May Day holiday: who's on, who's off

[Champ]

Following some further cost cutting all Bank Holidays, known as Public Holidays here, apart from Christmas, New Year and Easter, were abolished a couple of years ago for us, apart from the schools who continue to accumulate holidays to the point its hardly worth going around this time of year.

 

So I'm at home, no holiday no need for out of hours staff, minding a child who will sleep til lunchtime.

 

So, what's it like for you. Have you got the day off or what?

[lifetime fan]

Working 10:00 - 16:00, double time and a day off in lieu.

[Sugar Ape]

I'm off until a week today and from about 11 I will be sitting in the garden getting drunk all day and having a barbecue.

[Champ]

Working 10:00 - 16:00, double time and a day off in lieu.

 

Bastard. I used to love that little boost to my payslip

 

Hostage in my own home. Its not gorgeous but its dry so it'll be gardening for me today, I reckon. Those dandelions wont kill themselves

[Paul]

Day off with 90 pieces of coursework (all between 3-8 sides of A4) and two weeks worth of work in 50 exercise books to mark. Then I need to do some lesson planning for this week and also put in a couple of hours on my plans for Year 6/7 transition.

 

We're out this afternoon so I've been at it since 6am and will probably do more again this evening.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

I'm off until a week today and from about 11 I will be sitting in the garden getting drunk all day and having a barbecue.

 

Do you play bass and have a beard.

[Champ]

Day off with 90 pieces of coursework (all between 3-8 sides of A4) and two weeks worth of work in 50 exercise books to mark. Then I need to do some lesson planning for this week and also put in a couple of hours on my plans for Year 6/7 transition.

 

We're out this afternoon so I've been at it since 6am and will probably do more again this evening.

 

Dont get me wrong, my brother in law and several friends are teachers; I know how hard you work. That list of yours sounds pretty daunting and I'm guessing its a bit galling when everyone thinks you're just living it up on holiday

[Sugar Ape]

 

Do you play bass and have a beard.

 

No and no. I am capable or growing a beard from scratch in about 2 days though.

 

I take it you've got a similar plan Skidders?

[Rico1304]

Grass mown and about to start housework, some friends are coming at 11:30 and we are out to lunch then back home for a BBQ at the neighbours. I promised the wife I'd be socialable in the new house so I've got an afternoon of telling people what I do for a living and pretending to be interested in what they do.

[lifetime fan]

Bastard. I used to love that little boost to my payslip

 

Hostage in my own home. Its not gorgeous but its dry so it'll be gardening for me today, I reckon. Those dandelions wont kill themselves

 

 

Was offered 07:15 - 22:35 at double time and two days off in lieu but a mate needs to move and her landlord is being a dick with her deposit so let her have it for the money.

 

Years gone by on a bank holiday I would have done a night shift the night before (double time from midnight) and double backed to do the late and waking night.

 

18 hours double time.

[Lee909]

I'm off this time.

 

One of us had to drop of the shift and as I'm on the second Monday and have a days overtime in already I decided to take the day if and test my new PS3

[Champ]

Come on, sun, you can do better than this!

[lifetime fan]

Come on, sun, you can do better than this!

 

 

It's gorgeous here.

[Bjornebye]

Just got in from me birds, shower, changed, quick blimp on here, then off down the beach.

[Champ]

 

It's gorgeous here.

 

Is it. Looks like everywhere except here.

[Anubis]

Covered court this morning. Have rest of the day off now.

[mattyq]

Hangover from hell

Feel like i've been smashed around and beaten up

Lovely day

[Fink]

Im working 16:00 - 00:30 - with 2 hours travel for a day off in lieu! Ace.

[Champ]

Im working 16:00 - 00:30 - with 2 hours travel for a day off in lieu! Ace.

 

And no additional pay?

[Reacher]

0730-1630 double bubble. Weather is lovely in Southport but its fucking heaving! Came out the office an hour ago and it's taking me and age to drive anywhere.

[Ted]

Been in an hour and fourty, and it's already an absolute twat of a shift. In here til half eight, too.

 

Fucking railway.

[Faustus]

Just popped in to say I'm off the boozer in half an hour for a pint in this gorgeous afternoon sunshine.

 

Lovely jubbly.

[Fowlers God]

Day off, I only get 20 days off plus bank holidays so fuck it if I'm gonna miss time off with the family.

 

Currently sitting in the mother in laws garden, listening to music with a full bbq belly, drinking cider.

[TheBitch]

18 days of overtime done during my 20 day break. On my 2nd day shift today. Been fucking about with cooling tower fans since 7:30 this morning. I'm exhausted. Could fucking murder a beer, but I'd probably fall asleep halfway through.

[Jairzinho]

Played the unmentionable sport for about four hours.

 

I feel physically sick.