Anyone else working Christmas day ? come and perch on my misery bench !

[frumpet]

I am working Christmas eve and Christmas day this year , anyone else ? Should hopefully be home to have a few hours with the children on Christmas eve and given they get up beyond silly o'clock Christmas day will see them open their proper presents in the morning before heading off for work , so all in all not so badly done to

[sugar21]

Yes Im working all Christmas, no time off until 6th Jan.

[frumpet]

I am putting a nice comfy cushion on your bit of the bench sugar and will be free and easy with the nibbles and drinks

[CheradenineZakalwe]

Budge up on the bench! 12 hour shift Christmas day here. Fair chance I won't see my DS at all, luckily he's too young to 'get' it all this year.

[frumpet]

shuffles over and passes down nibbles to Cheradenine

[CheradenineZakalwe]

Cheers!

We're having nice food and presents on xmas eve, just me, DH and DS, and then DH is working boxing day but I'm doing a dinner for the rest of the family. It's going to be busy!

[Perfectlypurple]

I am a day shift and dh a late shift. So when I get up at 5am he will still be asleep and when he gets home at gone midnight I will be asleep as early start again next day.

[itsthecircleoflife]

I cant wait. Triple time and it should be pretty quiet! Ill be working 9pm-3am on Xmas day, Boxing day and New Years Day.
I imagine ill be feeling a lot more more grim about it if I had children, hence why I volunteered to work it.

I swear its nothing to do with the extra money because ive got my eyes on a new handbag

[2plus1plusL1]

Goodness - what do you all do? It can be easy to forget those who have to work

[antimatter]

I am so happy I don't work Christma or weekends any more!
I rolled off that bench without any regrets even though I lost some income.

[CheradenineZakalwe]

Mental health nurse here. Christmas day is usually fairly chilled, although there's always a chance of things kicking off (specialist service, high risk of violence).

Our plan is to do a proper dinner so everyone is too stuffed to fight and just falls asleep.

[frumpet]

I am a nurse , any other takers ?

[frumpet]

Itsthe show me the handbag !!!!!

[cowssheephens]

to you all that work on Christmas Day! It really isn't fair when you have DCs.

[GeraldineFangedVagine]

I'm a nurse too and dont know yet. If I have to it will be a shame, but it is sort of my turn so I won't moan. I am going to offer to do New year nights pre emptively for brownie points though ;)

[CheradenineZakalwe]

See, I do think that just because I decided to breed doesn't mean I should get every xmas off Everyone has family's they want to be with (mostly). But yeah, that's when I'm feeling particularly rational; ask me again if it's fair christmas morning!

[cowssheephens]

Ok, maybe I should have included 'young' DCs.

[Pipestheghost]

DP is, mental health nurse.

[Chapsie]

Sorry some of you have to work but thank you

[Pipestheghost]

We're going to let the dc's open their 'big' presents on Christmas eve instead

[Ledkr]

I did it for years as a mental health nurse and then a residential childcare worker.
Thrilled at not having to do that anymore but then go and marry someone who has to!
So I'm on the bench by proxy!!

[itsthecircleoflife]

Here you go frumble

www.mulberry.com/shop/women/bags/totes/alice-zipped-tote-black-small-classic-grain


Its a big splurge but my treat for working over Xmas/New Year and ive wanted a Mulberry for ageees.

[susielovessocks]

Only working 3 hours in the morning here so I'll consider myself lucky. My mum is cooking so the upside is I come home to my lunch cremated cooked for me

[frumpet]

Plenty of room on the bench Ledkr

[frumpet]

Love it itsthe , you deserve to treat yourself

[Ledkr]

I am planning on telling my once a year dad and dds not that much better dad to fuck off visit later this year as I want dh to be able to get to bed for a few hours before dinner.
They come about ten and Interupt our present opening which this year will it be very welcome.