5 months of overnights start tomorrow

Pacu · **on:** June 24, 2012, 03:34:54 AM

Sunday night starts the overnight remodel season for me. This year we have some massive total store flips to do ..each taking about 6 to 8 weeks to complete. This is the part i look forward to..working with tools, lots of OT, no paperwork, no babysitting newbies, just tear it down and rebuild it. This year we are doing what is called Connected Stores. Nice clean look to them. Did two last year and they have a more modern feel to them.

I've been going thru the tools organizing and charging batteries. I'll have 3 tool bags.

Bag One - basic hand tools, screwdrivers, pliers, ratchet sets
Bag Two - power tools, drill, impact driver, roto tool, and circular saw.
Bag Three - IT/IS tools, cable sniffer, sedelco satellite tuner, punchdown tools, coax crimpers.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2012, 03:39:41 AM

Sounds like a lot of fun. I don't mind working nights as long as it's going to be long enough to actually shift your body over to nights. I find that after a week I am completely adjusted, but then I'm not as young as I used to be!

Def

Ashley · **Reply #2 on:** June 24, 2012, 05:34:34 AM

Nights oh how lovely!

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Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #3 on:** June 24, 2012, 09:59:11 AM

You have my sympathy mate, I hate doing nights

Zed · **Reply #4 on:** June 24, 2012, 11:25:06 AM

Good luck mate, ive been on nights for 12 years solid and still can only sleep for around 4 hours during the day so feel really tired on my shifts, although i do like using my tools on my day time job

Hope it all goes well

sysbox27 · **Reply #5 on:** June 24, 2012, 11:32:21 AM

Good luck Pacu!
I don't think I could do nightshifts for 5 months straight (but then I am old), but I guess all that OT is what pays for the multitool collection.
Take care.

Bensasupertool · **Reply #6 on:** June 27, 2012, 05:05:36 AM

Good luck to you indeed. Its been 3 years since a night work contract came our way. Fun times,no greenies and OT.

ryan1835 · **Reply #7 on:** June 27, 2012, 11:03:50 PM

i quite enjoyed the small amount of nightwork i did - i felt more awake then what i do in the day!

Pacu · **Reply #8 on:** June 29, 2012, 05:36:17 PM

Not a bad first week. General contractors and the electricians all seem to be on task. Had to break out the locking toolbox as the other team thought my tools were free for all.

Got some fng team lead who is worthless. He is supposed to be running his team from another state but was too busy brown nosing the big boss and surfing the web on the clock.

also it is hotter n hell down here..we are removing a kak ton of metal out to the recycle bins outside. Everything is soaked from the 100% humidity tropics weather.

Pacu · **Reply #9 on:** July 07, 2012, 02:45:41 PM

i'm dead to the world...67 hours this week.

Moved the IT rack, fiber optics, and coax tree house. Off tonight..start again tomorrow.

i'm off to bed.

BTW...everyone on this new team carries multis...saw a gerber 600, vic tool, blasts, and a SOG.

J-sews · **Reply #10 on:** July 07, 2012, 04:48:58 PM

Multitool toters? Sounds like the new team could be a decent bunch of guys then.

Try to get rested up over the weekend Jason!

Pacu · **Reply #11 on:** July 14, 2012, 01:34:49 PM

old comm rack decomm'd..check

temp cat5 dropped all over store to keep things up and running until perm lines dropped..check
new room up and running..check
walking out the door after a brutal overnight and a manager catches you saying the fax line isn't working/connected...

i did find a 1st gen ipod under an av rack ..

look what awaits me sunday night...patchin cat5 all night ..and its gotta be done to super high standards for that clean appearance.

nuphoria · **Reply #12 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:21:58 PM

Ooh, vintage ipod

Open it up and do something cool with it - saw a groovy cigarette case the other day!

Pacu · **Reply #13 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:26:39 PM

Quote from: nuphoria on July 14, 2012, 02:21:58 PM

Ooh, vintage ipod

Open it up and do something cool with it - saw a groovy cigarette case the other day!

i had to turn it in to asset protection

Sazabi · **Reply #14 on:** July 14, 2012, 05:04:28 PM

Quote from: Pacu on July 14, 2012, 02:26:39 PM

Quote from: nuphoria on July 14, 2012, 02:21:58 PM
Ooh, vintage ipod

Open it up and do something cool with it - saw a groovy cigarette case the other day!

i had to turn it in to asset protection

Offer then $5 for it.

Also, emoticons are missing again.

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