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Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by pavel_lishin on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @10:05AM (#15347876)
This is the first time it's occurred to me that other people cannot control their sneezes.

I've had the occasional "where the hell did that come from?" sneeze, but they're a rare exception, maybe a few times a year. I cannot fathom not being able to control something like a sneeze; to me, it would feel like not being able to control farting, coughing or talking.

Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by the_af on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @10:42AM (#15348244)
When my alergies strike (hello, Spring!) I often cannot control my sneezes. I can control not sneezing in people's faces, though. I also sometimes cannot control my coughs. Farting, fortunately, I can control :)
Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by falsedan on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @10:14AM (#15347964)
> like not being able to control farting, coughing or talking

Did you know? Plenty of people cannot control these actions 100%. Please don't assume others are like you.

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Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by thomnottom on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @10:26AM (#15348060)
Are you honestly suggesting that not being able to control semi-autonomous bodily functions is a matter of personality traits?
Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by jpindar on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @01:47PM (#15350353)
One of these things is not like the others. People should be able to control talking (assuming they know it bothers the people around them).
Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by pavel_lishin on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @02:43PM (#15350957)
I struggled to come up with things that, to me, would be very strange to not be able to control anymore.

I know there are medical conditions that prevent you from controlling all three - I've had coughs bad enough that I couldn't help it, and there are definitely bowel conditions that mean your sphincter isn't 100% reliable, and there is Tourette's and assorted mental conditions that basically make it difficult to impossible to control your speech.

Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by gertef on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @01:59PM (#15350490)
People should be able to control all of them, at least for timespans of a few seconds.
Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by pavel_lishin on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @02:44PM (#15350963)
Unless they've got medical conditions, which some people do.