I'm going to work in an hour

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:13 am

...and it's 11:22 at night. I'll be working until 9:00 tomorrow morning. I woke up at 7:00 this morning after going to bed at 1:00 last night.

What was I thinking?

I've been working this job for about six months and have finally managed to avoid the night shift for several weeks in a row. No more of that. NoDoz shall be my pal.

The worst part is, no Internet, so I can't even gab with yous. It's even around wakey time in London.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:14 am

What the hell are you gonna do all night?

Can't you bring a book or something?

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:30 am

Do you have to do some actual work, or is it a nightwatch where can you bring books, a psp, a mobile phone etc?

I am at work too now, but it's 8:45 in the morning.

Good luck!

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:43 am

I work nights all the time, so I sympathise.
I got in from work a half hour ago...7.30am.

Hope it went okay and you avoided drunks, neds and people who think they are vampires.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:02 am

KingMob wrote:neds

?

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:58 am

I wish.

Neds:
http://www.glasgowsurvival.co.uk/gallery/gallery2.html

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:00 am

Noooooo!! Kill it, you've got to kill it!

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:16 am

What the difference between neds and chavs?

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:39 am

Eline wrote:What the difference between neds and chavs?

Accent, mainly. Although there are some small cultural differences.
A ned is what we call chavs in Scotland.
Same thing, different words.

Do you have anything similar over your way?

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:47 am

In Sweden we (at least me and my friends) call them "Spännisar".

In swedish we say "att spänna sig".
In english that's "To flex your muscles".

Spänna = Flex.
Spännis is slang. So in english it'll be Flexers.

A Spännis typically wears expensive clothes, think they are extremly good looking, are stupid, have stupid girlfriends, and are extremly careful about their hair.

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:48 am

Unfortunately, we do.

People with bad taste and no manners.

Not sure what the name is though, we had a name in the nineties but that is a bit outdated, and I don't know if we have a new one.

I think every country has these people...

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:26 pm

Okay, I'm back. I survived. I got into some writing I was doing and read a buttload of comics. It is a night watch thing, so sometimes it's nice to have all that free time. Other times it's impossible to keep myself awake, like last night. F***, I'm tired. The worst part was having to walk the 3 miles home this morning. I have to go back from 6 pm tonight till midnight... I think I will have some ice cream and cry.

That last sentence brought to you by my increasingly strong feminine side. And not feminine in the "I am a woman!" Sojourner Truth style, but feminine as in Lifetime-watching, Anne of Green Gables-quoting, shoe-shopping, stereotype-reinforcing side.