Kit's Kitty Korner [shift changes again]

[Kitalpha Hart]

Good luck
These were supposed to hit every 5 years a couple years ago but I'm guessing something changed cuz I'm still annual

[Gingerale]

Always good to get a physical done every year, regardless, hopefully all your tests still come out clear.

good thoughts!

shift changes again??

[Kitalpha Hart]

They have been

Yup. Everyone to one shift. Those of us are on nights cuz the shit we do that lets us not only keep up with our production but also pick up day's slack we can't do cuz of all the office workers n shit

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Everyone to one shift? Sounds over crowded.

Happy to hear the check ups have been good!

[Kitalpha Hart]

There's openings that'll be filled and the most junior ones will likely end up in other departments
I don't have enough seniority to stay in my area pending the senior five, but I do have enough to remain in the department, as one of the seven linesfolk
The pay cut is gonna hurt

[Lemon Cheesecake]

oh no, a pay cut !?!

That's terrible, I am so sorry! Because of less hours?

[Kitalpha Hart]

1. No more shift differential
2. Back to the lines, which is a lower pay than my area
The printers on nights are very junior to the two on days so between the lower line pay and the loss of the shift differential, they're losing something like $5/hour. I'll be something like $3-4/hour less

Still 40 hours a week, just back to five eights instead of four tens

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Less days off then as well with the shorter shifts?

hmmm I haven't worked 4 10 hour shifts but sounds like it might be worth doing if I got 3 days in a row off.

[Kitalpha Hart]

Yeah, two day weekend instead of three

Both night shift printers are gonna go to shipping so I'm gonna remain the backup LOL
And people are cackling and agreeing when I point out that my area after the change is gonna be a complete sausage fest. There's only three non-men now, and we're all too junior to the guys to stay on

[galled]

Why so many changes? New management?

[Kitalpha Hart]

That and they probably admitted that the covid bubble popped. Finally. But that's just a guess

[Kitalpha Hart]

So dad mowed the lawn for the first time since July
August is really hot n dry and also muggy as fuck at the same time so the grass tends to turn brown, so dad avoids cutting so the green stuff up top is still visible
Rufus was so lost and confused by the change he was in a corner of the yard crying. I had to go and carry his dumb ass to the driveway before he recognized where he was

[Gingerale]

oh poor Rufus!

I think most States have a time that fields need to be cut by or fines can be issued. Our State it is by end of June. Then the summer is too dry so they don't want a chance of fires and discourage mowing but if you do mow you have to do it before 10 am.

I like how it looks when everything is mowed, but I get Rufus because sometimes it is a marked difference.

[Kitalpha Hart]

Yeah i don't think we have such restrictions
The town might get antsy if the grass is unattended for too long but that's about it