Anyone else working strong hours?

[b30 villain]

Your not a man you are a machine:lol:

 

[Dan]

You been speaking to his Mrs again? :lol:

 

[paulyoung666]

Sound like the Xmas rush has kicked in there. :lol:

was thinking that myself !!! , i can see the traffic picking up in the town centres day by day , wont be long before it takes 45 minutes to get out of the bus station !!!!!!!!!!

 

[SandyFloor]

I'm working 10-12 hour days and more when pricing work. I'm really busy at the moment and realise come the new year things will go a bit flat over January as usual. I'm filling a few days there with a training course. I was caught out last week when I went down with a really bad cold and was out of it for a couple of days and had to reschedule a lot of work. I don't mind the Christmas rush cos I know there's two weeks of no working at the end of it.

 

[Stewart]

The same mad rush as usual for this time of year. I officially don't have any days off now, until my 3 week Christmas break. If there are any delays, it will mean working very late.

There's also the usual phone calls from customers that have had their estimates for over six month, calling to see if you can fit them in before the holidays.


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[Pebbs]

I am now officially 5 days into penalty clause, doesnt matter how many hours you put in, how many bodies you throw into a job, its running late. This time of the year is always mad, and Im now working for lunatics.

Pebbs

 

[poynton phil]

My hrs are 8 - 5, sometimes though i will work late, up to 8pm. One thing i do know is that i probably wont get a single day off till xmas, MAD BUSY.

 

[hillhead]

I worked a 12 hour shift again wednesday !! thats 38 hours in 3 days !
Another job finished so smack on target but........................
tonight after we got home my 16 year old lad asked my 18 year old to take him to buy a new phone so off they went ....
Phone call in a while... accident !!!
They hit a lorry hard on a bad corner,my 16 y/o broken wrist(still in hospital). My tiling helper- very badly bruised etc plus waiting on scans !!
Lorry driver ok,lorry badly damaged, car wrecked !
Lucky no one killed.
I'm alone tomorrow.. oops !

 

[Dan]

Gutted for you Joe mate! Really gutted for you! What a bloody time for it?!

Glad nothing too serious happened. Broken bones heal.

 

[hillhead]

Too right Dan, lucky lads.
Lorry is well damaged too.
My wife is still in the hospital with them, i need to get to bed for work in morning.
I'm just thankful that it was a big lorry and not a family car with kids and all on board they hit.
Bloody souped up honda civic !

 

[Dan]

Ahhhh. A type R. Well, if the lads to blame he wont be getting one of those again for a while mate insurance is mental these days with insurers upping premiums as they don't have money coming in from the financial and banking sectors which used to fund a bit of their costs etc.

Fingers crossed its the lorry drivers fault. But even then Admiral have quoted that "even those who claim that are not at fault are more likely to claim in the future so their insurance premiums will rise along with the party who's fault it was, though not equally" - the jokers! That was a quote from watchdog!

If he's filthy rich I have a mate selling an Evo 6 that owes the lad more than £30k and it's going for around £14k. Has the number plate E6 EVO. Which he'll sell for 3k without the car (that's worth much more too though to the right bloke).

I wish him a speedy recovery though mate and that's the main thing.

 

[phil7677]

glad they are not too badly hurt mate.
not so much working strong hours as such but trying to fit in uni, work, family and a missus that`s not well. time management classes needed for me i thinks just hoping the other half does not end up back in hospital again as it`s looking that way. and after 7 or 8 times in the last tow years for 2 weeks at a time we really don`t need that one again sick of seeing the inside of hospitals and the putrid smells

 

[Spud]

i am up against it too Joe I did a 16 hr day yesterday ,13 hrs the day before had an easier day today, only 10 hrs , hope your boys are on the mend, all the best Gary

 

[Ian]

Doing 6/7 days a week at the mo, don't work more than 8 hours a day though, don't have the attention span! End up making silly mistakes that I've got to put right in the morning

 

[hillhead]

Strong hours there too Gary, i pulled out today at 5 ! pain in rear of a bathroom.
Hopefully saturday will finish it and clear the path for the start of my big marble job monday.
Keep her lit Gary and great to hear most of us are going well