Well, that was embarrassing

[kamloops67]

I wasn’t really going to brag about this , but if you can’t laugh at yourself …
We’ve started a new contract for a water reservoir about 2 1/2 hours from home
We all decided to drive each day ,as hotels are limited in the area
First few days we were leaving the house around 530 to arrive for 8 leave the site around 4 ,drive home
This past Tuesday was our scheduled pour day for the base slab , 55 meter pour . It was decided we would start the pour at 7am
So I would have to get up and leave the house by 430am pick up apprentice and hit the road
I was absolutely staggering fatigued when I got home Monday evening
I didn’t even shower just walked to my room fell on my bed and I was out
I woke up in a panic ! sunlight coming in my window !
How could I have overslept on such an important day ?!
I grabbed my phone checked the time and it was 730 ! NOOO!!!
I quickly phoned my apprentice but got no answer
Phoned my boss who answered (unfortunately)
“boss, I just woke up !”
“Yeah …?”
“Well, should I just book it to the site or…”
Confused, boss asks me ,”why ? What’s going on”
“ THE POUR !” I replied “I’m still at home , I overslept !”
“That’s tomorrow” he said “ it’s still Monday”
Then he started to laugh , then I realized what I’d done and I laughed as well .
The whole crew was smiling about it next day
Heard of other people doing this and always wondered how they could be so dumb lol now I know

 

[NYlakesider]

I wasn’t really going to brag about this , but if you can’t laugh at yourself …
We’ve started a new contract for a water reservoir about 2 1/2 hours from home
We all decided to drive each day ,as hotels are limited in the area
First few days we were leaving the house around 530 to arrive for 8 leave the site around 4 ,drive home
This past Tuesday was our scheduled pour day for the base slab , 55 meter pour . It was decided we would start the pour at 7am
So I would have to get up and leave the house by 430am pick up apprentice and hit the road
I was absolutely staggering fatigued when I got home Monday evening
I didn’t even shower just walked to my room fell on my bed and I was out
I woke up in a panic ! sunlight coming in my window !
How could I have overslept on such an important day ?!
I grabbed my phone checked the time and it was 730 ! NOOO!!!
I quickly phoned my apprentice but got no answer
Phoned my boss who answered (unfortunately)
“boss, I just woke up !”
“Yeah …?”
“Well, should I just book it to the site or…”
Confused, boss asks me ,”why ? What’s going on”
“ THE POUR !” I replied “I’m still at home , I overslept !”
“That’s tomorrow” he said “ it’s still Monday”
Then he started to laugh , then I realized what I’d done and I laughed as well .
The whole crew was smiling about it next day
Heard of other people doing this and always wondered how they could be so dumb lol now I know

As a person that worked as a laborer for a bridge building outfit when much younger I have poured many a yard. Concrete waits for no man!
Nice that you and the boss can smile about this!

 

[Krogen]

heh heh.... All the more reason to use 24 hr time. I can easily tell the difference between 0700 and 1900. But 7:00 am and 7:00 pm, not so much. Maybe I need new glasses; the a and p, in am and pm look alike at times . . . .

Anyhow, it's great that you can laugh at yourself. I have plenty of my own material. . . . and people wonder why I'm always laughing!

 

[LVSteve]

I got caught out by the US love for 12 hour clocks when I first came here. Missed my ride to site on two occasions.

 

[soFlaNative]

Certain times of year dusk and dawn look the same at 6:30 AM and PM more or less.

I've woken up confused after a snooze many times.

 

[Rudi]

Sounds like something I would do.

 

[mtgianni]

I had some friends that lived in Norway for a few years. They got turned around and thought it was 5 PM when it was 5 AM.

 

[oldbrownhat]

...
I woke up in a panic ! sunlight coming in my window !
How could I have overslept on such an important day ?!
I grabbed my phone checked the time and it was 730 ! NOOO!!!
I quickly phoned my apprentice but got no answer
Phoned my boss who answered (unfortunately)
“boss, I just woke up !”
“Yeah …?”
“Well, should I just book it to the site or…”
Confused, boss asks me ,”why ? What’s going on”
“ THE POUR !” I replied “I’m still at home , I overslept !”
“That’s tomorrow” he said “ it’s still Monday”...

Could have been worse. You could have woken up "at sparrowfart" as planned, and driven to the work site, only to find no one there. THEN find out that "it's tomorrow."

 

[DWalt]

I did something very similar years ago.when I was working on-call 24/7. I showed up on a distant worksite at 7 AM, but the job wasn't scheduled until 7 PM.

 

[glenwolde]

I had the reverse version of that once.

I got injured at work. Like crushed a finger. Went to ER, in the hospital, reconstructive surgery blah blah blah. A friend picked me up and I had him stop on the way to my house so I could get some beer.

He dropped me at the house mid morning. I picked up the newspaper on the way in. Popped a beer and washed down a couple of the percodans they gave me as I sat down on the sofa.

Felt great when I woke up. I looked out the front window and saw another newspaper in the yard. Oh wow.

 

[SMSgt]

One of the benefits of retirement is clocks pretty much become useless.

 

[kozmic]

I woke up wide awake a couple days ago at the usual 5:15ish and hopped in the shower. I did my typical routine and when I came out of the bathroom noticed my wife was still in bed. It was then I realized it was Saturday. She was none-too-happy with me, called me a "Dumas" and rolled over. As penance I did walk and feed the dogs, fed the cat, uncovered the birds and let her sleep in.
Oh well, waking up early on a Saturday is still better than the alternative!