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pete a firm "yes" or "no" seems so much more logical than a "well instead of telling you last week, you'll have to wait until the day of to hear whether or not you'll have your first shift in exactly a month. don't worry we'll do our best to tell you earlier, but it may still be last minute."

what a way to place a drain on a saturday otherwise planned to be spent working on an assignment i was coerced (gently) into accepting.
060118
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x twisted x i agree with the above blatherer. on call hours are insanity. i hate how when im on call i cant plan anything, or if i do i have to be prepared to break all my plans because chances are ill be called in. i hate those shifts. hate them, hate them, hate them. 060118