another nite alone.

[machstx]

another night alone whille he is out with his friends. anyone else feel me on this one?

[LadyMarchHare]

I pretty much go every night alone these days, but it's because he's busy. Only twice was it because of friends but one of them was his birthday so I can't fault him for that.

[machstx]

if you dont mind me asking why is he busy so often?

[LadyMarchHare]

He works in the Disney World park in Florida. He's always been busy since taking the job in January but when he was promoted to management and it became summer they started cutting back his days off (they already liked having him go 6 weeks without even 1 day) and even though he was already working 7 days a week they increased his hours to 9 am-midnight on weekdays and 7 am-2 am on weekends, later if they needed it. Since about May the best I get is a couple replies to my daily text message and a couple conversations via IM that can range 5 minutes to 45 depending on if he's tired. He called me only once, but it was because I was having a hard time with something and he wanted to make sure I was OK.

It's seriously a pain but it's something not under his control so all I can do is proverbially spit acid in Disney's direction for every day I go without hearing from him or hearing through the grapevine that he's stressed out.

[BoogleBee]

He works in the Disney World park in Florida. He's always been busy since taking the job in January but when he was promoted to management and it became summer they started cutting back his days off (they already liked having him go 6 weeks without even 1 day) and even though he was already working 7 days a week they increased his hours to 9 am-midnight on weekdays and 7 am-2 am on weekends, later if they needed it. Since about May the best I get is a couple replies to my daily text message and a couple conversations via IM that can range 5 minutes to 45 depending on if he's tired. He called me only once, but it was because I was having a hard time with something and he wanted to make sure I was OK.

It's seriously a pain but it's something not under his control so all I can do is proverbially spit acid in Disney's direction for every day I go without hearing from him or hearing through the grapevine that he's stressed out.

Is it even legal to make someone work that much??? :S

[noodle]

I wanted to try and get a job at the Disney World in FL for next year but after reading this I think I'll probably not O_o lol

Well I'm not that often alone at night cause I guess thanks to the time difference I'm goin to sleep when he goes out with friends.
But now that he's at home and has to hide our convos it ranges between 5-60mins just like with you LMH, cause either his parents make him go off the laptop or he has to do the laundry etc or like last night they went out for diner and stuff
And most of the time he's stressed cause his parents bitch at him 90% of the time so yea :/ if we talk its not a very fun convo that cheers each others up

but btw I have a question for machstx: is he out with his friends all the time or does he stay in also to talk to you?

and same question at LMH: is it even legal to do that? Cause I work at a theme park as well and I dont see our managers not havin off for such a long time O_o

[MadMolly]

It's legal as long as you agree to it as overtime hours (as in, its not in your regular hours contract thing). I used to work in a hotel and I worked those sort of hours over summer, it was awful. I was completely burnt out after a month. I don't know how your BF manages it LMH!

[LadyMarchHare]

As he puts it: "It's Disney, baby. They could get away with murder." Which is true, they're a huge corporation. I figured it wasn't all that unusual since he had started off via a temp agency and my experience with being a temp (i.e. watching family members have temp jobs) is that you're bottom of the barrel and easily replaced, therefore you take more crap than the 'real' employees. When they signed him on as a full time employee, nothing changed and with management instead of it getting easier it got worse. They do not allow overtime, they do not let him schedule his hours or days off. Granted, he is respected because he is a hard worker and does not complain but that doesn't equal to more time off, less hours, or even better insurance. He's gotten sick due to being overworked 3 times and with his insurance the doctor visit alone's $250.

The funny thing is, up until now I've heard people rave about their jobs in the park, but a lot of them are going through college programs or aren't really out in the park, i.e. operating rides or working a shop. And I have no idea how he manages it, either. I'd have torched the place the day a park-goer spat in his face and called him the n-word or the day he had to be Tina Fey's escort and she acted like a whiny, bratty child.

Gah I took over the thread. XD I'm sorry!

[alise120]

Same here for me....He is always out somewhere and never at home to talk to me. I feel so alone, because of it, too....

My SO's job is very demanding too, seeings he is a landscaper. He's got his job since May and he has been even more busy because a lot of people need their lawns trimmed and beautified all this summer. It's very stressful for him that he rarely talks to me. I'll be super happy if he even responds to one of my texts messages (which is not often). At least his job gives him more money then the last job he had (he was a cook at a local restaurant), so hes quite happy about that. I wish I could be there to comfort him with his stress and loneliness .

[paulawriteslove]

The only nights that I'm alone are Friday and/or Saturday. This is because after work those days he goes to his friends house and they all play video games. I don't have a problem with this because I work Friday and Saturday so when I get home, I'm super tired and usually relax and then go to bed. I let him have his space and he lets me have mine on those two nights.

[loveonspeedial]

He works in the Disney World park in Florida. He's always been busy since taking the job in January but when he was promoted to management and it became summer they started cutting back his days off (they already liked having him go 6 weeks without even 1 day) and even though he was already working 7 days a week they increased his hours to 9 am-midnight on weekdays and 7 am-2 am on weekends, later if they needed it. Since about May the best I get is a couple replies to my daily text message and a couple conversations via IM that can range 5 minutes to 45 depending on if he's tired. He called me only once, but it was because I was having a hard time with something and he wanted to make sure I was OK.

It's seriously a pain but it's something not under his control so all I can do is proverbially spit acid in Disney's direction for every day I go without hearing from him or hearing through the grapevine that he's stressed out.

I live in FL ad a lot of ppl I know work at disney and the other paarks and tey do make you work like crazy! a lot of overtime!