Wednesday, April 04, 2007
One Week to go
In one week, I will be heading to Arizona for the IM. A good 15 months of training. I am more than ready to go. I feel really well. My body is in great shape,, batter shape than it has ever been. I am weighing around 175 pounds, all my events are good. I can do all of them well and for a long time. I will have a good race. I am treating it like a long training day.
Today is April 4th and it brings back a memory of when I worked out at the plant. I worked shift work. Four days on and four days off. We had four shifts that cycled through the weeks providing 24 hour coverage 7 days a week. At the plant there were also a lot of day shift workers. The day shift people were working in clerical, administrative , maintenance and jobs like that. At the plant, we had one floating holiday that everyone voted on. Usually every one voted for the day after Christmas or some other holiday that would give a four day weekend. It was pretty much a given that the floating day would be to the benefit of the day workers since the shift workers had to work their own scheduled. Well, one year, all the shift workers petitioned management to allow the shift workers to use the floating holiday whenever an individual wanted. So basically, the shift worker would end up with an extra day of vacation. Management turned down our request for the change. No discussion, just keep it the way it was. The shift workers took matters into their own hands. We all organized the voting so that we all voted for April 4th , which happened to fall on a Wednesday. What this meant was that if we had enough votes, everyone would have to take a Wednesday off for the floating holiday. Not next to a holiday,, not next to a weekend,, but one day,,in the middle of the week. As it turned out, we had enough votes and we won our day off,, the 4th of April. The day workers were upset. The Plant Manager was a day worker,, the Director of HR, a day worker,, so as you can see, this impacted many people. The very next year,, they changed the rules on the floating holiday... Every year when 4/4 comes by,, I think back to that event.
Today is April 4th and it brings back a memory of when I worked out at the plant. I worked shift work. Four days on and four days off. We had four shifts that cycled through the weeks providing 24 hour coverage 7 days a week. At the plant there were also a lot of day shift workers. The day shift people were working in clerical, administrative , maintenance and jobs like that. At the plant, we had one floating holiday that everyone voted on. Usually every one voted for the day after Christmas or some other holiday that would give a four day weekend. It was pretty much a given that the floating day would be to the benefit of the day workers since the shift workers had to work their own scheduled. Well, one year, all the shift workers petitioned management to allow the shift workers to use the floating holiday whenever an individual wanted. So basically, the shift worker would end up with an extra day of vacation. Management turned down our request for the change. No discussion, just keep it the way it was. The shift workers took matters into their own hands. We all organized the voting so that we all voted for April 4th , which happened to fall on a Wednesday. What this meant was that if we had enough votes, everyone would have to take a Wednesday off for the floating holiday. Not next to a holiday,, not next to a weekend,, but one day,,in the middle of the week. As it turned out, we had enough votes and we won our day off,, the 4th of April. The day workers were upset. The Plant Manager was a day worker,, the Director of HR, a day worker,, so as you can see, this impacted many people. The very next year,, they changed the rules on the floating holiday... Every year when 4/4 comes by,, I think back to that event.
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