Normally we just work our rota over Xmas and that’s it,there is confusion some times with drivers believing they’ve been given days off like New Year’s Eve/ day when the company claims they havent 
,just normally ends with a moan at the driver for not turning up New Year’s Eve/ day.
This year they’ve given you a a4 sheet of your specific days/ shifts you have to work ,so now how are you going to be able to go out,get ■■■■■■ up ,not turn up for work,and claim you were told you could have the days off 
Any suggestions how this could be circumvented 
ta
N.b asking on behalf of my mates 
Just ring in sick, sorted.
You agreed to a work rota presumably when you started the job, seems part of your side of the bargain to go to work when required.
If you follow Silver Surfers advice i look forward to your New Year thread, ‘‘Firm making redundancies, me and 3 others who took sickies have been got rid of, what can we do’’…
Silver_Surfer:
Just ring in sick, sorted.
That’s the attitude, stick one finger up to the boss & load a few extra drops onto your workmates.
Merry Xmas 
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You could always man up & do your shift. How do you/would you react if your boss called you in on a day off to cover someone else throwing a sickie? As someone on a rota you take the rough with the smooth.
■■■■ it up shut up and do the shift not as if you haven’t been given warning you’re doing it
I was down to work Christmas eve/day and boxing day last Christmas, knew the crack when I took the job on so just hoped for a stand down which I got apart from boxing day…■■■■ happens
I’ve told my place I’m flexible for shifts. They seem an ok company and I’m glad for my job. Time will tell with the slow down in the new year…
At least im getting plenty of exercise on these curtainsiders 
Come up with some excuse about domestics or something… It’s things like this that make appreciate the ‘9-5’ type job, some people I know finish this Friday & aren’t back @ work until jan 6…
If you know thats the way it works why not book holiday if you dont want to work.
Cue next thread firm is employing a load of eastern europeans and forceing us out.
MTFU and go to work, escape the house get some peace and quiet away from the moaning missus & screaming kids.
It is after all the season where marital issue come to the boil & couples who normally spend the working week apart come together, clash over trivial things and ultimately end up in the divorce courts. So spending an additional day or 2 during the festive (££ expensive ££) season away from the missus may do you both good.
Leaving the beer alone for a day or two is a good idea, itll do you good, the pubs will be packed with bar flies anyway, youll not find a seat in the pub unless you stake your claim for one at 4pm & it`ll be a nightmare trying to get served at the bar
If you’re full time and have been there a while just phone in sick. Or ring up the following morning saying your drink was spiked. At my old place of work a fella claimed to of fallen out the loft getting the Christmas tree down, 2 weeks off over Christmas. Few years before that a bloke simply faked an ankle injury and hobbled out
Depends on how much you value your job though, if you’re already getting the sh/t end of the stick then what have you to lose? (Apart from your job obviously )
Sounds like they need some agency staff on double money and let all regular drivers have time at home maybe permanently.
mac12:
Sounds like they need some agency staff on double money and let all regular drivers have time at home maybe permanently.
+1
Give the shift/job to someone who actually wants it
Im sure the boss wont be too judgemental in selecting who he lays off in the new year
Tarrman:
ring up the following morning saying your drink was spiked.
Surely a “professional” driver wouldn`t be in the pub the night before a planned shift to start with?
peirre:
Surely a “professional” driver wouldn`t be in the pub the night before a planned shift to start with?
Why not, pub’s do serve non alcoholic drinks also.
bald bloke:
peirre:
Surely a “professional” driver wouldn`t be in the pub the night before a planned shift to start with?Why not, pub’s do serve non alcoholic drinks also.
they`ll be those dusty out of date bottles at the back of the fridge gathering dust, that no one actually drinks.
Meanwhile in the real world, anyone who is actually in the pub will be getting various alcoholic drinks shoved in front of them by all & sunder, & I doubt many of them will be non alcoholic. So trying to stay sober is probably onto a loser because the temptation will be too great
peirre:
bald bloke:
peirre:
Surely a “professional” driver wouldn`t be in the pub the night before a planned shift to start with?Why not, pub’s do serve non alcoholic drinks also.
they`ll be those dusty out of date bottles at the back of the fridge gathering dust, that no one actually drinks.
Meanwhile in the real world, anyone who is actually in the pub will be getting various alcoholic drinks shoved in front of them by all & sunder, & I doubt many of them will be non alcoholic. So trying to stay sober is probably onto a loser because the temptation will be too great
I must admit it’s been years since i was in a pub not drinking alcohol in fact many many years when i first started courting my now wife. The words pub and alcohol do go together.
Juddian:
You agreed to a work rota presumably when you started the job, seems part of your side of the bargain to go to work when required.If you follow Silver Surfers advice i look forward to your New Year thread, ‘‘Firm making redundancies, me and 3 others who took sickies have been got rid of, what can we do’’…
+1 Gotta do it - you burnt your arse when they (or you ) took the job on, now you’ve got to sit on the blister.
Hand in your notice now and give some lucky ■■■■ a happy new year …
welcome to the world of logistics
or as UPS put it … that’s logistics
bald bloke:
The words pub and alcohol do go together.
+1
