[Onion Man]

Ever have enough rum, tequila, and triple sec in you where drinking an orange soda in the morning got you re-drunk???

Yeah.  That's my morning.

[Mystic]

You kidding, where I used to work at, Put-in-Bay, people would put booze in their coffee, and the OJ was always the screwdriver type. If you weren't drunk, you aren't having a good time.

[CanRay]

I used to do tech support.  We needed to be drunk to do our jobs properly, but the company had a strict "No-Drinking" policy.  They barely, barely allowed bottled water on the floor!

Needless to say, there was a high amount of turnover and after-work binge drinking.

[Charybdis]

I used to do tech support.  We needed to be drunk to do our jobs properly, but the company had a strict "No-Drinking" policy.  They barely, barely allowed bottled water on the floor!

Needless to say, there was a high amount of turnover and after-work binge drinking.

There are always ways.....

http://www.funis2cool.com/fun-stuff/hide-drink-at-work.html

[CanRay]

Drunk and doing tech support, man would I have been ugly!

Not that I was doing so hot at 3 AM.  Never could adjust to that schedule.

[PeterSmith]

Not that I was doing so hot at 3 AM.  Never could adjust to that schedule.

How often did you guys rotate?

[CanRay]

Ro-tate?

It was a seniority basis with provision for performance.  So a guy that's been there forever but sucks at his job just shy of getting fired gets the crappy shift.  I was mediocre at best.

[PeterSmith]

Got it. I was working at a place that wanted to go 24hr support, but for no good reason. When they came to us (consultants) our account manager said we were going to rotate shifts every week.

I told him where to shove his suggestion.

His obvious retort was to ask what my idea was. I told him to go monthly or longer, otherwise the rotation would chew us up. So we went with a monthly rotation...which lasted up until the buddy of one of the company guys got to first shift. "Chris is taking the first shift permanently, his girlfriend doesn't like the rotation." "Yeah, mine's not too keen on it either. She can suck it up like the rest of us." "It's settled. 2nd and 3rd shift rotate, client's request."

[CanRay]

Yeah, mine wasn't so bad for the folks that could adjust to things.  I can't.  I'm an afternoon person, and I was starting my shift just as my body and mind were winding down.  Never a good start. 

[BSOD]

haha, and I thought we lowly Students were bad.

[Stahlseele]

You are.
Myself, i only do late shift. 12:30 till 22:00
But if i could, i would start even later.
And i would do night shift too.
More money, less work, not a single person above my pay grade in the house.

[Digital_Viking]

You are.
Myself, i only do late shift. 12:30 till 22:00
But if i could, i would start even later.
And i would do night shift too.
More money, less work, not a single person above my pay grade in the house.

sounds like heaven.

[CanRay]

Until some idiot comes in, demeaning you and your skilled profession, demanding someone above your pay grade immediately.

And has legal papers in his hands.

[farothel]

Good tip for students: don't go to two free barrels Delerium Tremens (a beer here in Belgium, 12% alcohol) the evening before a practical exam.  Especially if that exam is Zoology.  Take it from me, getting into a room smelling of formaldehyde to find a crab in front of you that you have to dissect is not very funny.

[Mystic]

Don't know If I've told this before...ah well, here it is again.

At Put-In-Bay, at the end of the season, all us island workers would have one hell of a party. One bar, the Boathouse, would serve what they called "White Spider". It was easy to make: take all remaining clear liquor on the shelf, pour into a tub. Stir once with a boat oar, and serve. The reason it was called "White Spider": it had one HELL of a bite. It was also different every year.

My last year, I had five. Or, at least that's what I was told. Dont rememer much after number three.