Shifts

I’m on the same work rota as all the other managers now, which I suppose means I am fully qualified and trusted, and responsible for what goes on in my department. It also means I have to work every other Saturday, and one full weekend a month, which is a pain. Unlike the other poor plebs below us though, when managers work a Sunday we get paid double and we get a day off in the week. Rotas are published four weeks in advance and are handed out every Friday, so at least I know my work hours a month in advance, so we can still plan to do things on my weekends off. Philippa has already suggested camping again at the end of the month. I’ll have to think about that one carefully. If she can guarantee me nice weather and a tent that erects itself at the flick of a switch I might say yes. If it’s going to be another case of spending one day putting the tent up, one day listening to thunder, and one day getting it down again, I might suggest we stay in a Travelodge.

RC 13-7-11