Does NickFitz ever sleep?

[NickFitz]

Just checked his webcam:

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Nope, he's still at it.

However:

Yesterday, 04:50

Yesterday, 17:42

I'm not saying I was asleep for all of that time... I think I got to bed around 06:30, and I pottered about doing stuff (mainly to do with OpenGL ES) before I got around to posting on here... but to answer the original question: I do sleep, but when off-gig I usually do so during the morning, and possibly parts of the afternoon depending on how late I've stayed up.

It's so much more peaceful at night; I've always preferred it for thinking purposes

[NickFitz]

Note to those who are so presumptuous as to dictate to others: it is generally accepted that René Descartes died as a direct consequence of being forced to get up, get dressed, and get to work first thing every morning by Queen Christina of Sweden, who was an early riser

A few years ago I worked at a small business, one of whose owners simply would not accept that the fact of a car transporter overturning on the M1 and causing a multiple pile-up was sufficient explanation for my arriving at work at half-ten rather than nine. He argued that he himself had arisen at five in order to drive from his home somewhere in London and arrive at the office at seven. I pointed out that a similar accident on his route might have delayed him but he just said that even so, he would have been there for nine. I still don't know what his real problem is

I was reminded of the occasion in the Eighties, the ethos of yuppiedom and gross capitalism being then at its height, when some bloke one of my friends had had the misfortune to meet in some unrelated activity insisted in joining us in conversation in a country pub.

Having bragged about the way he'd divorced his wife, made sure that she didn't get their house, and further ensured that he wouldn't have to pay a penny for the upbringing of their two children (yes, really, this is what the Eighties were like - people were proud of abandoning their children for the sake of lining their own pockets and saw it as an achievement) he then boasted that he got up at four every morning to drive to The City, where he worked so hard that he seldom got home again before eleven at night.

One of us responded "Well, you're a ******* moron then!"

[cojak]

Note to all: why not demand your project manager give you a product description and negotiate a finish time then point out it makes no difference where you do the work, or how you do the work, or when you do the work, provided it is to spec and on time. Then clear off back home and do the work there at a time that suits you.

I'd like to work for you...

[mudskipper]

Note to all: why not demand your project manager give you a product description and negotiate a finish time then point out it makes no difference where you do the work, or how you do the work, or when you do the work, provided it is to spec and on time. Then clear off back home and do the work there at a time that suits you.

That's how I work

[EternalOptimist]

I still don't know what his real problem is

I have a theory.
A lot of the older generation (60+) went through military service, either voluntarily or forced, and in the military , timing is crucial, your life may depend upon it. Being late is a crime.
I think this attitude was brought home with them and permeated the workplace - it is slowly being eroded.

I also have a story.
We had this particulary hard sergeant major, he was absolutely merciless.
When my missus had her baby I had hitchhiked over a thousand miles in a weekend and had about an hours kip, exhausted, I was five minutes late for parade. When I explained, I got his stock answer 'THATS NO EXCUSE' five extra duties (thats like 60 hours with no timesheet and no sleep for a week)

Next week, a corporal was five minutes late, his kid had been rushed into hospital. 'THATS NO EXCUSE' five extra duties

The next week, the company joker was late, NO EXCUSE SIR
The sergeant major looked a bit perplexed for a second
'THATS NO EXCUSE'