Reply #6: The hard thing is, he's not on the third shift. [View All]

[Brickbat]

He's on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. He has 10 hours of rest after he clocks out, and then the phone can ring any time. He's not senior enough to have a set schedule. It's hard for him to say on a Monday that he can go to school conferences on Tuesday.

We knew this when he took the job, and so far the payoff has been worth it. Some calls are harder than others, though. A 5 a.m.-5 p.m. through Northern Minnesota on a gorgeous fall day? No job is better. 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. in a blizzard? Not so much.

I admire the hell out of your writing and feel sympathetic toward you when I read it because I know how hard Mr. Brickbat works. Transportation is a bitch goddess with rewards and punishments -- it's like there's no middle ground.