Caporegime
yay for insomnia....
what are the 31 other people browsing this forum upto then?
what are the 31 other people browsing this forum upto then?
cannot sleep and work in 3 hours....
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Soldato
Importing data into a database, ready for my boss's presentation this morning... which is running really slowly 
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Soldato
Going to bed now 
my normal bed time these days!
my normal bed time these days! 
Importing data into a database, ready for my boss's presentation this morning... which is running really slowly
that sucks Pho. Does he know your up this late working?
Associate
didnt go to bed till 8am yesterday so didnt get up till 6pm. so wide awake facebook chatting with some of my fellow nocturnal students.
I'm in the Christmas spirit, but not right now....gash. I can hear Mum's bf up getting ready for work, que him walking in soon wondering why I'm up...nosey sod.
i automatically gravitate to sleeping during the day and waking during the night.
but also, i'm on holiday so i'm celebrating by watching farscape.
i've just watched 9 hours worth (12 episodes) without pause...
i LOVE the holidays
Soldato
Morning fellas, been up all night too, moving today so cleaning the flat, was about to go to sleep but knowing me if I did, I sleep straight through an alarm !
Soldato
On my break, back in 13 mins
Luckily it seems most of Birmingham and the Black Country have actually slept tonight rather than dial 999.
Luckily it seems most of Birmingham and the Black Country have actually slept tonight rather than dial 999.
Thats gotta be an intense job to do West. May I ask what the pay is like?
Soldato
As a dispatcher, i'm on NHS band 4, atm my pay is 17k+25% so around 22k.
Intense isn't the word sometimes, last night we have double our normal workload for a Saturday (over 2000 incidents) and we struggled to get breaks done for both us and the crews, my normal role is Radio, so you have to be on your toes taking shouts from crews, as well as making sure jobs are allocated, but the Commander for the control room bought us all Pizza, so it wasn't all bad
Intense isn't the word sometimes, last night we have double our normal workload for a Saturday (over 2000 incidents) and we struggled to get breaks done for both us and the crews, my normal role is Radio, so you have to be on your toes taking shouts from crews, as well as making sure jobs are allocated, but the Commander for the control room bought us all Pizza, so it wasn't all bad
Associate
Living in Australia so it's daytime over here!
So basically I'm avoiding working...
So basically I'm avoiding working...
As a dispatcher, i'm on NHS band 4, atm my pay is 17k+25% so around 22k.
Intense isn't the word sometimes, last night we have double our normal workload for a Saturday (over 2000 incidents) and we struggled to get breaks done for both us and the crews, my normal role is Radio, so you have to be on your toes taking shouts from crews, as well as making sure jobs are allocated, but the Commander for the control room bought us all Pizza, so it wasn't all bad
As horrible as it is taking the calls....it sounds like a good job!
Caporegime
I could not sleep for I got up, ate some pasta, has a small cup of coffee with 2 and a half tablespoons of coffee.
Got a sleep problem I think, my bed ain't helping it's like sleeping on a hard floor.
Got a sleep problem I think, my bed ain't helping it's like sleeping on a hard floor.
Soldato
As horrible as it is taking the calls....it sounds like a good job!
I've not had this much job satisfaction since working with kids, and I put my heart and soul into that job, it's certainly interesting and gives you a whole new perspective on the way 999 calls are handled.. I take a lot of pride in what I do, and I go to bed happy that I help a lot of genuine people and occasionally being part of saving a life, and that feeling is absolutley unbeatable
Sounds like something I wouldn't mind doing!
Soldato
I don't get tired enough to go to bed till around 4ish.