Is a 4-hour lunch break wrong?

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with pay, of course.

Right now i am on my lunch break from work.

i started my shif at 6:00pm, was sent to lunch at 8:00 pm, and was told to return at 12:00am.

my shift will conlude, sometime between 2-3:00am.

For my effort i recieve 8 hours pay and 1 hour overtime (time and a half).

i have a specific job which requires me to 'line up' the materials needed fort others to do their job.
As they move to different areas they are expected to have those materials ready and waiting.

It boils down to staying ahead of the game.

If they don't miss me, because they lack what it was my responsibility to provide then i say no, it is not wrong.

Besides, i personally think they were cheap, i should have been asked to come back at around 1:00 am, and i should have left at 7:00 pm

If something that wonderful comes along, you should take it and have a Field Day with it.

if i were being paid good money i wouldnt slack off so much.

If they are willing to pay you for it, take it. Their lack of planning should not be your problem.

FYI i returned at midnight and sat around til 1:00 am.
then they required my services again.

we finished @ 2:00am, i went home again.

they did not miss me.

And you couldn't consider it slacking off, if your supervisor told you to take such a lunch break.

it is a matter of predictability.

why sit there and do nothing if you aren't needed for hours?

if i were to elect to work 7 days a week, i would get this type of experience 4-5 times per week.

here is the irony.

i hyave been a hard worker my entire life, by taking pride in even the most mundane of tasks.
Each time i have been hired i quickly climbed the ladder.

Now, after having been a Longshoreman for 10 years, i wonder, am i unemployable in the real world.
I still show up and do my job to precision, but i question the conditioning process that has taken place in me.

Would i feel entitled to 'free perks' in a regular type job.
would i resent not receiving them?
would my work suffer as a result of this rebellion.


FYI-
last summer they announced an opening for 3,000 casual jobs for my industry. with no guarantee of work, no benefits, but is a foot in the door and the only way to make it to full time (usually after a 2-5 year period.
for those 3,000 positions; One half million people applied. and the interrest came from all over the United States and the world.

It was held on a lottery system, and people litterally quit everthing and moved to sunny California, if their name was drawn.

Interresting little tidbit to think about, when you consider the current opportunities for employment.

Just a 1 hour lunch tonight.
and two 30 minute breaks.

what a jip.

4 hours, wow. I'm lucky to even get a lunch break in my job (Mc.Donald's). And when I do, it's only 30 minutes.

I used to take three hour lunches at the oil depot because there was no-one around and all my work was done.

If I could find a job that gave Me a four hour lunch break I would take it for sure. I have never found a job yet that I could take a four hour lunch break though. I have had job though I could set My own hours though. I could work as many or as few hours and still get paid the same amount in the end.

Some of the jobs at my work are called DWD jobs.

i cannot tell you what it actually means, because we always call it Dummy with Donuts

meaning; you pick your job ticket up at the Dispatch Hall, then you drive to Granny Donuts, and buy a few dozen donuts.
Then you drive to the job, turn in your work ticket, leave the donuts, and your done for the day.
With 8 hours of pay at $42.00 per hour (on a weekday).
nights are time and a 1/3. weekends are time and 1/2.

its because they prefer the shipmates move the winches on the crane, out of the way of operations, but it is our Unions jurisdiction to do the work. Its called time in lieu.

30 minutes of work (if you wanna call it that) $350.00 pay.
God bless the I.L.W.U.

Actually, i've got in more trouble either 1) second guessing employer's needs
or 2) getting antsy when I was supposed to be observing stand-down time.
Relax as much as you can and enjoy it.