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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:47 PM
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I work a lot.
In my last 12 working days(not in a row, but yeah. :P) I've worked 110 hours.


No wonder I'm so tired.


Good news is.. I get paid every two weeks, so this will be my first pay check with my new raise, and most all of those hours... and I have tomorrow off.
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:51 PM
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1. We eagerly await your triumphant return.
Get on AIM, dammit! :P
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:52 PM
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4. HA!
I hope to one day not work so much... and maybe get two days off in a row. Yeah, that would be nice.


I'm not getting on AIM, you'll keep me up all night, and I want to sleep. :P
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CubsFan1982 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:55 PM
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8. We're selfish people.
But you need some sleep. Go, now! :D
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:57 PM
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10. No, I must reply to people.
Like you... oh hell I'll log on for a half an hour and that's IT!
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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:51 PM
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2. Good for you...
You're a hard worker and you deserve it!
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:53 PM
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5. Hey, thanks!
:D

I'm going to sleep. LOL! :)
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:52 PM
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3. If you need help
to unwind, let me know.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:53 PM
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6. Want to rub my neck?
That would be great. :P
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:53 PM
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7. That's a fair # of hours
to work. Enjoy the day off.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:56 PM
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9. That works out to 9.1 hours a day.
And I haven't had two days off in a row, for a couple weeks now(we're short handed, had some problem with employees, since it's a new business)

And it's just a shock to the system, since I had no job for two years before I found this job. :)
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:59 PM
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11. I hope that it gets better.
At least the paycheck will look really nice.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:02 AM
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13. Yeah it will!
We've hired more people.


I would be cool if I could get two days off in a row, instead of one here, and one there.

At least I'm not the owners, they're there allllllll the time. :o
But I guess that's how it is when you open a new business?
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:31 AM
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19. It's similar to working at a new business.
I've been there, done that. You get called in constantly because they learn to trust just a few people.
It'll change soon enough and you will be able to get a couple of days off.
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:00 AM
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12. you work as a nurse?
or some kind of manager?

Okay, I got confused by that. A normal full-timer works 96 hours in 12 days. When I worked 12 hour shifts I would have had 144 hours in 12 work days, but that would cover 24 calendar days.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:08 AM
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15. No.
I work at a new business(A produce market and cafe), that lost four employees. Two were fired for stealing(Long damn story). One left to take of a sick mother, and another was let go.


So that left myself and three other people who were part of the original staff, but now we've hired more people and things are getting starightened out, but these last two weeks(which is when the shit hit the fan) have been insane. :o
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:05 AM
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14. I hear you
In the average 12 day period I put in between 112 and 120 hours. Time off is a blessing when I get it.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:09 AM
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16. Yikes, that's a lot!
120.

I would die.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:36 AM
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20. It stinks but you get used to it after a while
My friend Mike does it too a lot of the time. I work two full-time jobs and he has one, but does lots of overtime when it's available. We're just "doing what we gotta do just to get by" as the song says.
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:11 AM
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17. But are you happy?
I hope so.

B-)
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 12:14 AM
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18. Oh yes! Just really, really tired.
:boring:
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 07:50 AM
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21. At least your making some serious cake...
Now put that money in the bank young lady!
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 09:37 AM
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22. They don't call it "Retail Hell" for nuthin' !
:smoke: When I was livin' in Miami Beach, working at the News Cafe' on Ocean Drive, I never saw 2 days off in a row-ever. 18 months

"Who do you have to blow around here to get 2 days off in a row":rofl:
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