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Post by Batgirl on Dec 1, 2017 11:34:22 GMT
You might work 9-5, night shift, weekend work, full time, part time, casual work and some work might be fulfilling, important, boring, demanding BUT we've all had days when the daily grind goes in our favour. - Today and over the weekend the weather in Melbourne was forecast to be wild and 300ml of rain expected (on the first day of Summer !) SO the boss suggested that staff go home early to avoid the worst of the weather. - Another top day was when the power went out and wasn't expected back on for hours so we had to go home at midday !
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Dec 2, 2017 14:21:25 GMT
Not sure about work but I do remember how good it felt when I didn't have to go into school if there was a bus strike or heavy snow.
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Dec 3, 2017 19:02:42 GMT
Or if sudden bad snow turns up on a weekday morning and work have texted me to say not to come in as the it was decided to close the workplace due to not enough people able to make it in!
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Post by Batgirl on Dec 20, 2017 12:54:58 GMT
Not a lot of 'top' work days out there or so it seems. The amount of morning teas and Christmas lunches put on by different departments adds a bit of cheer to the day. Though I don't want to see another mince pie, and it's not even Christmas yet !
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Post by Del Boy on Dec 20, 2017 21:26:18 GMT
I've had a few over the years (top work days not mince pies). When i worked at large warehouse we used to have extended lunch breaks on Saturdays to watch footy round the pub. Came in handy for Euro 96 i can tell you, anyway, I remember one Saturday we thought we would be a bit smarter than the average crowd of workmates and go to the quieter pub up the road. Who do we see in there ? All the managers They weren't supposed to be in there either so checkmate. In my current job if it snows they will accept it if you can't get in but do take an annual leave day off you
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Feb 17, 2018 19:02:09 GMT
A great story, Del Boy! I bet their faces were a picture! Where I live there's never much danger of snow! In my previous job I had to commute by rail and that was hell - I spent more time waiting around for a train or on a train than I would care to add up. About 3 hours a day for over 2 years. Now I have a job I can walk to which is wonderful! I do enjoy my job, but I know what you mean. Today was a bonus - I normally work every Saturday, but they gave me today off and I managed to see my brother and nephew which I rarely get to do because he works your standard week and I do a lot of weekends with days off in the week. So that was a good day! :) Back in the horrible days of retail a fire alarm was always good ... took up a good half an hour or so and we had to congregate on the green in front of a Cathedral. Not so great if the weather was inclement because, of course, you couldn't go and get a coat! You'll have to forgive me, I'm a soft southerner I adored every minute of school though, and only had one snow day between 1997-2012! And I was one of those saddos who actually mourned the lessons we were missing!
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Post by Sam Tyler on Feb 17, 2018 19:42:24 GMT
There was nothing wrong with school at all, I loved it although I looked on it as being a great social event interrupted by lessons. Sam.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Feb 17, 2018 23:35:03 GMT
There was nothing wrong with school at all, I loved it although I looked on it as being a great social event interrupted by lessons. Sam. Oh Sam! :P I loved school and the lessons and for the most part didn't overly get on with the other kids. You can imagine how popular I was but I don't care. I'd go back if I could!
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Post by Villain on Feb 18, 2018 20:16:20 GMT
The irregular unsocial hours I work can sometimes knock the shine off my job but most days (and nights) I still get a certain buzz out of it which is hard to describe. Driving freight trains is often tiring and stressful but every now and then I'll find myself bowling along at 60mph with 2,000tons behind me enjoying the view of the English countryside which very few people get to see, a little light bulb goes on in my head and suddenly all is right with the world. There's a lot more to the job than actually driving the train and there's an awful lot of faffing about on the freight side due the locations we have to get to in out of the way places where there are no stations, but there is definitely a lot of job satisfaction to be had, especially when everything is running smoothly or to time (it's rarely both!), so I know how lucky I am to be doing it. I had a bit of a 'moment' fairly recently where I was stopped at a red signal in the middle of nowhere (Wellingborough!) on a night job to London, I got up to stretch my legs for a few minutes and stood in the cab doorway looking straight up at the stars glistening in an inky black sky, it was quite magical. Then the signal came off and it was back to hours of concentrating in the dark, wondering what time I'd be getting home... Villain
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Feb 18, 2018 21:06:08 GMT
Thanks for sharing that. I used to commute a lot by train and I often wondered what it looked like from the cab. I think I’d love to see the uk like that - as you say, a view not many get! But I also wondered if it would be a bit lonely - you see other people on roads, even in the middle of the night. I imagine it would be even more lonely on a freight service! Are you completely alone? Standing in the middle of nowhere in the dark looking at the stars sounds like a beautiful moment.
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