The annual torture is here!

[R181]

Take a nap. LOL!!

Yea, that is a given. I don't know too many people who have worked 30+ years of shift work to be able to have a normal sleep pattern after that.

Bob

 

[R181]

A block would be the two days followed by two nights.
So, four shifts followed by four off. A second block of four shifts followed by four off. A third block of four but then ten off.
I work twelve shifts every thirty days

Thanks, I thought that is what you meant. I wish we had of been on that instead of a steady 4 on 4 off.

Bob

 

[Holyzeus]

Thanks, I thought that is what you meant. I wish we had of been on that instead of a steady 4 on 4 off.

Bob

No holiday entitlement though

 

[R181]

No holiday entitlement though

OK, that explains a lot. We had holiday entitlement that accrued over the years. A week's holidays was one block of 4 that you were scheduled to work.

Bob

 

[Chris]

As @Holyzeus mentioned it sucked when the clocks went back when I was working 12-hour night shifts. Now I work office hours it's a non-event, it's one hour and it changes at weekend.

Honestly, I think minimising the amount of time I have to be awake when it's dark and miserable outweighs the inconvenience of changing the clock.

 

[JamieM]

In my entire 64 years, I have never once seen or understood the benefits of switching the clocks, and no matter who I talk to they are of the same thinking, it's a complete and utter pain in the arse.