More on my upcoming work snafu
So, the buses don't run that early. Since it's too far to walk, that would mean a taxi. So out of the £11 I would theoretically have if I took the three-day Ireland job, that's £4 gone already.
Another problem is the fact that whoever compiled this worksheet doesn't seem to have looked at what people might have been doing on the previous week and how that might affect their getting to work the next day. For example, myself and a couple of others who've been scheduled for the Ireland jobs need to be at the pick-up point at 5:30 on Monday morning. However, on Sunday we're also supposed to be down in Portsmouth, for a job which would theoretically end at around 0030 or 0100. It takes four-five hours to drive to or from Portsmouth from Stoke-on-Trent. It therefore shouldn't take a genius to work out that we actually wouldn't be getting back in time to make the pickup for the Ireland jobs in the first place.
And just to put a cherry on top of all this, I got a text yesterday and a call today asking if I was available for other jobs tomorrow! Which I'd like to be, but the money situation is such that I simply can't afford to right now (my choices are limited to "Work on Sunday and cancel the Ireland jobs" or "Cancel the Sunday job, work the Ireland jobs and be prepared to starve while you're over there"). But the person who phoned me didn't sound very impressed when I explained my situation in brief to him. Am I the only person trying to work on a budget?
Arrgh.
Another problem is the fact that whoever compiled this worksheet doesn't seem to have looked at what people might have been doing on the previous week and how that might affect their getting to work the next day. For example, myself and a couple of others who've been scheduled for the Ireland jobs need to be at the pick-up point at 5:30 on Monday morning. However, on Sunday we're also supposed to be down in Portsmouth, for a job which would theoretically end at around 0030 or 0100. It takes four-five hours to drive to or from Portsmouth from Stoke-on-Trent. It therefore shouldn't take a genius to work out that we actually wouldn't be getting back in time to make the pickup for the Ireland jobs in the first place.
And just to put a cherry on top of all this, I got a text yesterday and a call today asking if I was available for other jobs tomorrow! Which I'd like to be, but the money situation is such that I simply can't afford to right now (my choices are limited to "Work on Sunday and cancel the Ireland jobs" or "Cancel the Sunday job, work the Ireland jobs and be prepared to starve while you're over there"). But the person who phoned me didn't sound very impressed when I explained my situation in brief to him. Am I the only person trying to work on a budget?
Arrgh.