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so-solar
i have done a few 24 hr shifts............... killers
SimonJohns
Gas Engineer
spent 24 hours on a burner breakdown in a factory
done many long shifts with only few hours sleep break inbetween
done many long shifts with only few hours sleep break inbetween
I was on call out the one Saturday, got my first call just before 7am so had a quick shower and by the time I got out I'd got three more calls come in. So off I went, the calls kept coming and coming until I finally got home at 10:30pm, sat down on the sofa and waited for the kettle to boil, just as I heard the kettle finish doing its business the phone went again and off out I went again. Finally I got back in to my cuppa at about half eleven. It was the worst day I've ever had as a heating engineer and made me despise the human race.
I DON'T DO CALL OUT ANYMORE
I DON'T DO CALL OUT ANYMORE
Makes my shift look part time
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REDSAW
done many a 24hr shift, one day was 30hours and the only break was a macmuffin to remind us the time of day!.
6 hours kip, up to scotland and do another 24hr, 18 if we were lucky.lol
the last 2 weeks i have been doing 12-14hrs for the last 14 days, had a lie in for last 3 days lol.
lunch is for whimps.imo.
6 hours kip, up to scotland and do another 24hr, 18 if we were lucky.lol
the last 2 weeks i have been doing 12-14hrs for the last 14 days, had a lie in for last 3 days lol.
lunch is for whimps.imo.
This will inevitally turn into a Monty Python sketch :- ".......when I was a lad I used to get up so early that the sun hadn't even set, work up to my neck in a sewer all day for tuppence a year, run 10miles home just in time to go to bed....". :smile:
If you do call out work, then you end up out all hours. I don't mind doing a no brain job at night, like fixing a leak etc, but hate to have to use my head when I am tired.
If you do call out work, then you end up out all hours. I don't mind doing a no brain job at night, like fixing a leak etc, but hate to have to use my head when I am tired.
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tamz
Longest (not the worst as long does not mean bad) i have did is "when i was a lad" :lol:
Completion of a motorway service station. Up at 6, on the job for half 7. Job being handed over in 2 days and BIG penalty clauses if it was not ready in time so the place was pandemonium. Double time paid from 8pm for anyone who stayed to give a hand to anyone who needed it and treble time after midnight until you clocked off. I stayed until about half 5 the following day. Thing was when i got home i was still buzzing and cracked into the beer. It was well over midnight before i fell into bed. Up the next day and on the job for half 7 again getting things ready for the big opening. Wage (employed at the time) for the 1 continuous shift was over £800 (20 odd years ago).
The co who built it took all the guys out for a free bar night with half a dozen strippers as a thanks. Don't get that anymore either
Completion of a motorway service station. Up at 6, on the job for half 7. Job being handed over in 2 days and BIG penalty clauses if it was not ready in time so the place was pandemonium. Double time paid from 8pm for anyone who stayed to give a hand to anyone who needed it and treble time after midnight until you clocked off. I stayed until about half 5 the following day. Thing was when i got home i was still buzzing and cracked into the beer. It was well over midnight before i fell into bed. Up the next day and on the job for half 7 again getting things ready for the big opening. Wage (employed at the time) for the 1 continuous shift was over £800 (20 odd years ago).
The co who built it took all the guys out for a free bar night with half a dozen strippers as a thanks. Don't get that anymore either
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vectra65
when i was a lad did 24hour call out two weeks together then 10 hour shift other two weeks this went on until i burnt myself out i through the towel in and went self employed even when self employed there i times when a job could go on for longer but i dont let myself get into routine that i have got to finish it there and then no matter what customer says put tools away get home chill out and return next day i only say this because if you burn out and the works gets to you its not a nice feeling . happy plumbing guys
I am at it 24/7/365 it never leaves me 🙂 sad or what ???
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secret squirrel
3.30pm in the afternoon it was a day from hell......
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ADM360
Did a hotel kiychen refit, on a tight time scale, and had to fit round the ventalation guys, so did it over night, did my normal 8am till 6pm stopped in at homehad my dinner back out to repipe kitchen, got the gas back on just in time for the breakfast chef to fire up the bacon!! cleared up and cleared off home for a cup of tea and back to site for 8-30am although that was a bit of slow day!!
Work is the curse of the drinking classes. If you need to work 20 hour shifts get a smaller house and a cheaper wife.
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ADM360
do you know for one!! cheaper wife that is!!!
Getting back into alarm territory. I like to set my alarm for 5pm, otherwise as the nights get lighter I would just keep going, especially on the bathroom refits. I don't mind long days when they keep coming. It's when you are in a routine and then pull a long shift that screws me up, thgat and going to bed early 🙂
I tend to do 10 hours most days in the winter. Call out after that. The one weekend I had done 50 hours in the week and then 12 hours on the Saturday, 6 hours on the Sunday. Then back to work on the Monday and started again.
The worst time I've got back was about 3.30 am and then went to work for 9. I got called out to a leaking boiler at 11.30 and it was over an hour away. Job took an hour, then drove home, except they'd closed the motorway junction I was due to get and there was a diversion. Someone went in to the side of my van, so had to sit at the side of the road and report it to the leasing company, then continue the longer journey home. Hated my job that day.
I also do some work for a Friend in the summer. After a full week at work doing gas work, I was up early on the Saturday helping out at a half marathon. Then had a 4 hour hour drive, 3 hours of sleep, time a triathlon, then a 4 hour drive home. I think I got back o the lock up about 6 pm, running on 3 hours sleep. 8 hours of driving. 4 hours riding my push bike. Several hours timing athletes. I felt like a poo. Lol!
The worst time I've got back was about 3.30 am and then went to work for 9. I got called out to a leaking boiler at 11.30 and it was over an hour away. Job took an hour, then drove home, except they'd closed the motorway junction I was due to get and there was a diversion. Someone went in to the side of my van, so had to sit at the side of the road and report it to the leasing company, then continue the longer journey home. Hated my job that day.
I also do some work for a Friend in the summer. After a full week at work doing gas work, I was up early on the Saturday helping out at a half marathon. Then had a 4 hour hour drive, 3 hours of sleep, time a triathlon, then a 4 hour drive home. I think I got back o the lock up about 6 pm, running on 3 hours sleep. 8 hours of driving. 4 hours riding my push bike. Several hours timing athletes. I felt like a poo. Lol!
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REDSAW
do any of you realize there used to be 23hrs in a day 30 odd years ago.?.
ask tamz..
ask tamz..
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tamz
Aye. 23 working hours. Thats fine when you are fit enough :lol:
It did get dark at half 11 for a couple of years when they tried double summertime or daylight saving as it was called.
Didn't get light enough in the winter to do any work on site until about half 9 tho and the weans were running around with reflector armbands on, going to school in the dark.
That was a bit clever thinking that they tried to bring back last year. Maybe they will go for the 100hour week so people can live on a fiver an hour or maybe the blackouts with their green energy policy's next.
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