qos_75 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I am off until Tuesday. Working the Tuesday and Wednesday, which is generally a very quiet period and then off from Hogmanay for 11 days. Marvellous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Finished in 40 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Working new year also ☺ I never bother doing anything for New Year so I don't mind working it. I work as a Senior Carer for people with severe dementia who require assistance with washing, dressing, cooking, eating etc every single day so we were all given the option of working either Christmas or New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 On nights all week... Which means I get all next week off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I'm off today but am working new year. In my usual job I'm working till three on nye. Ive then decided to take an on the side bar shift at SWG3 from 7.30 till 4 despite never working on a bar in my life. May as well make money from something I don't care much for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 I never bother doing anything for New Year so I don't mind working it. I work as a Senior Carer for people with severe dementia who require assistance with washing, dressing, cooking, eating etc every single day so we were all given the option of working either Christmas or New Year. I'm working at an alcohol rehab unit. Addictions don't give people time off, neither does dementia. Hat off to you brother, it's been a hell of a while since I've worked your side of the field, I'm unsure I could go back to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I have been working all day. Just finished. Cooking, cleaning, looking after kids, taking out rubbish. Never even got paid. I'll do it all again next year. Merry Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I have been working all day. Just finished. Cooking, cleaning, looking after kids, taking out rubbish. Never even got paid. I'll do it all again next year. Merry Christmas! Fair shout Scary, but worth every penny it's cost you eh? Grimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Fair shout Scary, but worth every penny it's cost you eh? Grimbo I've done it so often it's not even stressful anymore. The day does fly by. The period noon to 6pm is a blur of cooking and dishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 The great flood of 2011 here in Thailand, will be something that I will remember for the rest of my living life. Over 600 people lost their lives during the 5 months from August to December 2011. Including an elder neighbour & a 6 year old boy from the local school. Most of these people were caught on mud slides in the north, where villages would just disappear. Here in Singburi province, we were bracing ourselves, as we watched the news, that water would be moving down from the mountains in the north, to the flat lands here in the central province, here we already have a high water level, with so much paddy field (rice fields), it can flood in one day with a good rainy day. But this was different, we could see the devastation that creeping slowly but inevitably into our lives, houses & schools. As a community, we pulled together and started to make defense walls along the river banks bad from sand bags, this wall would be 2 meter tall, with a lot of muscle & even more sweat we had accomplished our goal, or least we thought we had!During this time, of waiting the orphanages were going along as normal day to day, with volunteers helping out with several jobs, there was only a small number of volunteers her at that time between 10 to 15. Then one day 5th September 2011, the first trickles of water start coming through & over the bags, within a day it was ankle deep. We put an emergency plan together with the head teacher & monks, that all children will have to be moved as soon as possible, easier said than done. The next day the water was at my waist, we walked into the orphanage from the main road about 2km away, called for boats & got all the children to safety. They were then moved up to northern temples, the water had finally moved from the north of Thailand into the central planes, so there were no floods in Tak or Chiang Rai. The children were safe, but the worse was still to come. On the 28th September the banks at Sri Udom orphanage on the Choprya River burst and a tidal wave hit the orphanage and submerged the building to the roof 3 meters high. Nobody could get there, not even by boat, it was too dangerous. This was national news, Channel 3 (most popular) News, were there in helicopters filming the devastation below. We had to wait for 3 months before we could return, to asses all the damage. When we return, the place was half a meter of mud & was more of a swamp than a school. We got to work, we had 2 weeks before the children were to return, with help from a Bangkok University & Channel 3 news, who were there reporting. Damage mostly was water, but the toilets & shower rooms at the back had been destroyed to rubble, the computer room & the entire computers were destroyed. The new computer room was built by money donated by a Thai Bangkok Finance Bank, this why that was built very quickly. To this day we are still trying to get the place back to its original state, but it will take time, we have many volunteers during the months of July & August, but this is not the same all year round. This week we have 5 volunteers. It will take time but we have will and are dedicated to getting there. Every day is a working day. Merry Christmas everyone, love SlipperyP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 f**k me Slippery that's put a bit of a downer on proceedings, I feel a bit of a c**t now. Grimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Should have stuck in at school folks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Sounds like it would be easier to kill the kids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspy Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Should have stuck in at school folks... ^^geek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I agreed to do a 12 hr shift yesterday starting at 0600 so one of the boys who's a Christian could go to Church and spend the evening with his family and the other fella I work with could see his boy as well. I done all this with the (unspoken) understanding I'd get Ne'er Day aff.Christian b*****d came in on my day off and booked New Year's Day as a holiday so gotta do a 12 hr shift starting at 0600 then as well.I fucking hate that c**t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I agreed to do a 12 hr shift yesterday starting at 0600 so one of the boys who's a Christian could go to Church and spend the evening with his family and the other fella I work with could see his boy as well. I done all this with the (unspoken) understanding I'd get Ne'er Day aff. Christian b*****d came in on my day off and booked New Year's Day as a holiday so gotta do a 12 hr shift starting at 0600 then as well. I fucking hate that c**t Christian b*****d should be left nailed to two pieces of wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 He says he needs it off to go to church But I've got an early start for every bank holiday over the Christmas/New Year period incase he misses Jesus coming back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonedsailor Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Stuck on the ship until Wednesday. Rostered on for Xmas for the next 6 years. I get the Hog at home though, happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Friday is one of my usual shifts but we're shut Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day so it's worked out well for me in getting time off. Two weeks in a row I'll be off between Tuesday and Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 ^^geek ^ minimum wage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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