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What has been your longest working day?

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  • When I worked in a supermarket I used to do 5 and 6 x 12 hour shifts in a row to cover holidays and absences, I regularly used to work 6am until 11pm often for the same reasons, but with a lot of breaks to help.

    Wouldn't dare do it now though.
  • Xbigman
    Xbigman Posts: 3,918 Forumite
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    I worked in a bakery where the Friday afternoon shift did 14.00 till finish. I was called in at 10.00 to cover a sick colleague and after several breakdowns and other mayhem I finished at 13.15 saturday afternoon.
    With travelling that's about 28 hours.


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  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    bugslett wrote: »
    36, 33 hours non stop driving and 3 hours admin. Like others , went to bed and couldn't get to sleep.


    I take it that was in pre-tachograph days. And that you wouldn't condone anything remotely like it for any of your drivers.
  • societys_child
    societys_child Posts: 7,110 Forumite
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    Mmm, done a few 24 hour days, and more . . :eek:
  • ttoli
    ttoli Posts: 825 Forumite
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    Regularly used to work 7 Nights on 7 Nights off 12 Hour shift patterns , first 2 days off was a battle to sleep
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,088 Forumite
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    Another annoying and pointless JackCork thread!
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • Doshwaster
    Doshwaster Posts: 6,351 Forumite
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    I once did a day trip to a meeting in Stockholm. Left home at about 3am to get to the airport for an early flight. All day in meetings. Customer took us for dinner afterwards, back to the airport for the last flight to London, landed about 1am and finally got home at about 3am, just about 24 hours after leaving the previous morning.

    That was when I was much younger. These days I would insist on flying the evening before.
  • Fiona_CW
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    I was a junior doctor in late 90s. On my weekend on (1 in 4) I would start at 8.30am on Saturday and finish at 5pm on Monday!
  • z1a
    z1a Posts: 2,522 Forumite
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    About 14 hours when Falklands conflict kicked off.
  • ceredigion
    ceredigion Posts: 3,709 Forumite
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    Doing some plastering in a commercial premises.
    Turned up at 3pm on Friday and got rid of the office staff, went home at 6pm Sunday evening. So 51 hours straight through.
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