To feel utterly depressed and fed up and consider calling in sick to give myself a Christmas break?

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Started a new job early this year.

The shift pattern was hard in the first place (often 1 day off in 10 etc) but the Christmas rota has been horrendous.

I had to work the whole week before Christmas with just Christmas Eve off - I then worked Christmas Day, Boxing Day and I'm working today so that's every single bank holiday. I'm off tomorrow but then I'm working Thursday, Friday and Saturday with just New Year's Day off. I'm then back for the bank holiday Monday (surprise sunrise) and off Tuesday. I'm then back the rest of the week until the weekend of 7/8th Jan.

I have had no Christmas holiday at all. I've not even had two days off together. I've not seen my husband really or my kids. I'm exhausted. I'm fed up. I feel physically sick at the thought of going in for three more days on the trot. I feel victimised with the rota (nobody else's is as bad as mine, a few people have admitted this) and I feel utterly fucked off.

I'm so tired. WIBU to ring in sick on Thursday and Friday to give myself some time off and a rest? I'm handing in my notice this week also.

I wouldnt call in sick, just resign and know the end is nigh.

I also think they should ban the weird single/childless people expressing their entirely irrelevant opinions.

My opinion is entirely relevant here. I have to work with entitled parents who think their children give them a free pass to behave exactly as they want. The vast vast majority are absolutely sensible and willing to give and take as needs be (as it should be in any good work place).

Zimmer - they are obviously exceptions. However they still should think about it and their single colleagues should do too. Most decent people do.

Lesmacarons I shall stop commenting - shut up is rude- when I feel like it, not because you say so.

Oh ignore the goady twat
Katie is that you?????

I really think both of you should get lost to the 'Parents are over-entitled whiners and their kids bother us in hotels' forum and let parents advise each other.

They may not know who you are. Dangerous. We are parents and you have no idea what we are going through.

Are you always this nasty to childless people, Les? So those people that can't have kids should just shut up and work for those that can? Yet you're telling other people that they're selfish! Wow. 😮

You think we are 'entitled' which is a prejudiced view of parents we get all the time.

When a parent says they are more entitled to have time off in the summer holidays than me even though that's the only time me and dh can go away together, that's entitled behaviour. When a parent says they are more entitled to have Christmas Day off than me because they have children (even though there's another parent there for the kids), that's entitled behaviour.

I am (and have been) more than willing to cover for illness, childcare emergencies and nativity plays where the same is reciprocated but stating that you're intrinsically more allowed time off because you have a child is not right.

Many many threads show most parents actually agree with this.

I think equality of opportunity in employment is important. I really don't see what's wrong with that. I don't recall saying I was "anti parent" either. That's your interpretation.

What kind of a person doesn't like kids or parents but posts on mumsnet? Ban them.

Now you're just embarrassing yourself.

I like children. I like most parents. I don't like PEOPLE who think that because I don't have any children my time off isn't of any value.

Les macarons you're making yourself sound spectacularly simplistic and a bit dim, tbh

What rubbish am I telling these "young mums"?

Woah les. Someone got out of bed the wrong side this morning then.

I think you'll find that we all have the right to an opinion n this country regardless of our reproductive and relationship status.

Bitter, much?

I think macarons may have been on the sherry, or spent too long locked in a house full of her family at christmas
Or a goady twat avin a larf
Or a bit dim
Or in need of ignoring
Take your pick

Les shut up and stop being a twat

This is hilarious. Someone trying to express a shit opinion and make themselves appear credible when they apparently don't know what website they're on.

I dont think non parents should have to give up Christmas in favour of parents. In an ideal world it would be done on a voluntary basis as much as possible.

WTF has happened to this thread? Hopefully the OP is cheered up, having a good laugh at the madness!

Reported.

No - most forums are for general use. This should be a safe place to discuss our parenting issues.

Already this morning we have to 'out' a bloke just looking for a date and now several unqualified people who are anti these people giving out bad advice. Dangerous.

Op - I really feel for you having that rota, both myself and my husband are hcps and have both had shocking Christmas rotas previously when others had all of it off, it's unfair and it's exhausting. Glad you aren't ringing in sick as you know the impact it will have on colleagues but do hand in your resignation and look forward to your last shift.

les - I have never heard anything so bizarre. HCPs can't just not work Christmas because they have children! DH and I are lucky enough now to have community jobs and I get all bank holidays off and he works normal hours and happily he has been off this Christmas but had he have had to work that would have been fine. At the end of the day our DD would have been happily at home with me and family but who would have gone to the vulnerable, elderly person who has no family and needed insulin? Or the palliative patient who's dying at home and needed pain meds if my husband was down to work but refused? HCPs aren't in the job because of the money, they are in it because they care and want to make a difference to people. To imply they are neglecting their children because of this is disgusting. Lucky you that you aren't expected to work Christmas but many are and I really think you need to take a long hard look at yourself because your attitude both to parents who work and previous posters is disgusting. and piss off to netmums

PMSL at reported

Les you can't just keep reporting things you don't like. That's not how forums work.

You can't cure stupid