Cougher: Cough!
Thinker 1: Ooh. That was quite a cough.
Cougher: Cough!
Thinker 2: Another cough? Maybe it wasn't just a one-off.
Cougher: Cough!
T3: Nah, that's not just a tickle is it?
Cougher: Cough!
T4: Someone has decided to drag themself 60 miles into the office.
All: [ironically] So brave! So dedicated!
Cougher: Cough!
T5: You know, I'm starting to worry that might be TB.
Cougher: Cough!
T6: Maybe I should move away. If only people weren't standing all the way down the aisle...
Cougher: Cough!
All: [Pleading] O Fear of Israel, who dragged thy people out of the desert into the promised land, get us safely to the end of this journey without compromising our immune systems.
Cougher: Cough! Cough! Cough!
T7: Ooer. Reckon he lost half a lung there.
Cougher: Cough!
T8: His boss must be a bastard...
Cougher: Cough!
T9: His boss must be a bastard who is always going down with coughs s/he* catches off his staff.
Cougher: Cough!
All: Have a drink of water!
Dismissal
All: Door's open! Let's get out!
Cougher: Cough!
All: And also with you.
* Almost certainly he....
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