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Old 26-07-18, 07:07 AM   #6061
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Called out to a non-problem at 5:30am today. Too late to go back to sleep by the time I'd done checks etc. Normally being on-call gives me a lie in on Thursday until 6:45.

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I don't miss being on call. As well as waking me up at silly o'clock it also disturbed the misses. BT were also getting stingey with the callout pay rates too.

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Old 26-07-18, 08:23 AM   #6062
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I don't miss being on call. As well as waking me up at silly o'clock it also disturbed the misses. BT were also getting stingey with the callout pay rates too.

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Old 27-07-18, 12:08 PM   #6063
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BT were also getting stingey with the callout pay rates too.
You were lucky! No on-call pay, no callout payment, no overtime pay. 30+ hours this month. This can be today's gripe
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You were lucky! No on-call pay, no callout payment, no overtime pay. 30+ hours this month. This can be today's gripe
Luxury!

When I were a lad, we had to get up 2 hours afore we went to bed, crawl over broken glass to get to work, spend 26 hrs at work then come home and sleep in't wardrobe!

Oh and when we were kids there was 10 of us that had to sleep in't drawers of our mam's dresser!



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Old 27-07-18, 01:16 PM   #6065
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Luxury!

When I were a lad, we had to get up 2 hours afore we went to bed, crawl over broken glass to get to work, spend 26 hrs at work then come home and sleep in't wardrobe!

Oh and when we were kids there was 10 of us that had to sleep in't drawers of our mam's dresser!


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Old 27-07-18, 02:49 PM   #6066
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I'm sure there's a reference to rolled up newspapers in't middle o't road heading this way.
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Old 27-07-18, 04:44 PM   #6067
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On the epic day of the blood moon, we have a massive thunderstorm in South Norfolk that has blocked out all visibility.
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