1. It’s Monday morning. You’ve hit snooze button for the third time. You were up all night coughing and sneezing and could really use some rest. So, you:

a) Have the office administrator email everyone in the company, noting you are sick—in bolded caps—in the subject line.
b) Hit snooze again. If people notice you creeping in an hour late, sick as a dog, maybe they’ll take it easy on you today.
c) WHAT? Snoozed three times? Hurry up and get going!
d) Grab another few winks, then conference in to your meeting. You’re technically working and therefore still taking one for the team in your awful state.

2. When a colleague comments that you look and sound terrible, you:

a) Agree, and let him know that your vicious workload is likely to blame.
b) Moan that no one is letting you get any rest, at work or at home. “Poor me.”
c) Retort, “Really? Never felt better” and quietly muffle your sneeze.
d) Thank him for his concern and remind him that nothing stands in the way of your deadlines.

3. After a few days, you finally admit you need some rest to kick this cold. Before you call in sick, you:

a) Call a meeting to discuss how your absence will affect everyone and pass around your home, cell and pager numbers.
b) Personally drop by everyone’s desk so they can see just how sick you really are. Ask everyone for a tissue for added effect.
c) Change your mind. You can tough it out until the weekend.
d) Email your clients and colleagues about your absence, then secretly check your email and voicemail all day, every day in between naps.

4. A colleague is clearly ill. When you pass her in the hall, you:

a) Commend her on her obvious commitment to the team; what a great set of hands to have on deck.
b) Cough really loudly. You were way more sick than her last week and (gasp!) she didn’t even ask how you felt.
c) Who’s ill? I didn’t notice anyone coughing…weird.
d) Tell her to go home. Then fervently disinfect the photocopier and fax machine!