That's useful to know, thanks! (By the way, not Barry - Barmy! Or May, if you'd rather.)
Sorry, I was blurry-eyed and not actually reading usernames very well.
This doesn't belong in complaints per se because it doesn't effect me, but here's just one of the 5 or so e-mails I've received since this morning from people at work needing their shifts covered.
"I have to take a driving class tomorrow to get out of a ticket that I got over spring break, and its tomorrow morning from 7-11"
You did NOT just learn about this driving class today. Some people have real reasons, but I get so many of these non-emergency requests, "I have a doctor's appointment, my family is taking me to Disney World." There's a sub-board for things you've known about for weeks. The Email list for emergencies, we shouldn't be getting 20 of them a day. How are you going to work in a real-world, non-campus capacity if you're so unproactive about things like this?
Because we're not allowed to work more than 40 hours in a week, I can only pick up 1 or 2 extra shifts a week. I'm more inclined to fill in for people who's reasons aren't really stupid.