Working on a Saturday....

OllyReeves
OllyReeves Posts: 579 Member
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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
    Jennyflies Posts: 94 Member
    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
    OllyReeves Posts: 579 Member
    wow that does suck. what do you do?
  • TikiTony13
    TikiTony13 Posts: 323
    working too!start at 6am.should be done bout 12pm tho:)
  • runner2runner
    runner2runner Posts: 1,937 Member
    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
    Jennyflies Posts: 94 Member
    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
    diddles19 Posts: 122 Member
    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
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    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
    OllyReeves Posts: 579 Member
    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
    Happybunny37 Posts: 145 Member
    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
    jennfranklin Posts: 434 Member
    5am to 2 pm..blah
  • Kayden1986
    Kayden1986 Posts: 189 Member
    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
    Sjenny5891 Posts: 717 Member
    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
    MaxlacusNight Posts: 44 Member
    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
    reninger Posts: 1 Member
    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
    OllyReeves Posts: 579 Member
    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
    KellyyT Posts: 41 Member
    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
    OllyReeves Posts: 579 Member
    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
    irishblonde2011 Posts: 618 Member
    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 :heart: our jobs.
    There is no way i would do them hours if I didn't love it.
  • rajathwalharris
    rajathwalharris Posts: 101
    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
    londonboyben Posts: 314 Member
    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
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    just take the day off.
  • angiewf
    angiewf Posts: 175 Member
    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
    lisahenderson9803 Posts: 15 Member
    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
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
    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
    Darryl4126 Posts: 267 Member
    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
    Notapurplebutapurrrrrple Posts: 14
    I work saturday and sunday..also work my "job-job" monday-friday. But the economy is doing just fine...right??
  • AnnaPixie
    AnnaPixie Posts: 7,439 Member
    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
    AnnaPixie Posts: 7,439 Member
    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
    Notapurplebutapurrrrrple Posts: 14
    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
    LisaMarie8713 Posts: 310
    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!!

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