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Working on St Patricks Day

  • 17-03-2008 10:24am
    #1
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    So...


    Who's forced to work? and What line of work has you working today?

    Is it as Busy or as Quiet as normal? Do you get anything special?


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  • #2
    T J Hooker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭T J Hooker


    Choice of working it or getting it off. If you work it, its only a five hour day and you get a nine hour day off in turn for it.
    Its car sales and I'd say its going to be dead!


  • #3
    Mena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Mena


    I'll post on behalf of my wife if that's ok.

    14 Hour shift yesterday, back in at 7am this morning and expected home tonight at around 10pm. She's a graphic designer for a newspaper and today being print day, they're up the walls.

    :mad:


  • #4
    bookiebasher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 331 ✭✭bookiebasher


    in the office until 6 sob sob...


  • #5
    Xcellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,821 ✭✭✭Xcellor


    In the office Call centre. Tech lead...

    Not really super quiet because we look after Europe.


  • #6
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    Xcellor wrote: »
    In the office Call centre. Tech lead...

    Not really super quiet because we look after Europe.

    your not my boss, are you? :)


    i'm Currently Supporting An Insurance COmpany in the uk and Europe, which decided to stay open, cause i think they just hate us here in the dublin support desk :(


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  • #7
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Have to work it but get double time, score! :D
    Tax man takes 41% of it though :(


  • #8
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    Seeing as retailers can't reply, due to being on the shop floor, I'd like to big them up as I was just able to buy some butter and a nice cake for me mam. I salute you, oh paddys day workers.


  • #9
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    I'm working today :mad:

    Bloody Germans don't recognise St.Patricks day or Steak and a Blow Job Day :mad:


  • #10
    eve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 427 ✭✭eve


    I work in IT for a global financial company. It's about average-still have people in the rest of Europe and the States looking for help. Not getting paid but getting 2 extra days holidays in lieu


  • #11
    *Dallas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭*Dallas


    I have to work today also in a call centre. Why can't patrick's day be a bank holiday in the UK aswell ggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :mad:


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  • #12
    board om
    Closed Accounts Posts: 643 ✭✭✭board om


    i saw on the news earlier that loads of staff in stockbrokers were called in to work to cope with the massive sell-off of shares due to the bear sterns bank crisis.

    have we any finance workers here who were dragged in to work this morning? most likely with serious hang-overs......


  • #13
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,315 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Xcellor wrote: »
    In the office Call centre. Tech lead...

    Not really super quiet because we look after Europe.
    Know the feeling. This morning was like usual, minus any Irish people. Still got calls from the UK, Middle East, Germany, the Netherlands, and a few other countries. All in all, a usual Monday.

    agent smith what's it like down there.


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