Another Great Moment In (Temp) Nursing

So I got a call last night -- the Skyscraper Hospital I like to work at is looking for someone tomorrow morning. Now, despite the fact this call comes at 7pm, I said "Sure -- sign me up." I go home, cancel my plans to re-arrange the living room and do our "Hurricane Packing" tomorrow (load the cars with water, pack emergency bags, etc.) and leave Julian home with an earache to pick up this shift.

So, there was some sacrifice involved is what I'm trying to say.

5am the call comes -- I'm canceled -- they have enough staff.

. . . . . . . Dammit.

Okay, well, no biggie -- I had plans, and didn't feel to good about leaving my sone home alone sick, but he's 16, right? We'll just follow plan "B" here.

Then at 6:45am, another call comes -- they do need you after all. Can you copme in Immediately? They'll even pay you a premium ($4.00/hour more) and pay for the 12 hours after all.


. . . . well, . . . . No.

See, this is the thing I hate most about Temp Nursing. You never know where or when you'll be working. You can get canceled at the last minute, and if you let them, they can jerk your strings back-and-forth all day.

Well, i decided not to let them do that today. Sick kid, Hurricane preparations to make -- and the last time this hospital did this, I was literally at the front door of the building when they called to cancel me -- got paid nothing.

Today they'll be short -- and I hope the stupid Night Supervisor that canceled me at 5am gets asked why they're short today. (With any luck at all, they'll hold her over to work my shift. Heh.)