Yammer Dan Posted October 12, 2008 #1 Posted October 12, 2008 Here I am!! Up at 4:30 in the **** morning!! 1st Dayshift in years. Going to be interesting!! I want my BED!!!
big dude Posted October 12, 2008 #2 Posted October 12, 2008 man you gotta start on Sunday too,thats gonna be a rough row to hoe there dude.good luck:draming:
sarges46 Posted October 12, 2008 #3 Posted October 12, 2008 Ha.....here I am at 608 am and just got back from my last night in the slammer. Off for 4 days now! Have a safe shift Dan!
saddlebum Posted October 12, 2008 #4 Posted October 12, 2008 Here I am!! Up at 4:30 in the **** morning!! 1st Dayshift in years. Going to be interesting!! I want my BED!!! U call starting when its Dark dayshift,? what do U call night shift?
FROG MAN Posted October 12, 2008 #5 Posted October 12, 2008 When you live in WV it's a hour drive to get to work.
Marcarl Posted October 12, 2008 #6 Posted October 12, 2008 It's real bummer when you have to work,,,,,,,,,isn't there some way around this dilemma,,I got the same problem,,,got to work when it's a good day to ride,,,,,,you would think the government could plan this out a little better,,,,,,,
saddlebum Posted October 12, 2008 #7 Posted October 12, 2008 It's real bummer when you have to work,,,,,,,,,isn't there some way around this dilemma,,I got the same problem,,,got to work when it's a good day to ride,,,,,,you would think the government could plan this out a little better,,,,,,, AHH but in your case Carl it would be considered an honour after all you are the asteemed provider of the best pepperets in the country:clap2: P/S I was going to stop by yesterday to get some and show off my labour of love but ended up with a brake issue which I have now resolved
MikeC Posted October 12, 2008 #8 Posted October 12, 2008 I've been working a weekend shift for nearly 7 years now. We start at 5:00 am and work 10 hour days. The good side is I'm riding when most folks are at work - and I'm working when most of them are on the road! The bad side is - 5:00 is too dang early! I'm still not used to getting up that early.
DragonRider Posted October 12, 2008 #9 Posted October 12, 2008 Welcome to the day shift Dan, I too get up at 4:30 am Mon-Fri, the nice thing is I get off at 2:30 pm every day unless I opt to work overtime. The good part is riding to work with no traffic have the road just about by myself, see the occasional deer, got to watch them closely, dont want an ecnounter with one of them and they are plentiful around here. Hope you enjoy your day shift, does it come with weekends off like mine.....thats the best part. Enjoy and be careful on that dark ride to work.
Steve S Posted October 13, 2008 #11 Posted October 13, 2008 I think I have the only job in the world that you have to go to work twice a day. Up at 5 and at work by 0520. Off at 1120 then back on at 5:20 pm. We work 12 hours a day for 30 straight days. The commute isn't bad though. I just have to climb a couple of flights of stairs to get to work... NOW for the good part. When I do get off, I am of for 30 straight days. That gives me plenty of time to go riding while the Warden is at work. :dancefool: :innocent:
Jethroish Posted October 13, 2008 #12 Posted October 13, 2008 Try a little shift work. My week (40 hrs) goes like this: Fri. 6pm - 2am Sat 1pm - 9pm Sun 10am - 6pm Mon 6am - 2pm followed by 10pm - 6am Tues morning Believe it or not, you get somewhat used to it, but the FAA wonders why controllers are fatigued. Go figure.
BEER30 Posted October 13, 2008 #13 Posted October 13, 2008 When you live in WV it's a hour drive to get to work. You guys pulled one on me .......I didn't think anyone worked in WV :crackup: BEER30
Yammer Dan Posted October 13, 2008 Author #14 Posted October 13, 2008 Mine is 7 to 7 sun, mon, tue and every other wed. Not bad but way it is going now I get stuck for 1 to 3 days of my weekends. Story behind this change. I went form 2nd in command to sitting a post like a FNG. No reduction in rank or pay but it sucks!! Got moved because I was doing my job. New people didn't like being directed!!! CRAZY!!
hipshot Posted October 13, 2008 #15 Posted October 13, 2008 Mine is 7 to 7 sun, mon, tue and every other wed. Not bad but way it is going now I get stuck for 1 to 3 days of my weekends. Story behind this change. I went form 2nd in command to sitting a post like a FNG. No reduction in rank or pay but it sucks!! Got moved because I was doing my job. New people didn't like being directed!!! CRAZY!! Dan , i tried to tell ya to go easy on the new guys! you know that most of them , got their job, because they are related to someone higher up the ladder than you are! lol just jt
Yammer Dan Posted October 13, 2008 Author #16 Posted October 13, 2008 Fact that we have "new" warden that I don't get along with helped a lot. I enjoyed telling him a few times that he didn't impress me. I'll learn one of these days to keep mouth shut. Oh Well I can sit a post and not have to listen to all the whining. Easier job and pay is same!! Punishment??
Yammer Dan Posted October 14, 2008 Author #18 Posted October 14, 2008 It continues. More when I get time to post. Ticked off another new officer yesterday and he went whining. Gonna give these SGT stripes back to them!!!
saddlebum Posted October 14, 2008 #19 Posted October 14, 2008 Sounds like were I work the more senority you get the less rights you have seems like all the gravy and choice work goes to the newst guy hired. Welcome to the yuppe age.
Kidh2 Posted October 14, 2008 #20 Posted October 14, 2008 28 years of shift work. Started out on 21 day turn 8 hour shift and for the past 15 years been working 12 hour shift 6 to 6 with EOWO (every other weekend off). The amount of overtime we work usually works out to be 60 hour weeks. Don't think I could ever go to a day job.
Guest Oldsalt Posted October 14, 2008 #21 Posted October 14, 2008 What's this work/job thing you all keeping talking about? Am I missing something? Retired, Retarded, just riding. Oldsalt
Yammer Dan Posted October 16, 2008 Author #22 Posted October 16, 2008 What's this work/job thing you all keeping talking about? Am I missing something? Retired, Retarded, just riding. Oldsalt SOOON!! I can't put up with the idiots they are hiring!!
Skid Posted October 16, 2008 #23 Posted October 16, 2008 SOOON!! I can't put up with the idiots they are hiring!! Dan, Are you off this weekend? I know where some cajun food is at.....
Yammer Dan Posted October 16, 2008 Author #24 Posted October 16, 2008 Got to work Sun and change rear tire.
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