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My CS has not started yet

I only found out 10 minutes before this thread that my mom will not take me
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Its a petrol garage that shuts at 11pm till 6am

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- tell them you won't charge for the security duty ;)

- sorry..:)

I still think you need to find some way to crash near work, but not having any cash, doesn't help. The way your mum is talking, you almost qualify as homeless - is there an hostel anywhere near?

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At your age it should not be a problem to manage on little sleep and buses normally start running at about 5.30 am. The one thing you must not do is drive the car!

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I need to be there for 6am

Its longer then a 30 minute bus journey

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Start walking. :walk:

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Thats not constructive Roy.....

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As Roy says start walking and hopefully the bus will catch you up, it is the only way if you do not want to loose your job or get done for a long list of offences for driving the car :(

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I suggest you talk to your mother and see if she would reconsider her position.

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Can you not ring work and arrange a shift swap with someone? Most folks would be happy for someone else to do a Friday evening shift for them.

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Or how about just get the bus and if you arrive late then apologise and make alternative arrangements for the future, it is'nt something to panic about, unless you have a history of poor timekeeping the odd occasion whilst still wrong will be ignored in general.

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The other thing to remember is that you are more likely to get pulled if you are out in the car at "unsociable" hours

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Speaking of which, can't / won't your boss lay on a taxi service for employee's who are working unsociable hours ???? like they do in some pubs and clubs
failing that, as HM says, bike it, 13 miles should take you less than an hour and you'll keep fit into the bargain, I've just started biking again and do quite a lot of mileage ...... for my age :rolleyes: :D

:2cents:

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So she'd rather you ended up sacked or, worse, in jail? Is it just me, or does that seem rather harsh? Okay, you broke the law, but it's not as if you're not doing your best to make up for it, and you have a regular job.

Try explaining your situation to your boss to see if he'll arrange a shift change. When all's said and done, an employer wants his employees to be there; unless he's a jobsworth, surely something can be worked out for an employee who's genuinely having trouble getting to work, at least until you move. Or maybe there's someone who can give you a lift.

As to time between shifts, by the terms of the EU Working Time Directive, you're legally entitled to not less than 11 consecutive hours rest in any 24- hour period, irrespective of the length of the shifts. Not only that, it doesn't mean from midnight to midnight - it means any period of 24 consecutive hours (because, of course, a night shift would cover two weekdays). If you're finishing one shift at 10pm and starting another at 6am the next day, that's only 8 hours. Unless you've signed a document to opt out of the Directive, your employer's breaking the law expecting you to work those hours.

(Incidentally, there is currently massive pressure to remove the opt-out clause, for the simple reason that it is being widely abused in the UK - many workers don't know it's optional for each individual, and their unscrupulous employers don't want them to know. We're the only member state to have such a thing. Despite the Directive, we still have the longest working hours in the EU.)

I work nights, 10pm - 6am. This causes problems every year at Easter, since Good Friday is a bank holiday and our place doesn't do bank holidays...they don't want to pay double time or whatever, of course. ;) One year they got around this by having us do our usual 10-6 shift Wednesday night to Thursday morning, then a 4-12 shift on the Thursday, so we weren't working at any time during the bank holiday. The following year, I worked out when Good Friday would be and made bloody sure I booked the Thursday night off. At the time, though, neither we nor our boss had learned about the Directive.

The year after that, we did - and told them in no uncertain terms to get stuffed. They were still trying to claim it was only 8 hours we were entitled to - even after I took a hard copy of the legislation from a Health & Safety website. They even tried to claim the legislation wasn't current, or hadn't been implemented in the UK...in fact it was implemented in 1998.

So now we just work our normal hours...but the cheapskates won't pay us double for the 6 hours we work on a bank holiday. Gits.

Let us know how you get on.

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Borrow a bicycle.Surely this is the best and cheapest alternative in the circumstances until you can save up for a motorbike/moped which you can ride alone on a provisional licence.Yes I know you want to drive a car and would rather own a car but in the short term this is the best answer.The main thing is to keep earning and saving until you can move.Best to stick with small goals until you turn your life around.

Besides if you mutter about buying a motor bike I think your mother MIGHT just change her mind. ;)

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Where are you in Birmingham Angelus (I think I've asked you before, but I can't remember :dunce: )?

Most of Birmingham still has night buses on, so you may be able to work it that way