Quote Originally Posted by Pike View Post
I just finished a sixteen hour work shift.

Sixteen. Hours. At. Work.

It came hot on the heels of an eleven hour work shift with just seven hours inbetween.

Talk about times you have had to do the WORST THING EVER for an excruciating amount of time.
24 hour shift.

When I worked with my dad we did essentially cat5/3 (data/voice) cable moves. Like the company will for some reason or another move all of their furniture 3 feet to the east. Then 3 feet to the west. Several times a year. Hey it paid for our livelihood who am I to argue?

So what we had to do was cut all of the jacks out and pull out the cable and put it in a corner. Then the furniture people will disassemble the furniture and move it 3 feet to the east and assemble it.

When they are done we go in and pull all the cables back where they were and terminate them.

Got it? Good. It's Sunday evening and we have to finish up 3 more desks. Everything's terminated. Let's test them....they don't work.

WTF? troubleshoot. Try again. Same. WTF????

hours pass. Dad goes into the switch room. I go crazy and delirious. I misplace a pen. (my dad took it and I didn't know) It makes me snap. I want this to end. I contemplate suicide. It was terrible.

Dad comes back. We finish up the job. It's 5am. Monday morning. People will come into the office soon. All is well in the world.

NEVER AGAIN