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Night Shift

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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okay @plasmo

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SO, today I learned that sick leave is not paid the same as annual leave.

A couple of times, because of some personal issues, I asked for time off. My manager put it on annual leave, and I got paid like normal.

On Friday, I had a calf muscle injury, which I'm pretty sure was a nerve injury, because it was weirdly all around my leg.. so I gave my manager a medical certificate and said I was going to take the night off.

Well, I just got paid $33 less than what I normally get 😭. I work overnight, so we get paid penalty rates... but sick leave gets charged the normal rate of pay!

I took a bit extra out this week, and thankfully I had some money left over from last week, but it's still about $10 less than what I would have otherwise.

I mean I got paid for sleeping, so I shouldn't be complaining!

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Had all but forgotten 90s Iggy @plasmo

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yeh doing 90s tumbleweed

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dinosaur jr are good too

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watching an ep of one step beyond, twilight zone kind of show

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Never got into them @plasmo .. Helmet Frontendloader Breeders Edie Brickell Cowboy jun keys well from less famous ones IceT lol

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i've had my cup of tea but i'm gonna stick it out and watch hard quiz.

finished doing stufd at midnite last nite but still awake st 6am whee
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