What do you do at night?

[Moonwatcher]

I normally go to a club hoping to meet someone who really loves me. After standing by myself for a bit I leaving on my own I go home to cry and wish that I died.

Well, I no longer need to post my nightly ritual...

 

[Demosthenes]

There is a difference between state government department public servants and nurses, doctors, teachers etc etc on the front line of service delivery to the community. As a member of the second group (not a teacher) we have lots and lots of work to do with no commercial imperative.

It's not a question of how much work there is. It's a question of how incentivised you are to work hard. Which is 'not very', since there is little in terms of commercial imperative driving productivity, and comparatively few consequences for being unproductive (given aforesaid nigh-unsackability). Which is not to say everyone in the public sector is lazy, but in general far less is expected and required of them than the private sector. A lack of productivity has never lost a government worker their job.

Incidentally, if you're a doctor, your username is incredibly appropriate. ASMOF, the AMA and the colleges are killing the healthcare system in this country.

 

[cartel]

Lol, when there's a backlog of patients on a nightshift to be seen creating a 13 hour shift without a break, it's kind of a bit rough to say less is expected than the private sector.

Some people have other motives for doing the work that they do other than profit.

 

[Gasometer]

Is it tea or dinner?

 

[cartel]

Tea

 

[Gough]

Dinner, you take tea at 3.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Dinner

 

[Perth gal]

Im a nurse in the public sector. Anyone whinging about the amount the medical staff have to do can gtfo.

 

[Demosthenes]

Lol, when there's a backlog of patients on a nightshift to be seen creating a 13 hour shift without a break, it's kind of a bit rough to say less is expected than the private sector.

Some people have other motives for doing the work that they do other than profit.

Gotta love heath workers complaining about overwork. The private sector would kill for your overtime penalties, callback rates, leave entitlements...

There's a reason virtually nobody leaves government work once they get into the system.

Im a nurse in the public sector. Anyone whinging about the amount the medical staff have to do can gtfo.

 

[exe ex machina]

I am the wrath of God
And I am coming down

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

Is it tea or dinner?

Tea

 

[ash_1050]

Well, I no longer need to post my nightly ritual...

You shut your mouth. How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does.

 

[Perth gal]

Gotta love heath workers complaining about overwork. The private sector would kill for your overtime penalties, callback rates, leave entitlements...

There's a reason virtually nobody leaves government work once they get into the system.

And what do you do for a living ?

 

[Borry]

Better stuff than whinging about how easy people have it in jobs i have never worked in and am not really qualified to criticize really.

After work Monday to Thursday its usually a little nap followed by some physical activity (gym, jogging/running, rugby) then dinner and then relaxing and watching TV and browsing the net.

Friday nights either going out or going to the gym followed by a walk on the beach. Same for Saturdays prior to footy season starting. Followed by internet stuff and relaxation.

 

[Spanghertron]

After watching neighbours, i climb down the big gum tree in the street, pack away my nightvision goggles, go home and have a late dinner.

 

[Demosthenes]

And what do you do for a living ?

Nothing particularly strenuous. I don't pretend otherwise though.

 

[NotAMagpieBogan]

I say Tea and Dinner. I usually say tea when I'm just with my family, but I'll say dinner if I'm with others.

 

[Speck]

I get the whole debate about "commercial imperative" for corporate jobs, but you also need to factor in what I'd call "survival imperative" for health care workers (who often fall in the public servants category).

 

[exe ex machina]

It's not about what I do in the night.....it's about what the night does to me

 

[Sydney Bloods]

I am the wrath of God
And I am coming down

remind me to put you up next december.

 

[edgie]

Save the world from the zombie apocalypse.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

They don't. Glorified babysitters.

Clearly your teachers were.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

No disputing that the money is pretty poor, but the volume of work and expected overtime pales in comparison to the private sector. Has a lot to do with the near-inability to get sacked for pretty much anything short of criminal behaviour, which in turn is closely linked to the lack of a profit motive. Unproductive staff thrive.

And that's not true of a shitload of private business?

Lol... Major corporations - which is all there'll be in years to come - fit the traditional public service stereotype to a T

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

They can't even have a normal conversation without coming across as a spaz.

 

[edgie]

I walk the streets at night, just trying to get it right. It's hard to see with do many around, and you know I don't like being stuck in the ground. The streets don't change but maybe the names. Anyhow, I don't really have time for the games.