>.< I'm usually that person. I suffer from allergies so I often will have a cough. It sucks when you know you're being obnoxious but can't do anything about it.

@Selaphi: Yeah if your sick and vacation hours are separate there's really no reason not to take off when you're ill. I know deadlines are a thing but you're just getting everyone else sick too.

I'm fortunate that I can work from home when I'm sick now.

@Selaphi: At my last job it was super bad. We had to PLEAD with people to stay home when they were sick. To be fair though, we didn't get a lot of paid time off, and what we did was shared between sick and vacation and people wanted to keep their vacation because that was a really stressful work environment. We passed strep around like candy. =( I got it twice in a row once.

@Selaphi: They are my precious baby boys

@Selaphi: Sometimes Mallow in particular forgets he is a cat and turns into an actual cloud.

@Selaphi: So did he.

What brand of cough drop is he using? It's possible some work better than others.

I didn't have any luck with Ricola. There's a Chinese brand I buy for a friend that she swears by; it's very strong so she typically only uses it for when her sore throat is VERY bad. I have some Ryukakusan brand ones and they're not bad.

Ryukakusan works for coughs but only as long as it's in your mouth, in my experience. I'd have to ask the person if the Chinese ones I get work for her cough as well.

ETA: She said they help with the cough as well. I can't remember what brand they are; they're in a blue and green striped box.

I looked up 'chinese cough drops' and it's the first one that comes up for me - the brand is called Golden. They're usually near the checkouts in the stores I've been in.