GraveYard Shift BS

Got a 3-2-2-3 12hr shift schedule, not bad, just long some nights

 

I got called up at 1:30 by another local in Indiana. They said they needed some certified welders over there for some "emergency work" in one of the steel mills and to try and get there by 3:00. Wasn't that bad a sheet had blown out on the stack and needed to be replaced as well as some cracks that needed to be patched. Took six guys 22 hours . I knew we were in it for the long haul when we were told that there was no day turn. I've worked twelve hours shifts and even some 14 and 15 hour shifts at refineries but never 22. I t was insane, get in at 3 and out at at 11:30 the next morning. Staying busy keeps you going, during breaks I wouldn't sit or put my head down, plus tons of coffee. When we got out I found that my concentration was not there as well as some of the fine motor skills needed to operate a motor vehicle. So I just stopped by a small forest preserve, turned the truck off, pulled the seat down and took a small nap.

 

Wow, you can't work more than 16 straight in this state- by law! Glad you decided to take a nap as to make it home safely.

 

I just got called again.

night shift again, this time in another power plant.

1 1/2 weeks of 12 hour shifts.

we'll see how this one works?

gotta bee there tomorrow at 7 pm

 

Another weekend of work

 

Sorry to hear that. Just another 5 hours for me- thank God!

 

Woo Hoo!
Finished my second shift job and I'm on vacation next week.
Relatives coming in from Reno NV for my mother's 60th birthday.
Gonna be a fun week for me.
Sorry for all you suckers.

 

7 more to go...if only i was in your time zone then i'd be at 5 too

 

Yeah, but if you were in my time zone you'd have had to go in 2 hours earlier...

 

hate to bail out on you guys, but im off nights and on days for the weekend. ill be back on nights thurs

 

tonight will be my last night on nights for a long time (hopefully)....

 

Sweet deal. I cant wait to get a dayshift someday

 

x1000

 

Working again tonight. All was well until the electricity kicked off and the emergency lights are on in the office. Not sure what's up, the plant doesn't seem effected, just us. And I was about to heat up some lunch. Damn the luck! And it kicked off the Internet so I'm on via the iPhone. Maybe I'll sneak out to the parking lot and find something to mess with on my truck...

 

Damn that sucks your stuck in the Dark.
So working on your truck outside hopefully ya have lights out there. We had electrical problems here at my place as well but only shut down one of our lines and we got it up and running 2 hrs later. HAve lots of wine sitting around now waiting to get finished up for tomorrrow. Might half to take a few bottles home tonite. Enjoy the rest of your nite. Im checking out and headin home to a cold beer.

 

sooo tired!!

 

I hate the days. Dayshift around here is soooooo dumb! Too many people and their bullshit to deal with

 

I work swing shift and every shift is the same. just sucks when we're down cause then i just sit here and time doesn't move.

 

I work swing at a chemical plant. every shift is the same. usually boring.

 

haha 40 min. so far i've worked 40 min. tonight and i only have 3 hours left.