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Christmas Day workers?

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  • Senpai
    Senpai Posts: 901
    I'm working nights Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,484
    Hastingsaddick said:

    cfgs said:

    On call throughout the Christmas period, got the 29th off though.

    Must be bloody awful that, not knowing if you have to go in or not.
    That is for my parttime job, working for KFRS.
  • valleyaddick
    valleyaddick Posts: 112
    Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve ?

  • smiffyboy
    smiffyboy Posts: 4,314
    Got asked to work Christmas Day 11am-11pm for treble pay and. £600 bonus but turned it down
  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,915
    CrayAddick said:

    cafckev said:

    I was lucky to get leave on both Xmas day and Boxing day, but the triple time call was far too strong, so I am now working Boxing day night shift for triple pay plus annual leave payment. I am also working New Years Eve and New Years Day.

    Fire brigade? That sounds like strike money....
    No, Ambulance. And i have just found out its double time (and i have never worked a strike either on the Railway or Ambulance)

  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,484
    valleyaddick said:

    Not kent fire brigade! They are offering 5x hourly rate plus a bonus

    Well I am not doing it.

  • Norfolk_Addick
    Norfolk_Addick Posts: 2,289
    Where I work 2 people have to be in on all bank holidays including Christmas Day. Its an unlucky dip what bank holidays you get and you don't get anything for it except for a day off during the week.

    I was down to work Boxing day this year but swapped it for somebody who desperately needed a Sunday off that he didn't realise he was down to work.
  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
    Thinking of everyone working today.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,833
    What do you do Cray ?
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,484
    Only one call out today, after I had stuffed my face. Needed a boat to do any real good and so we got sent back.

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  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
    AFKABartram said:

    What do you do Cray ?

    Top secret. However I can answer in a private message as long as it's written in belguin ;)

  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
    Bump...

    Anyone working it this year?
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    Yes and Boxing day.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,472
    Not this year.
    But it is one of the requirements of the new job so will be in years to come if I'm still there.
    It was one of the only things that put me off of taking the job if I'm honest but everything else far outweighs my last job so I'll have to swallow it.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Oh yes, 12-2.30 pm Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    Yep, I'll be spending Christmas day surrounded by murderers, terrorists, rapists and general ne'erdowells. Peace and goodwill to all men indeed.
  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
    AddickUpNorth said:

    Yep, I'll be spending Christmas day surrounded by murderers, terrorists, rapists and general ne'erdowells. Peace and goodwill to all men indeed.

    Belmarsh? Have you worked every year?
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,605
    AddickUpNorth said:

    Yep, I'll be spending Christmas day surrounded by murderers, terrorists, and general ne'erdowells. Peace and goodwill to all men indeed.

    I thought we played millwall yesterday.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,962
    AddickUpNorth said:

    Yep, I'll be spending Christmas day surrounded by murderers, terrorists, rapists and general ne'erdowells.

    Fa la la la la, la la la la....

    Do you celebrate early/late on a day off instead?

  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    CrayAddick said:

    AddickUpNorth said:

    Yep, I'll be spending Christmas day surrounded by murderers, terrorists, rapists and general ne'erdowells. Peace and goodwill to all men indeed.

    Belmarsh? Have you worked every year?

    Not Belmarsh but a Cat A prison up north. Tend to work one on, one off. This year I'll be having my Xmas celebrations on Boxing Day.

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  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    AddickUpNorth said:

    CrayAddick said:

    AddickUpNorth said:

    Yep, I'll be spending Christmas day surrounded by murderers, terrorists, rapists and general ne'erdowells. Peace and goodwill to all men indeed.

    Belmarsh? Have you worked every year?

    Not Belmarsh but a Cat A prison up north. Tend to work one on, one off. This year I'll be having my Xmas celebrations on Boxing Day.
    Are your initials DW?
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,605
    DA9 said:

    AddickUpNorth said:

    CrayAddick said:

    AddickUpNorth said:

    Yep, I'll be spending Christmas day surrounded by murderers, terrorists, rapists and general ne'erdowells. Peace and goodwill to all men indeed.

    Belmarsh? Have you worked every year?

    Not Belmarsh but a Cat A prison up north. Tend to work one on, one off. This year I'll be having my Xmas celebrations on Boxing Day.
    Are your initials DW?
    No, AUN.
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    DaveMehmet said:

    DA9 said:

    AddickUpNorth said:

    CrayAddick said:

    AddickUpNorth said:

    Yep, I'll be spending Christmas day surrounded by murderers, terrorists, rapists and general ne'erdowells. Peace and goodwill to all men indeed.

    Belmarsh? Have you worked every year?

    Not Belmarsh but a Cat A prison up north. Tend to work one on, one off. This year I'll be having my Xmas celebrations on Boxing Day.
    Are your initials DW?
    No, AUN.
    Thanks D :-)
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    @DA9 - no mate, they're not.
  • Redvalleyeast
    Redvalleyeast Posts: 4,707
    Working xmas eve,xmas day,boxing night and 27th night then new years day... Happy Easter!
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    AddickUpNorth said:

    @DA9 - no mate, they're not.

    No worry, Knew a PO at Wandsworth who was Charlton
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    AUN, what's the situation for vegetarian prisoners?
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,605
    seth plum said:

    AUN, what's the situation for vegetarian prisoners?

    Don't eat the cucumbers.
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    seth plum said:

    AUN, what's the situation for vegetarian prisoners?

    @seth plum - the vegetarians are adequately catered for although it's not the best quality. At evening meal there tends to be two choices but only one for vegans. If you declare yourself vegan you're supplied with soy milk but the vegan cheese that the prison service supplies is feckin' horrid. You can always buy stuff from the canteen to supplement your diet but vegetarian specific food ie Quorn sausages for example are pretty much non-existent on the list.

    As for Christmas day it's pretty much two choices but if you don't like nut roast you're pretty much had it. But people shouldn't fall for the tabloid stories of quality food for prisoners during the festive period. Yes it's edible but it's all mass produced fare that just reaches the standard nutritional value.
  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    AddickUpNorth said:

    seth plum said:

    AUN, what's the situation for vegetarian prisoners?

    @seth plum - the vegetarians are adequately catered for although it's not the best quality. At evening meal there tends to be two choices but only one for vegans. If you declare yourself vegan you're supplied with soy milk but the vegan cheese that the prison service supplies is feckin' horrid. You can always buy stuff from the canteen to supplement your diet but vegetarian specific food ie Quorn sausages for example are pretty much non-existent on the list.

    As for Christmas day it's pretty much two choices but if you don't like nut roast you're pretty much had it. But people shouldn't fall for the tabloid stories of quality food for prisoners during the festive period. Yes it's edible but it's all mass produced fare that just reaches the standard nutritional value.
    Diddums. Prisoners should be fed on purely vegan food (except vegans, whose vegan food will be seared in bacon grease just before service). Guarantee no one will want to go back into the clink after that. Bonus points if they get the Valley catering team to double as the prison caterers.

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