suz 0 #1 February 25, 2003 Just wondering if there is anyone else here that is a shifty? I am constantly at work. And I hate it. I only get one weekend off a month. That's the only time I can fit jumping in. I get days off during the week. But because my dz is only small, not much jumping happens because it's hard to get a full load. My whuffo mates call me up on my weekend off, to go drinking, but obviously, I'm at the DZ...Is anyone in the same boat as me??? And how the F@!K do you cope????? It's soooo frustrating. I do love my work, but it's affecting my personal life! ARRRRGGHHH! Just whinging. Gotta do it every now and then, huh? Don't bother me, I'm living happily ever after Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
payback462 0 #2 February 25, 2003 sorry, i dont have a job, so i have no idea what your talking aboutbut then again i dont have a personal life either Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suz 0 #3 February 25, 2003 Awww matey. that's a bit harsh on yourself! Don't bother me, I'm living happily ever after Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #4 February 25, 2003 Well, I did for many years -- but it's been a year and a half of Monday to Friday dayshift! It's great! But I can still remember doing the midnight to 8am shift on the weekends... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #5 February 25, 2003 Do the third shift (9p-730a) for one more week and then thankfully, I am gone to the job of 24hrs on 48hrs off.... SCHWEEET jump numbers go up I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #6 February 25, 2003 Quote sorry, i dont have a job, so i have no idea what your talking about Hey, me neither! Wanna go get a beer and laugh at Suz? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
payback462 0 #7 February 25, 2003 haha, dude im already there!!!!work is for suckers!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #8 February 25, 2003 Quote Do the third shift (9p-730a) for one more week and then thankfully, I am gone to the job of 24hrs on 48hrs off.... SCHWEEET jump numbers go up Yeah, but you got a COOL job! I envy you (asshole.) J/K Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessd 0 #9 February 25, 2003 No. I just work Mon-Fri 9:30-5:30. I used to work every Saturday and that sucked. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suz 0 #10 February 25, 2003 That's not nice. Don't bother me, I'm living happily ever after Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #11 February 25, 2003 QuoteThat's not nice. What? Hey, you're invited too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #12 February 25, 2003 Oh dude the job is the best, I was at the station this morning, just walking around our trucks and engines, the shift commander busted me sliding down the pole, and no I was not goofing off, I just didn't feel like taking all the stairs back down I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #13 February 25, 2003 Rub it in...rub it in... I'll be there someday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suz 0 #14 February 25, 2003 I envy you!!!!!!! I do either 7am-3pm. 3:30 - 11:30pm, or 12-8pm. Includes weekends. And then I have to go to manager meetings. Hold meetings for my staff. Drink beer, see whuffo mates. Read my A license manual. See my family and have some 'Suz' time. At the moment, I am having Suz time, and I am wasting it on worrying about my spare time! Ha Ha Ha...how ironic. Don't bother me, I'm living happily ever after Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #15 February 25, 2003 Quote Rub it in...rub it in... Just a little payback for the "asshole" comment I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suz 0 #16 February 25, 2003 Wooooo HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't bother me, I'm living happily ever after Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suz 0 #17 February 25, 2003 That's awesome. I bet your sooo relieved...it does catch up to you eventually, hey? no matter how hard you try to stay on top of things, it always finds a way to creep on in! Don't bother me, I'm living happily ever after Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #18 February 25, 2003 Oh, at first I thought the title was "Does anyone else do shit work?" Heh...I thought, well, I *AM* a packer for the DZ... --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #19 February 25, 2003 I'm also a shifter, but I'm on twelves sounds like you are on eights. We get two weekends off a month. I have to swap time or shifts sometimes to make certain events at the dz. But we jump during the week too here, fewer loads but still enough and the place is less crouded. If you want to be there every weekend say doing 4-way with the same bunch it can be tough. Since every other week we flip to nites and back to days it cuts into more time. But I try not to jump comming off of graveyard shift if I can help it. Glen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suz 0 #20 February 25, 2003 Aggie? I am trying to hold back my temptation to say something mean and nasty to you. WHAT A FUCKING COOL JOB YOU HAVE!!!!! there, I turned it around into something positive. Don't bother me, I'm living happily ever after Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #21 February 25, 2003 QuoteWHAT A FUCKING COOL JOB YOU HAVE!!!! HAAAAAAAhaaaaaa!! Little does he know of my plan to drive down to Texas, kidnap him, lock him in a basement, and take over as an Aggieland packer! Mwaaahaahaa! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suz 0 #22 February 25, 2003 Glen man, twelve has got to suck! I do nights, then mornings alot. Or I knock off at 11pm then got to start at 12 the next day. I cant really swap shifts with anyone either, the thing that mostly sucks is that we gotta work on all public holidays, which are when the good boogies are on, and that cuts deep! I miss out on the easter boogie this year, I really wanted to go to that too. Don't bother me, I'm living happily ever after Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #23 February 25, 2003 You sound like a prime candidate for becoming a DZ bum. The wise man Homer J Simpson was very correct - work IS for suckers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #24 February 25, 2003 Well, We have 7 day coverage and 24hr/("All are on call" emergency call & hazard).If it makes you fell any better, I bought a house with the rear deck facing the West, so I could watch the Sunset.My 1st 9 months here, I never saw the Sun set at home. I saw 1 year of Sunsets from "the field". some long(weeks at a time) 16 hour days and lesser days, cost me: Karate, Bagpipe, Bobsled and worst, a 4 year stop on Skydiving.Slap in the face= Now my Company gave FULL sponsorship to the U.S. Bobsled & Skeleton Federation (after I bailed out due to NO time-off)I can't say that your job is doing you any favors if it's sucking the marrow from your most precious part of your life that is going to effect your future. The rest of your life depends on the "NOW".My quote: " I do not have the fear dying, I fear wasting my life and never having truly LIVED".-Grant James Gallagher _______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #25 February 25, 2003 Yeah, I know, I bitch about it, but I really do love working at the DZ! Once I finish up my coach's rating (just 2 jumps to go), then I'll be one of those guys teaching students (scary)... --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
