I am beat. Most 9-5ers don't get this, but working three or four 12 hour shifts (as a Nurse, anyways) in a week is full-time! I can't count the number of times I've had people say to me: "Oh my gosh! I wish I had a job like yours! You have so much time off!" Are you freaking retarded?! Ever notice that I leave before the sun is up and get home when it's gone down?! I hear it at home, too. "Why can't you get the groceries? You're off for the next three days..." "Do you mind going to the Post Office for me? It's just that you're off today and I'm only off on the weekend..." Ugh!
So I feel the need to educate people. 3x12=36. Add a few hours of overtime or the inevitable having to stay late and you're well over 40 hours a week. That's not sitting at a desk job, either. Our job is literally dealing with life and death. Everyday. I'm not being dramatic. It's a fact. It's on your feet, physical and mental work, organizing, coordinating and planning, holding 100 pound legs up for 3 hours work. Get it? So, your sleeping until 0730 is what I need to do on my day off. And the stuff that you do when you get home at 5pm - that's the stuff I need to do on my day off.
Ok. I'm done.
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