Hit 500 days of straight data entry without a single sick day and nobody noticed

I work in a basement office in Omaha doing data entry for a logistics company, and last Wednesday I hit exactly 500 days without taking a single sick day. Nobody said a thing, not even my boss Linda who usually comments when I wear a different color shirt. It's weirdly disappointing to hit a milestone that means nothing to anyone but me. Has anyone else silently tracked something at work that just got ignored?

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ward.fiona3d agoTop Commenter

Ha, the coffee mug tracking is exactly the kind of pointless record I'd keep too. I once timed how fast I could fill out a TPS report and got it down to 47 seconds, but my boss just asked if I was trying to break the printer.

quinnmitchell3d ago

Bet your bottom dollar the one day you call in sick, Linda will show up at your desk with a card and a fruit basket. Funny how this stuff works. I tracked how many times I refilled my coffee mug for a whole year, and the only person who cared was the janitor who had to dump my grounds.