good excuse to give up hours in work?

I know how you feel mate, I have to work every weekend and its near enough impossible for me to get out of it!

It kills me when I look out of the window at work to see my bike sat there and having loads of other bikers passing by.

[gruntygiggles]

Hovie baby....just tell them that you've been doing this Shift pattern for too long now. How about this:-

"My reason for requesting this change is that over the time that I have been working these Sunday shifts, my relationships with both family and friends has deteriorated as I am always unable to join in and socialise at get togethers and events. It has come to the point where my only real interraction with friends and family is via the internet and I don't believe that living this way is very healthy.
I would like to be able to turn to someone and say yes when I am invited out on a weekend and not have to constantly let people down and be alone at work.
I hope that you will understand this and in order to facilitate this change, I have already found a colleague willing to take on the shift in question."

DOn't know if that's what you're after, but it's the truth!!!

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

Don't know if that's what you're after, but it's the truth!!!

Well thats certainly better than how I would have worded it, Cut & Paste and job jobbed on that one

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

Hovie baby....just tell them that you've been doing this Shift pattern for too long now. How about this:-

"My reason for requesting this change is that over the time that I have been working these Sunday shifts, my relationships with both family and friends has deteriorated as I am always unable to join in and socialise at get togethers and events. It has come to the point where my only real interraction with friends and family is via the internet and I don't believe that living this way is very healthy.
I would like to be able to turn to someone and say yes when I am invited out on a weekend and not have to constantly let people down and be alone at work.
I hope that you will understand this and in order to facilitate this change, I have already found a colleague willing to take on the shift in question."

DOn't know if that's what you're after, but it's the truth!!!

wow.......... its true, your not just a pretty face

thank you, i could never make it sound that good

ooh, thats good !

could you make an excuse for me to have sundays off ?

[gruntygiggles]

You're very welcome.....I should be a spin doctor. I can make giving bad news sound good....lol.

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by sv_rory

ooh, thats good !

could you make an excuse for me to have sundays off ?

Lol......not if you want to lie, but as you ask......what are you normal working hours......ie. through the week and weekends, do you ever get Sundays off and what is it that you do?

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

If your not religious then dont lie and use wanting to go to church as a reason...

or god will seriously kick your arsh on d-day

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

or god will seriously kick your arsh on d-day

hahahahaha

I work in the motorway service station on the M1.

I have to work long hours at weekends generally start at ten in the morning and im lucky if i can get out at 7 or 8pm.

I never have sundays off, however they say you can opt out of sundays but im not sure what criteria you must fulfil.