The Goddess of All Evil

Man, I have NOT missed those night shifts... Tonight bought me just the one-off, as someone who usually works them had booked holiday. Naturally, as the John O'Shea of BP, my versatility came in handy as I was shoved into a Tuesday night shift that turned out to be long and fruitless capped off with a ridiculous and trivial hammering from The Goddess of All Evil.

I seem to remember last week, telling you lot about how amusing it was about her getting highly disgruntled with the night shift people about, "not doing things properly". Obviously, it's funny when it's not aimed at you, but tonight, it was. What I was greeted with though was just a series of untrue and frankly unfounded claims that I hadn't worked anything. I told her to check the cameras and come back with an apology, which I don't think she took so well... How I coped for 9 months working just night shifts, I will never, ever know.

In response, she gave me a trolley full of half-filled boxes and was told to go and, "do what I should have done a few hours ago". Of course, these boxes were half-full because I had opened them and done them already, so I spent 20 minutes inspecting the work I had already done before taking these boxes back to their rightful position in the warehouse. What she had made me done then, was take out 10-15 boxes, look at some confectionary for 20 minutes, and take the boxes back again. What the actual f***?

It infuriates me. Sorry. There is no need to take out your early morning weariness and frustration on a pair of people who have been hard at work all night, through the most unsociable hours of the day, just because you can. I am so glad I don't have many of these night shifts to complete, otherwise I might just snap at any moment. Like I say, I'm amazed I lasted 9 months of this bull, complete with the troubles of The Wall, who is still nowhere to be seen. It also goes without saying that if the hours went by more slowly, they would have been going backwards.

And... breathe. I have 3 days off to enjoy now, including probable wasted antics tomorrow night, and a couple of hopefully, relaxing days before another weekend slog of work and cricket. I work Saturday morning, (with Legend Alex, phew), before cricket and Sunday afternoon, but luckily, I am missing no cricket whatsoever due to our team having a free week.

At least I don't have to put up with another night shift... Not until next week! And now, I am going to bed, with the alarm set for a respectable 3.15pm, before hearing about this... argument...