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NM MrPushwood

#11

@morphyms1817 said in #3:

That's in a Pink Floyd tune.

Actually, it's every Pink Floyd tune.

@morphyms1817 said in #3: > That's in a Pink Floyd tune. Actually, it's every Pink Floyd tune.

Sleep.

@MrPushwood said in #11:

someone's got a cushy situation, he wasn't kidding when he mentioned the Lear jet.

@MrPushwood said in #11: > someone's got a cushy situation, he wasn't kidding when he mentioned the Lear jet.

Mrchess78

#14

Ring in sick with a convincing, sudden mysterious cough, which has rendered you unable to come in today,
"Hello 'H.R' , cough, I have got a terrible cough, cough, I won't be, cough, in today sorry, cough" . :).JK lol.

Ring in sick with a convincing, sudden mysterious cough, which has rendered you unable to come in today, "Hello 'H.R' , cough, I have got a terrible cough, cough, I won't be, cough, in today sorry, cough" . :).JK lol.

hisokaxhunter

#15

I copy Italian...use half of my break to get some quick sleep

Shadow1414 edited

#16

Listen to the best song ever made: http://bitly.ws/IHJn

arbez

#17

Avoid to work that long, whenever you can - it's not healthy!
LittleJennyWren gave you already very good advice.
Drink mineral water or green tea, if you need some help to keep awake, then use guarana chewing gum.

@morphyms1817 said in #1:

Sometimes I work overtime. I like two non-alcoholic beers on my long break between, but thats not affordable. Suggestions?

Avoid to work that long, whenever you can - it's not healthy! LittleJennyWren gave you already very good advice. Drink mineral water or green tea, if you need some help to keep awake, then use guarana chewing gum. @morphyms1817 said in #1: > Sometimes I work overtime. I like two non-alcoholic beers on my long break between, but thats not affordable. Suggestions?

gilligan841

#18

Find a new job that pays twice your actual salary with half the hours to make.

Make em affordable

are you working "continental shifts"? Or are you just piling up a lot of unpaid overtime? Because if it's 12 hour shift work, you should be getting enough time off during the week to compensate for the toll it's taking on your health. Or nearly enough. And you certainly should be able to afford a bottle or 2 of non-alcoholic beer. If not, your problem isn't just the hours, your problem is that you need to unionize. Yesterday.

If you are just piling up a lot of unpaid OT, then you are just getting piles. which is a common result of being used and abused. The answer for this to 1 get a new job, and 2 obtain some piano wire and quietly explain to your boss how much you enjoyed working with him/her but it's time to part ways.

But for the time being, LittleJennyWren (post10) has the right idea. Break up your shift into manageable fragments. When I worked on a production line, we used to switch jobs every 3 hours. If, for example, I came in as the entry floorman, I did that job for 3 hours, then I covered the assistant while he did my job for 3 hours. At one o'clock, I covered the entry operator while he did something else. (It seems that no matter where I was on the timesheet that day, I always got that job from one to four. That was the hardest job to stay awake at when we were on night shifts) At four o'clock, I went back to my starting job and made sure everything was squared away for the next shift coming in. We all did that. We changed jobs around. It kept us fresh.

are you working "continental shifts"? Or are you just piling up a lot of unpaid overtime? Because if it's 12 hour shift work, you should be getting enough time off during the week to compensate for the toll it's taking on your health. Or nearly enough. And you certainly should be able to afford a bottle or 2 of non-alcoholic beer. If not, your problem isn't just the hours, your problem is that you need to unionize. Yesterday. If you are just piling up a lot of unpaid OT, then you are just getting piles. which is a common result of being used and abused. The answer for this to 1 get a new job, and 2 obtain some piano wire and quietly explain to your boss how much you enjoyed working with him/her but it's time to part ways. But for the time being, LittleJennyWren (post10) has the right idea. Break up your shift into manageable fragments. When I worked on a production line, we used to switch jobs every 3 hours. If, for example, I came in as the entry floorman, I did that job for 3 hours, then I covered the assistant while he did my job for 3 hours. At one o'clock, I covered the entry operator while he did something else. (It seems that no matter where I was on the timesheet that day, I always got that job from one to four. That was the hardest job to stay awake at when we were on night shifts) At four o'clock, I went back to my starting job and made sure everything was squared away for the next shift coming in. We all did that. We changed jobs around. It kept us fresh.