Working on a Saturday....

SO I'm sat in the office, it's 9.34am.....it's beautiful outside, sunny and hot, and I'm stuck in here.....

I realise this is a serious first world problem, but whose worse off? Feel free to be smug if you're not

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Jennyflies

I work 6am to 6pm. SO that means right now Its Saturday and i get off at 6am JUST to come back at 6pm.......ick

I'd rather be at the state fair!

OllyReeves

wow that does suck. what do you do?

TikiTony13

working too!start at 6am.should be done bout 12pm tho:)

runner2runner

SO I'm sat in the office, it's 9.34am.....it's beautiful outside, sunny and hot, and I'm stuck in here.....

I realise this is a serious first world problem, but whose worse off? Feel free to be smug if you're not

I used to have a job where I worked on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays!! It's still to this day the worst job I've ever had!! And it was my first job for that matter!!

Jennyflies

wow that does suck. what do you do?

I sit behind a desk and wait for an error to come in, so i can route it to the right department for printing. We have a huge printing facility that sends out large corporations bills, info etc.

diddles19

My other half works every Saturday 9am to 5.30pm - I hate it as we only have Sundays together but then we have to visit my parents on Sunday mornings.

grimendale

I'm doing six days a week (I get Sunday nights off) from 5:30 pm to 6am and living 1000 miles from home. I've been on this schedule for 3.5 months now, and it's starting to get to me. Only three weeks left though.

OllyReeves

I'm doing six days a week (I get Sunday nights off) from 5:30 pm to 6am and living 1000 miles from home. I've been on this schedule for 3.5 months now, and it's starting to get to me. Only three weeks left though.

Gee hang in there man, that's quite something!

Happybunny37

We work 3/2 2/3 schedule, 1600(4 pm) - 0530 everyother weekend...but if you love what you do, you never work a day in your life....plus I retire in 3 years.

GO NAVY!:drinker:

jennfranklin

5am to 2 pm..blah

Kayden1986

used to do 6 am to 2 pm every Saturday and 2 to ten pm every sunday for ten months :P

now im off the weekends.. for now... for now.. lol

but I have felt your pain in the past!!

Sjenny5891

Factory work here..... I usually work nights but I'm in from 6am to 2pm. I should be sleeping...

It could be worse. At least I have a job, right?

MaxlacusNight

I work 6pm to 6am. Suck. I work at a vaccine manufacturing plant thought and it runs a 24 hour operation. So that's pretty cool.

reninger

Bash me if you'd like, but I think that abundance in all aspects is a gift, and work is a gift too. Love what you have -- because others aren't so lucky. I ran across a thought recently: "the things you take for granted ... someone else is praying for."

I think it really is as simple as looking at things a different way.

OllyReeves

Bash me if you'd like, but I think that abundance in all aspects is a gift, and work is a gift too. Love what you have -- because others aren't so lucky. I ran across a thought recently: "the things you take for granted ... someone else is praying for."

I think it really is as simple as looking at things a different way.

I'm not going to bash you, I invited smugness....

KellyyT

you are not alone. i've been at work since 11pm last night! still here.. stuck for another 2 hours! and back again tonight and for the next 2 after that! the joys of working the midnight shift.

OllyReeves

you are not alone. i've been at work since 11pm last night! still here.. stuck for another 2 hours! and back again tonight and for the next 2 after that! the joys of working the midnight shift.

Wow, what do you do?

irishblonde2011

Same here. I work weekends and all holidays. I am lucky because my boyfriend is the same and we don't have kids yet.
Our friends will give us stick if we won't stay out late on a Saturday but they won't come out for a night out during the week. Lol.
My boyfriend is in at 5am so I'm just glad I'm not up that early. He is a professional golfer. We both

our jobs.
There is no way i would do them hours if I didn't love it.

rajathwalharris

Hey Mr. Saturday at work guy...lol

I work 6:30 to 4:00 pm (mon-fri)....work hard and play on sat/suns....FINALLY......So I feel for you going in on a Saturday, but you must have days off during the week right?, that's pretty nice.... I figure, every one and their uncle is off on the weekends and it's so hard to get your errands done, where as on a week day, well, you know most of the masses are at work, so...there you go dude, a silver lining...in every cloud my friend!
Cheers

londonboyben

i work most weekends but at home, saturdays and sundays,
but mostly admin stuff i dont have time to do during the week,

but its not too bad as i just jump on and and off the laptop over the course of the weekend to tidy things up so not there for 8 hours non stop, glad i am not stuck in an office though
and get much more done without any office distractions and constant emails during the week (90% of which is just pointless nonsense)

KANGOOJUMPS

just take the day off.

angiewf

I will join the smug brigade - have been retired for 5 years, but never worked Saturdays, I was a school librarian. But I feel for you stuck in the office in the heat, hope you have a cool drink handy.

lisahenderson9803

I work 12 days on 2 days off with 24/7 on alarm call for 11 of those 12 days! And at the moment it is 31c in the building I work in :-(

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

Count me in! I work at 2 jobs, one as a Marketing Specialist in an Italian restaurant (Mon-Fri: 8am to 5pm) and the other as Creative Director/Advertising Manager at my own startup advertising agency where I work 7 days (Mon-Fri: 7pm to 2am, Sat: 8-9am to 2am, Sun: 3-4pm to12mn). Very tiring but I just consider them blessings so I don't complain.

EDIT: I am based in a tropical country so normal temp here is from 29-33C all the way up to 39C during summer months.

Darryl4126

AT work at 530 am to 5 pm 13 days on 1 day off. Outside in South Mississippi climbing columns and stairs on an expansion project.

Notapurplebutapurrrrrple

I work saturday and sunday..also work my "job-job" monday-friday. But the economy is doing just fine...right??

AnnaPixie

I'm working today. 10am - 12 then 4pm till 7pm. I've just tried to pull the other appointment foward but no go, what a bummer!!

And I work commission only, so may not even earn a penny........lol

I'd rather be down the pub!

AnnaPixie

Bash me if you'd like, but I think that abundance in all aspects is a gift, and work is a gift too. Love what you have -- because others aren't so lucky. I ran across a thought recently: "the things you take for granted ... someone else is praying for."

I think it really is as simple as looking at things a different way.

I bet you're great fun at a funeral........lol

Notapurplebutapurrrrrple

Bash me if you'd like, but I think that abundance in all aspects is a gift, and work is a gift too. Love what you have -- because others aren't so lucky. I ran across a thought recently: "the things you take for granted ... someone else is praying for."

I think it really is as simple as looking at things a different way.

I bet you're great fun at a funeral........lol

@ Anna

I wish MFP had a "like" button.

LisaMarie8713

I love my job, and am blessed to have it.... BUT! I still don't like working Saturdays. I have easy hours "banker" hours, 8-5pm through the week, and only one saturday a month usually, from 9-1pm.

I write the Sat schedule so I work around when I have custody of the kids so it never interferes. Bad part is, my ex is in CA this week and I have to work today. Had to have my BF watch the kids while I'm at work. I'll be thinking of them all morning!!