Toid, I give up  We`re never going to agree on this. I said that a few pages back...I`m getting that groundhog day feeling...time to go 

Plus deman you say you do plenty of unpaid work to make sure the job is done does that mean your employer is exploiting you? because say you work 7hrs a day but it takes 10hrs to do the work you work 3hrs for free and you think this is fair??  i think more fool you.  (I don't know your full hours per day that was an example)

The principle is the same Deman

i think i'd be more peed off having to go in during the school holidays to clean.......the teachers don't go in to teach...so why do you have to go in during your holiday to clean a clean kitchen?....i think your boss has a screw loose!!!

No, it isn't. You don't spend a full day cleaning on Friday and you aren't being asked to cover all of the hours that you'd normally do. Just the little bit of cleaning you've already agreed is part of the job you're paid for.

Scotty, I quite agree, I'm out of here too - Groundhog Day it is! Next time I'll remember that when some people ask for others' opinions, what they really want is is universal agreement with theirs!

ha ha spongebob i think she has too! she loves cleaning and thinks we all do!
this same woman also has been complaining of rats in her attic at home and not for the first time!! sounds like she does no cleaning at home but just in work!

the same as in the example of bin men and sweeping!

Sheesh - not BB8 Carole, is it?
Now I really am off..

It was part of the person's job in the analogy to sweep the roads every week, but you didn't seem to think that they should have to do that on the Thurs   Like I say it's the principle, not that it's half an hour...so where do you draw the line, half an hour, 1 hour , 2 hours etc. etc.???

If she gets away with making you work a half hour for nowt then there's nothing to stop her saying 45 mins etc next time,and there will be a next time.Stick rigidly to your alotted times,so she has no ammo to wheedle you with, 5 mins early here and there.

Exactly! That's my point. I've worked it out and I figure Duchess will be working a 38 hour week for no extra pay by 2014.

Sorry for bringing this back up again but i thought you'd might like to know that i got a text off the cook this afternoon saying that we're going in at the normal time tomorrow, she waited till i got home, didn't say anything in work!  I'll text her back after 7.30 when my free texts kick in to see what changed her mind! she's

Yay!

I think that we may allow ourselves a little time for celebration.   :woohop: etc.

Hooray! Keep that text Duchess,just in case.

Yay! Good news, Duchess.

Yay Wonder what changed her mind. Maybe she comes on here?

Very good duchess

Result duchess

I'd bet that she was told that she was in the wrong by her bosses

Glad she saw sense duchess!

I am pleased duches.

Thanks everyone, i didn' t text her, i texted the other girl to make sure what time we are in so i'll find what changed when i go in.

Thanks again for your comments x

Duchess, curious to know what her explanation was for changing her mind?

So am i, she skirted around the question when i asked and was suddenly 'very busy' i will bring it up again on tues!

A good result! All the same, you don't want to make any enemies.

Sounds like she knows that she was in the wrong duchess? Maybe best left now?

good advice i will leave it now. 

Happy easter everyone, thanks for all your comments!

Difficult to say really as you can't compare one job with the other.  I think it's a 'straw that broke the camels back' type situation.  It depends on how you feel about your general pay and conditions.  If you feel you're already being pushed to the limits through pay and conditions , then it is an imposition for them to push even a tiny bit more.  If on the other hand, you're quite happy with pay and conditions, then it doesn't seem too much of a demand to me.