We were scheduled to work the Wednesday night/Thanksgiving morning shift. Voluntary overtime was available for Black Friday.
After we got to work in Wednesday night, Chris started not feeling well. At lunch time he decided he needed to leave. I didn't argue or try to figure out a way to finish my shift. We weren't really sure what the procedure was since neither of us had ever left a job mid-shift due to illness (at Amazon or anywhere). We found someone higher up the food chain and explained the situation. She said, "No problem. Just clock out."
No need to exaggerate his symptoms. No one questioning why he was sick the day before a holiday.
It was great. I guess this is one of the perks of not having a job with any responsibility...if you're not there, it doesn't really matter.
We got home around 11:30 pm. I thought I'd stay up the rest of the night like we usually do on our days/nights off. Instead, we both went to sleep around 2 am and slept through until 5 pm the next day. I did get up to take Dooley out at some point. We are especially thankful for his iron-clad bladder.
Basically we slept through Thanksgiving. Then we woke up and stayed up most of the night and had another long day of sleep.
Apparently two overweight middle-aged people cannot work 50+hours per week at a physically demanding job for 4 weeks without taking a tiny bit of time to catch up on their sleep.
We are both feeling much better and plan to be well rested for the last three full weeks of work at Amazon.
You both must have been running on empty. Glad you're feeling better. - Robin
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