Post by John on Mar 31, 2015 15:47:28 GMT -5
OK, lets see how many broke the law on time underground in one day.
I was on an overtime shift, 8 hours and got a call, "ermmmm, how are you going to cover the next 14 days" Was my Foreman.
"errrmmm, dontcha mean HOW aARE YOU going to cover the next 14 days" said I, then laughed, "give me an hour to come up with a plan, I'll call you back."
Hmmm, this is going to be a bugger, but worked a plan out.
"OK, what I'll do is go home at the end of the shift, get some dinner, pack me snap and get back here at 8-00pm and cover do a 12 hour night shift, then for the next 13 days I'll do 8-00pm to 8-00am nightshifts, how does that suit you, you can get on of the day shift workshop lads to cover from 4-00pm to when I arrive, BUT, this is going to cost you!!"
"Fine and no problems" said he... He hated being called out from home, so at least he only had four hours in which there was a possibility of being called out.
That was the nature of specializing, it left the other lads with minimum experience during periods of holidays or absenteeism. Not that it bothered me, plenty of overtime...LOL
Day of reckoning, 24 hours at double time, quick return, worked through snap, 8 hours sump time, (that was genuine, I had a sump pump to change., day 2, 12 hour shift (4 hours over time) quick return, worked through snap, and again 6 hours sump time, (again genuine, stupid pump burned out, hated the sumps, but at least 6 hours gave me the whole shift at double time.) Day3 12 hour shift, worked through snap, same on all the other days, and my Foreman never batted an eyelid, I thought his pen was going to catch fire.
Once he'd finished booking my time down, I asked..."How are you going to explain the 24 hour shift to personnel"? He had a roasting over one of the other elecs working 32 hours continuous some months previous, "Eff them, if they want the job covered next time let them work it" I never heard no more about it...Boy that was the best months pay I've ever had.
Technically, I'd only worked 20 hours straight, but I'd not had a rest period as prescribed by law.
I was on an overtime shift, 8 hours and got a call, "ermmmm, how are you going to cover the next 14 days" Was my Foreman.
"errrmmm, dontcha mean HOW aARE YOU going to cover the next 14 days" said I, then laughed, "give me an hour to come up with a plan, I'll call you back."
Hmmm, this is going to be a bugger, but worked a plan out.
"OK, what I'll do is go home at the end of the shift, get some dinner, pack me snap and get back here at 8-00pm and cover do a 12 hour night shift, then for the next 13 days I'll do 8-00pm to 8-00am nightshifts, how does that suit you, you can get on of the day shift workshop lads to cover from 4-00pm to when I arrive, BUT, this is going to cost you!!"
"Fine and no problems" said he... He hated being called out from home, so at least he only had four hours in which there was a possibility of being called out.
That was the nature of specializing, it left the other lads with minimum experience during periods of holidays or absenteeism. Not that it bothered me, plenty of overtime...LOL
Day of reckoning, 24 hours at double time, quick return, worked through snap, 8 hours sump time, (that was genuine, I had a sump pump to change., day 2, 12 hour shift (4 hours over time) quick return, worked through snap, and again 6 hours sump time, (again genuine, stupid pump burned out, hated the sumps, but at least 6 hours gave me the whole shift at double time.) Day3 12 hour shift, worked through snap, same on all the other days, and my Foreman never batted an eyelid, I thought his pen was going to catch fire.
Once he'd finished booking my time down, I asked..."How are you going to explain the 24 hour shift to personnel"? He had a roasting over one of the other elecs working 32 hours continuous some months previous, "Eff them, if they want the job covered next time let them work it" I never heard no more about it...Boy that was the best months pay I've ever had.
Technically, I'd only worked 20 hours straight, but I'd not had a rest period as prescribed by law.