8:15, Saturday Morning
24 06 2006I have just discovered (actually, I’ve discovered previously as well, but only writing it now) that being paged at 8:15 on a Saturday, is pretty much the worst time for a pager to go off. I obviously got paged at 8:15 this morning, and, by the time you wake up, investigate the problem, and get everything back in order, it’s too late to go back to bed. I always feel guilty about having a lie in, it’s such a waste of the precious little time we get at the weekend, and by that logic, going back to bed after being paged at 8:15 would be sinful. On saying that, I really would love another few hours sleep right now! Ah well, at least the Ireland v Australia rugby will be starting in less than an hour to keep me entertained! 
You have a pager? That’s very mid 90s!
Aye, it’s a work on-call thing. Any problems are automatically alerted to whoever is on-call, and carrying the pager in order for us to fix them.
Oh please, I had UAT at 9AM-Noon Saturday. Indeed it was planned, but it still was 3 hours out of my weekend.
Then again I never take call, thankfully I let the 20 somethings (sorry) do that. I’ve done it for years, now it is your turn. It is career building.
Do you have a J1 set up? Let me know when you and Barry are in NYC I’ll certainly have to come up… of course you will have to come to Florida for a weekend or two. I have more than a million frequent flyer miles on various US airlines so we can probably find something convenient.
Another question how much does it cost to call a +44 028 number from the ROI?
And whats even worse, is getting woken by holder of said pager at 8.47am on a Saturday
Yes, well, shit happens!