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TRP: Summer, come now!

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collegehcky2 said:
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Imagine you work at a busy shopping mall. In the food court. Around Christmastime. During lunch rush.

That's been my week so far, constantly. Except instead of serving food, I'm tossing around 20-70lb boxes and prepping/loading semi-truck shipments. Money? Yes. Getting broke down physically? YES. OT is fine, to a point. This week is way past that point.
 
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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
You worked 17 hours today?
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No. My math was wrong. They had included the holiday on our timelogs already. Usually they don't. Yeah, I'm that out of it. :( :o

I have 41 hours right now total this week. And am expecting another 11~ hour day tomorrow, at the least, since we'll be two MORE people short tomorrow, that were here today.

Edit: worked 12.5 hours today.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Imagine you work at a busy shopping mall. In the food court. Around Christmastime. During lunch rush.

That's been my week so far, constantly. Except instead of serving food, I'm tossing around 20-70lb boxes and prepping/loading semi-truck shipments. Money? Yes. Getting broke down physically? YES. OT is fine, to a point. This week is way past that point.
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When I was 20 I worked a 55-60 hour week for 7 weeks straight. Sure it sucked, but the money made me feel a lot better about it afterwards.
 
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Money isn't everything. Even under ideal circumstances, we only get about 75-80 years to live - do we really want to be spending the vast majority of that time working some thankless job in order to get ahead?
 
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collegehcky2 said:
When I was 20 I worked a 55-60 hour week for 7 weeks straight. Sure it sucked, but the money made me feel a lot better about it afterwards.
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I also did that (although it was between two jobs, and that lasted about 3-4 years), so I wouldn't have to do that now. Talk about a backfire (although hopefully it's temporary; until the past year, my company would send you home at 40 hours, no matter what).

Bakunin said:
Money isn't everything. Even under ideal circumstances, we only get about 75-80 years to live - do we really want to be spending the vast majority of that time working some thankless job in order to get ahead?
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This. Fine, you have money, but you are too tired/out of it to spend it. And don't have the time anyway. It's a reason I chose the career path I did. Thankless? Yeah. Not necessarily the best use of my potential (shuddup peanut gallery; was planning on being a CPA or one of those 14-hour-a-day executives I love to hate nowadays). BUT, I have the assets of not being married to my job, enough money to have the essentials and have some fun, and have a physical enough job to stay in shape without going to the gym to walk up invisible stairs. And no weekend work.

I can live with that.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I also did that (although it was between two jobs, and that lasted about 3-4 years), so I wouldn't have to do that now. Talk about a backfire (although hopefully it's temporary; until the past year, my company would send you home at 40 hours, no matter what).



This. Fine, you have money, but you are too tired/out of it to spend it. And don't have the time anyway. It's a reason I chose the career path I did. Thankless? Yeah. Not necessarily the best use of my potential (shuddup peanut gallery; was planning on being a CPA or one of those 14-hour-a-day executives I love to hate nowadays). BUT, I have the assets of not being married to my job, enough money to have the essentials and have some fun, and have a physical enough job to stay in shape without going to the gym to walk up invisible stairs. And no weekend work.

I can live with that.
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Do you have the ability in your job to say after a bunch of OT that you're taking time off, or are you too essential and they wouldn't let you do that?
 
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collegehcky2 said:
Do you have the ability in your job to say after a bunch of OT that you're taking time off, or are you too essential and they wouldn't let you do that?
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I am one of about 5-6 people (hiring terms) who can say I can't stay late, but in return (if that is commonplace/not a rarity) they'll put me in an area they know I hate, or pass over me for special projects, etc. Typical passive-aggressive, but legal, behavior. Not that they always do that (they know about my college hockey rabidness, and during college hockey, they expect me to say I'm not staying late on Fridays during that season and have no problem with it). But I'm also essential enough (only 1 other person REALLY knows the LTL/semi-truck area, and one additional person can sorta hold his own, provided it's not a busy day) that I am definitely needed/wanted/relied upon during crunchtime.
 
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This is about how I feel right now:

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(great two-part episode btw)
 
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Brenthoven said:
I am one of about 5-6 people (hiring terms) who can say I can't stay late, but in return (if that is commonplace/not a rarity) they'll put me in an area they know I hate, or pass over me for special projects, etc. Typical passive-aggressive, but legal, behavior. Not that they always do that (they know about my college hockey rabidness, and during college hockey, they expect me to say I'm not staying late on Fridays during that season and have no problem with it). But I'm also essential enough (only 1 other person REALLY knows the LTL/semi-truck area, and one additional person can sorta hold his own, provided it's not a busy day) that I am definitely needed/wanted/relied upon during crunchtime.
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So that probably makes OT a pain in the *** knowing things won't even out eventually? ****.
 
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collegehcky2 said:
So that probably makes OT a pain in the *** knowing things won't even out eventually? ****.
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It sorta evens out. I've gotten opportunities that few have had at my building due to my willingness to work OT (trained a few other buildings across the nation, gotten days off I probably shouldn't have received due to staffing, etc) BUT when you start topping 5 hours OT a week for a few consecutive weeks, even the most hardcore worker at our building simply breaks down.

In my area (and a few others) the job is physically demanding. There's a big reason I'm still skinny as all hell. For example, tomorrow it's supposed to be 90+ and humid (typical MN summer day). I expect to dump cool water over my head a few times during the day to prevent overheating since we don't have A/C, standard practice in a warehouse (and obviously drinking about 10-15 pints of water).

Honestly, I love the job, the people, the pressure. But every person has a breaking point. I'm not going to leave the job anytime soon, because I know it will get better, but this is getting old, and getting old quite fast.
 
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Bakunin said:
You're pretty adept at pulling up fairly obscure quotes and scenes, so I couldn't assume you were also watching it. :p
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Coupled with the fact that I'm really out of it, I had to have a muse to pull something like that outta nowhere. ;)
 
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Bakunin said:
So you had a muse proctologist?
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Well played, Mauer.

Just happened to stumble across the episodes on ScyFy, and it fit my situation IMO. You could also use Kevin Bacon's "There's nothing to see here! All is well!" from Animal House for my work situation. Even DHead Boss knows something is wrong, but his hands are apparently tied by corporate's demand. We actually have to petition for more job offerings right now, even though we barely felt a twinge from the recession.
 
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...and now it's on BBC.

Oh btw, the hooker bailed on the ride because her plans to hang out with her bf were unexpectedly moved to earlier in the day. :rolleyes:

I'm entering Mankato Meltdown mode here.
 
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