GrahamCracker
07-31-2003, 05:13 PM
Hi ya Fabieez!
I have some good news and some bad news:
The Bad News: The strike is scheduled to begin this Sunday!
The Good News: I finagled, dictated, pleaded, shouted, begged, jumped up and down, negotiated, screamed, hollered and finally got a strike duty assignment in this area. I’ll be working in a town called Temple Terrace and in a real pretty complex called Telecom Park. graemlins/thumbup.gif
The Bad News: It’s a 68 mile round trip through some horrendous traffic jam areas that may keep me on the road up to 3 hours a day. graemlins/ugh.gif
The Good News: They are going to pay me $100 a week for mileage. graemlins/crazy.gif
The Bad News: I will be working 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for a total of 13 hours a day. I will be working 14 days straight without a day off, and then only if service permits, I may be working up to 21 days – 13 hours a day. Since I have sleep apnea, the 13 hours of work coupled with 3 hours travel time, coupled with 7 days a week, will probably make me a walking zombie. I can only hope the work is not challenging enough to have to use my actual brain (but if it’s boring that could be bad too because I definitely won’t be able to stay awake). graemlins/sleep.gif
The Good News: There ain’t any good news here!! Except that I will be getting time and a half for all my overtime. :D Instead of the $48 a day for food, I’ll only be getting $12. However, breakfast and lunch will be catered in since we will be in a lockdown situation and not allowed to leave the premise during working hours.
The Bad News: I am not going to be able to lounge around after work in a luxury hotel with Jacuzzi, chatting with my BCB buds, reading or cross-stitching with breakfast and dinners being delivered to the room. I will have to work, commute, and still take care of everything at home, including the pool, yard, and house. :mad:
The Good News: I’ll be able to sleep in my own bed at night, I’ll get to play with my puppies, and I’ll be close if something happens to my dad. I won’t have to deal with a foreign area, hostile strangers, and hostile picketers. Not to mention being in an extremely crime-ridden place. And I won't be travelling on a plane to home and back every three weeks.
The Bad News: The strike is estimated to last at a minimum of 3 months (especially if President Bush has anything to say about it). However, it could last up to 11 months, according to Wall Street. :(
The Good News: Is that I should be able to pay off my new laptop I just bought (my Toshiba Satellite A15 S157). And I have a couple minor bills that I would like to pay off, and I would like to pay down my husband’s truck. I have heard rumors that right after the strike there is going to be a big management reduction in force (RIF). If that happens, I will be the first in line to put my name on the list. Since I am already eligible to retire with 31 years service, I will just go out on a RIF with a $75K severance pay and flow right into my retirement. :D
The Bad News: I will have a difficult time staying on program. The breakfast and lunch will be catered in and at this moment I don’t know if it’ll be fast food or sandwiches, etc. I assume the breakfast will probably be bagels, donuts, muffins. And I’m afraid I am going to get so tired with my hours I’ll be working that there is going to be a time when I’m going to be too tired to care what I'm eating!
The Good News: I’m going to eat as well as I can to keep up my stamina, I am going to take vitamins everyday, I am going to drink a protein drink in the morning for energy, I am taking my laptop to work and try to keep up with the buds, however I need some info on that wireless thing you’re hooked up to Linda. And I will try to come home at night and take a swim to relieve the stress. I am going to journal as best I can being as I may not be able to figure the points on stuff catered in. And I will try to keep a positive attitude. However, if I start working with customers (a job I have not done since 1974), I may become extremely stressed. I have been known in my younger days to tell an irate customer where they could slide their complaint! I must not go off the deep end! I will not be able to attend any WW meetings because we don’t have WW meetings on Sunday in this area and that will be my only day off (if I GET a day off, that is). So I’m not sure how the metal monster accountability will work here! Wish me luck everyone. I will try to get back to posting daily. Sorry this is so long – I’ve been holding it all in and it’s time to let go!
Later gators!
I have some good news and some bad news:
The Bad News: The strike is scheduled to begin this Sunday!
The Good News: I finagled, dictated, pleaded, shouted, begged, jumped up and down, negotiated, screamed, hollered and finally got a strike duty assignment in this area. I’ll be working in a town called Temple Terrace and in a real pretty complex called Telecom Park. graemlins/thumbup.gif
The Bad News: It’s a 68 mile round trip through some horrendous traffic jam areas that may keep me on the road up to 3 hours a day. graemlins/ugh.gif
The Good News: They are going to pay me $100 a week for mileage. graemlins/crazy.gif
The Bad News: I will be working 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for a total of 13 hours a day. I will be working 14 days straight without a day off, and then only if service permits, I may be working up to 21 days – 13 hours a day. Since I have sleep apnea, the 13 hours of work coupled with 3 hours travel time, coupled with 7 days a week, will probably make me a walking zombie. I can only hope the work is not challenging enough to have to use my actual brain (but if it’s boring that could be bad too because I definitely won’t be able to stay awake). graemlins/sleep.gif
The Good News: There ain’t any good news here!! Except that I will be getting time and a half for all my overtime. :D Instead of the $48 a day for food, I’ll only be getting $12. However, breakfast and lunch will be catered in since we will be in a lockdown situation and not allowed to leave the premise during working hours.
The Bad News: I am not going to be able to lounge around after work in a luxury hotel with Jacuzzi, chatting with my BCB buds, reading or cross-stitching with breakfast and dinners being delivered to the room. I will have to work, commute, and still take care of everything at home, including the pool, yard, and house. :mad:
The Good News: I’ll be able to sleep in my own bed at night, I’ll get to play with my puppies, and I’ll be close if something happens to my dad. I won’t have to deal with a foreign area, hostile strangers, and hostile picketers. Not to mention being in an extremely crime-ridden place. And I won't be travelling on a plane to home and back every three weeks.
The Bad News: The strike is estimated to last at a minimum of 3 months (especially if President Bush has anything to say about it). However, it could last up to 11 months, according to Wall Street. :(
The Good News: Is that I should be able to pay off my new laptop I just bought (my Toshiba Satellite A15 S157). And I have a couple minor bills that I would like to pay off, and I would like to pay down my husband’s truck. I have heard rumors that right after the strike there is going to be a big management reduction in force (RIF). If that happens, I will be the first in line to put my name on the list. Since I am already eligible to retire with 31 years service, I will just go out on a RIF with a $75K severance pay and flow right into my retirement. :D
The Bad News: I will have a difficult time staying on program. The breakfast and lunch will be catered in and at this moment I don’t know if it’ll be fast food or sandwiches, etc. I assume the breakfast will probably be bagels, donuts, muffins. And I’m afraid I am going to get so tired with my hours I’ll be working that there is going to be a time when I’m going to be too tired to care what I'm eating!
The Good News: I’m going to eat as well as I can to keep up my stamina, I am going to take vitamins everyday, I am going to drink a protein drink in the morning for energy, I am taking my laptop to work and try to keep up with the buds, however I need some info on that wireless thing you’re hooked up to Linda. And I will try to come home at night and take a swim to relieve the stress. I am going to journal as best I can being as I may not be able to figure the points on stuff catered in. And I will try to keep a positive attitude. However, if I start working with customers (a job I have not done since 1974), I may become extremely stressed. I have been known in my younger days to tell an irate customer where they could slide their complaint! I must not go off the deep end! I will not be able to attend any WW meetings because we don’t have WW meetings on Sunday in this area and that will be my only day off (if I GET a day off, that is). So I’m not sure how the metal monster accountability will work here! Wish me luck everyone. I will try to get back to posting daily. Sorry this is so long – I’ve been holding it all in and it’s time to let go!
Later gators!