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jammies · 04-01-2009, 07:05 PM

So I did a ~21 hour workday yesterday/today - from noon yesterday until 9 AM this morning - which made me wonder what the longest shifts others have ever managed to pull off. For me, that was number 2 or 3 on the list, as the longest I've ever worked straight was about 36 hours one time when I had to go to Edmonton to pick up a dead server, bring it back to Calgary and get it working again despite a blown hard drive and no backups.

However, I figure that if wussy IT guys can do 36, there must be guys out there who have worked hours that make that seem like an afternoon of suntanning by the pool to look good for your sugar mama. So tell me - what's the longest straight shift you've ever worked?

(Are there women that work crazy hours like that too? I've never met even one, which I assume is because women in general seem to lack the gene for doing idiotic things just to prove they can. I could be, and often am, wrong though.)

04-01-2009, 07:05 PM	#1
jammies Basement Chicken Choker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants. Exp:	Workers of the World Unite! So I did a ~21 hour workday yesterday/today - from noon yesterday until 9 AM this morning - which made me wonder what the longest shifts others have ever managed to pull off. For me, that was number 2 or 3 on the list, as the longest I've ever worked straight was about 36 hours one time when I had to go to Edmonton to pick up a dead server, bring it back to Calgary and get it working again despite a blown hard drive and no backups. However, I figure that if wussy IT guys can do 36, there must be guys out there who have worked hours that make that seem like an afternoon of suntanning by the pool to look good for your sugar mama. So tell me - what's the longest straight shift you've ever worked? (Are there women that work crazy hours like that too? I've never met even one, which I assume is because women in general seem to lack the gene for doing idiotic things just to prove they can. I could be, and often am, wrong though.) __________________ Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.