We started our winter duties on Sunday, not exactly happy with them. For one thing I am permanently on a Middle Rota. When we started on this rota, middle duties were those that finished by 8 pm. There have always been the old later finish, one or two, over the years but now 66% of the duties finish after 8pm and an other little point that I wouldn't normally bring up is that 20% of the remaining duties start before 8 am. A simple subtraction sum produces a figure of 14% of my middle duties are actually middle duties. All that glitters is not gold though there is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, they will get changed again next May. Please for the better; or even sooner would be better.Today we had a good, sunny, warm day. The sort we could have done with in August. Everyone who could got in their cars and came to the Bay for a drive. Every time I went round a bend it was foot on break and gently roll to a stop and contemplate yet an other line of stationary traffic vanishing into the distance. As pulling back on the steering wheel and pretending the bus was a helicopter didn't work we ran a little bit late today. Sorry if you were held up, we weren't in the canteen drinking coffee I promise.
3 comments:
So are you on a four day week or a five day week (can't make out from your comments)...if the latter do you alternate long days with short days to get the balance? As a general rule, with middles you are really SO dependent on the guys creating the concept of the timetable...they really do determine where the starts and finishes are...
Could be you've been blaming the wrong people for so long...
I work a 5 day week and until now almost all of the duties, for the last 6 years have been start after 8 am and end before 8 pm which suited me fine. It's the new duties that started last Sunday that mostly finish after 8pm. One duty I get haome at 10pm and start the next day at 7:17 am. Not much time at home.
sorry, home, not haome which is somewhere in the South Pacific.
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