Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
At least ten dead, including one officer.
Prayers for those lost.
So sad.
You are in my prayers. 🙏
So sorry for your loss.
It must be so hard hearing this news when you are in the hospital.
Hugs.
WI'll try to catch a nap before nurse comes in
(Bonus points if it doesn't cost an arm and leg)
That’s great!
Get well soon!
Pamz - Yay!!! Antibodies How long since your shots? I know it takes a while for them to build up. Hopefully they will stay around.
I must admit I was quite shocked listening to the report. I'm not a member of the union (Unison is the one our employer recognises) and I put in plenty of voluntary hours apart from my contractual shifts, and if I added up I probably do make less than minimum wage per hour totalled up; but I'll be shot if I'd take a job that treated me as badly as that. You're responsible, you're on duty, you are required to be available - but you're not "actually working" so you don't get paid. To rub salt in the wounds, I discovered later on that even if you are called during the night it doesn't count unless whatever the client needs takes over an hour to deal with - i.e. the pay clock doesn't start ticking for 60 minutes. You could be called on the hour throughout the night and still not be able to claim any pay.
I doubt if you can refuse to do the overnight stays, it's probably built into the job description, but I haven't checked.
We don't do so badly in that we do get mileage, and we're salaried (i.e. not paid for hours worked), and we can even claim overtime for public holidays. But then again - I should think so! Name an office job where these aren't taken for granted!