Meathauler:
In the 1980’s hauling meat starting at 3am Monday if by 2pm on Wednesday I had not done 40hrs I was having a bad week and by 1pm Saturday after cleaning the rig I usually had clocked between 85 / 95 hrs ( good old log books ) so I estimated that in 5 years I had actually worked 10 years and thats why I took early retirement at the age of 59 now its just a bit of casual to Supermarket RDC’s over winter to pay for the 6 months holiday I take touring Europe which makes it all worth while.
At busy times like Easter and Christmas a 25/26 hour day was the norm starting at 5am doing local runs then loading late afternoon going home for some dinner then out on a night delivery usually to Iceland Coldstore or Bejams Coldstores collect fresh meat from abbatoir then back to the factory and home to bed totally deadbeat ,
I thought you could only book 25 hours if you’d worked your dinner break?
axletramp:
Meathauler:
In the 1980’s hauling meat starting at 3am Monday if by 2pm on Wednesday I had not done 40hrs I was having a bad week and by 1pm Saturday after cleaning the rig I usually had clocked between 85 / 95 hrs ( good old log books ) so I estimated that in 5 years I had actually worked 10 years and thats why I took early retirement at the age of 59 now its just a bit of casual to Supermarket RDC’s over winter to pay for the 6 months holiday I take touring Europe which makes it all worth while.
At busy times like Easter and Christmas a 25/26 hour day was the norm starting at 5am doing local runs then loading late afternoon going home for some dinner then out on a night delivery usually to Iceland Coldstore or Bejams Coldstores collect fresh meat from abbatoir then back to the factory and home to bed totally deadbeat ,
I thought you could only book 25 hours if you’d worked your dinner break?
And a day off for your funeral!