I knew we shouldn't have asked those Icelandic ****s for our money back after the banks went tits up. on a related topic, that's you stuck out in the north sea for the duration Venom
****. I've got another 10 days left anyway. Loads of ****s moping about the platform because they thought they were getting home for a weekend booze-up Get it up them.
It was foggy as **** on Monday coming out here. Plane circled Shetland three times and tried to land twice. Ended up landing at Sumburgh and having to get a bus across Shetland. ****ing land that time forgot that it is. Just got Star Wars in the cinema up here. Some new band called The Clash are pretty big too.
Apparently it's nothing to do with a volcano. It's been traced back to the man cleaning Celtics trophy cabinet.
I'm ****ed, my flights tomorrow have just been cancelled too and I was supposed to be working at 9am in the morning. Checking other flights now and nothing available until Sunday or Monday - will have missed 3 days work by then which ill have to ****in catch up on.
There is a flight off this platform in 20 mins. Thats the latest I've ever seen a flight leave in the North Sea. Especially up in this sector. They must be desperate to get boys off the platforms ASAP. Although the guys are getting choppered to Shetland and have to get the ferry to Aberdeen Get it up them.
im still stuck in Belfast, booked in to fly on Tuesday now. Have to make up 40 hours in the next 2 weeks now ffs, and thats if i get going on Tuesday. Trying to get a boat to England to land cross but their ****in full, can only go to Stranraer which means i'd have to go to Glasgow before taking a train to London, then down to Weymouth. 2 day ****in trip.
That's a lot of travelling. It's worse that you've got to organise it yourself. At least when I'm due to go off it's just a case of sitting on my arse and waiting to be sent home however they decide to do it. What annoys me is the folk out here moaning as if the oil companies can do anything about a volcano. Pretty dirty that they expect you to catch up so much work. Obviously it has to be done, but you'd think they'd give you a bit of leeway considering that everyone is in the same situation with travelling.
I could get away with not making the hours up and not much would be said, but I always like to feel as if work owe me a favour rather than me owing them a favour - I've already had 2 weeks off (none of it official holidays, just days in leau owed) and im due to be away again in less than 3 weeks so feel as if I'm taking the piss, especially since a few of the English boys I work with who were off the island have travelled back via land and boat.
Fair enough. I know what you mean, with not wanting to be beholden to your work. ****e when they have you over a barrel. I ****ed-up at the tail end of last year and that's why I've had to do some many days out here without saying anything to them about it. That's me not doing any extra work until after the summer though. Got the May trip and June trip here then taking July off for T in the Park. Will hopefully get six weeks off without having to come here. Won't be answering my phone to the office at all during that time. I want to go on holiday in the summer too. Only been abroad for work since 2006. When you're on planes and choppers all the time holidays seem like a hassle. But this place has made me need a proper break.
I'm finally getting ahead money mise after being made redundant last year, just paid off a few niggly debts and finally have a decent chunk behind me in the bank so I'm thinking of splashing out and maybe getting away to Canada in July after the World Cup - would prefer to be away during the World Cup so I don't have to watch the ****in thing surrounded by Englishmen but all hands on the deck unfortunately. The girlfriend wants to get married, but I think i'd prefer a holiday to Canada
