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tehluggage...Yeah, header pretty much says it all. Also, skip this entry if work-related whining is too much. Trust me, I won't mind.
Right. I really do enjoy my job. It's interesting, (seriously, trains!), pays really damn well, and most of the people I work with are awesome. ...Although that TVTropes website keeps messing with my mind, because when railroaders "fuck the dog", they're wasting time. But when I hear it, I keep thinking they're trying to prove how evil and villainous they truly are. I also could be too damn tired, so that could be part of it.
Regardless! I'm on the spareboard right now, which means that once I'm done a shift, I can book up to ten hours maximum rest before I can be called again. There also happens to be another...oh, nine people, I think, on the spareboard with me. Normally, this would give me up to a day, day anna half if I'm lucky, between calls. Problem is, the yard is hopping right now, so that means I got home at two this morning, and I was on rest until eleven-thirty. And now it looks like I'll be called out again at thirteen o'clock.
To be honest, even that wouldn't be so bad, except that it looks like I'll be called as a foreman again, same as I've been called out for the past two shifts. And...I'm not ready to be a foreman, not yet. I'm qualified as a yard helper, and I'm pretty good at it. I'm not great, but as long as I pay attention and make sure to keep in touch with the foreman and the engineer, I can keep up and throw the switches that need to be thrown, make joints, tie on handbrakes, etc. Not a foreman, dammit! God, I just need maybe another twelve hours or so off, and another helper job. Let someone else be the foreman and deal with the paperwork and all the stress.
...Gah. The point of all that teal deer was basically I'm tired, whiney, and maybe a little stressed.
Also x-posted to JF.
Right. I really do enjoy my job. It's interesting, (seriously, trains!), pays really damn well, and most of the people I work with are awesome. ...Although that TVTropes website keeps messing with my mind, because when railroaders "fuck the dog", they're wasting time. But when I hear it, I keep thinking they're trying to prove how evil and villainous they truly are. I also could be too damn tired, so that could be part of it.
Regardless! I'm on the spareboard right now, which means that once I'm done a shift, I can book up to ten hours maximum rest before I can be called again. There also happens to be another...oh, nine people, I think, on the spareboard with me. Normally, this would give me up to a day, day anna half if I'm lucky, between calls. Problem is, the yard is hopping right now, so that means I got home at two this morning, and I was on rest until eleven-thirty. And now it looks like I'll be called out again at thirteen o'clock.
To be honest, even that wouldn't be so bad, except that it looks like I'll be called as a foreman again, same as I've been called out for the past two shifts. And...I'm not ready to be a foreman, not yet. I'm qualified as a yard helper, and I'm pretty good at it. I'm not great, but as long as I pay attention and make sure to keep in touch with the foreman and the engineer, I can keep up and throw the switches that need to be thrown, make joints, tie on handbrakes, etc. Not a foreman, dammit! God, I just need maybe another twelve hours or so off, and another helper job. Let someone else be the foreman and deal with the paperwork and all the stress.
...Gah. The point of all that teal deer was basically I'm tired, whiney, and maybe a little stressed.
Also x-posted to JF.
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Date: 2008-09-06 09:32 pm (UTC)Oh, that sounds like one hell of a day. I remember pulling thirteen hour days for my job - it sucks, and I'm sure yours is a lot more strenuous. Make sure you're eating and drinking enough, and sleep as much as you can. Don't worry about making it online. Staying sane and healthy IRL is more important. It's really easy to get sick when you're working that hard.
Also, right up there with you on the TVTropes thing. I keep using them in casual conversation and it just doesn't work. Ack.
...and I realize I know nothing about it, but doesn't the fact that they keep assigning you as foreman mean they think you know what you're doing? And that you're doing a good job? I'd take it as a compliment, but I can see how that'd make life tougher on you. Is there someone you can talk to about getting switched back to helper for a shift or two?
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Date: 2008-09-06 11:10 pm (UTC)Yeah, sleep is definitely becoming my top priority. 'S funny, though, I find I'm not as hungry now that I'm sleeping such weird hours. That's not a good thing, though.
Aagh, I know. I keep trying apply the tropes to RL, and it really doesn't work. Plus people look at you funny.
Ack, I think I made a mistake in the post. Technically I am qualified as a foreman, but as such a new employee, I really don't have the experience to be an efficient foreman. And it's not so much they think I know what I'm doing, as they don't have enough people to fill the jobs. The only way I'd get called as a helper is if one of the guys on the job booked off/couldn't make it, and the other guy was more senior to me. These last few jobs, however, both guys were off the job for the night, so it was me and a classmate on the job. And since I was the senior one, I was the foreman. Sometimes the seniority is good, sometimes...it's not.