven.
