My boss is out of town. Coworker was out sick yesterday, back today. Boss just emailed me to ask if Coworker "really seems like someone recovering from the flu."
Y'all, IDK--I dropped off one thing for him this morning and that was that. He wasn't dancing a jig, he wasn't lying on the floor moaning.
There is this whole political thing: Boss was passed over for a promotion. They gave it to this outside guy who was a disaster (didn't last a year). There was no love lost between Boss and Outside Guy. Outside Guy brought in his own guy (Coworker), it was a whole Thing. Now Boss is acting director, and he is gunning for Coworker (he keeps telling us he goes to HR to see if he has enough to fire Coworker yet).
I don't want any drama. I don't want to be a narc, especially since I'm not sure there is anything worth narcing on. There was idle speculation that Coworker called in sick to interview elsewhere, but AFAIK it was just idle gossip--he was only close with Outside Guy, who is now gone.
I'm just going to tell Boss that I saw Coworker briefly and he said he was feeling a little better, but if he keeps digging, WWWWD? Just keep saying "I don't know?" What I'm really thinking is "It's hard to make a medical diagnosis based on three minutes of conversation" but Boss doesn't have a proper appreciation for snark.
ETA: sorry, re-reading it, I may have been unclear. The WWWWD is basically "How do I get boss to drop this and leave me alone?" not "Would you say anything about CW or not?" because as far as I am concerned on the latter, there is nothing to tell, other than that he was out sick yesterday and is back today.
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