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truebrit71

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84. 23 hours....

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 04:16 PM

Aug 2013

...did it when I was MUCH younger in preparation for a retail store inspection/inventory...everything after the twelfth hour was golden time...boy did I love that particular paycheck!!

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What is the longest amount of hours you have worked in a row? [View all] quinnox Aug 2013 OP

I sometimes worked double shifts of about 17 hrs Puzzledtraveller Aug 2013 #1

I worked Corrections, too, for a while. Blue_In_AK Aug 2013 #50

96 hours straight. Turbineguy Aug 2013 #2

Ok, I have to call bullshit quinnox Aug 2013 #6

I agree Lurker Deluxe Aug 2013 #8

Boiler repair Turbineguy Aug 2013 #68

Sleep study?? Sissyk Aug 2013 #38

I worked 72 hours straight too a few times. Turbineguy Aug 2013 #49

I worked 78 hours straight Brother Buzz Aug 2013 #85

A shower and change of clothes helps Gothmog Aug 2013 #112

You have to keep hydrated and nibbling. And yeah, you have to be young and healthy. haele Aug 2013 #93

I have you beat sarisataka Aug 2013 #24

I've known Turbineguy for many years. cloudbase Aug 2013 #43

Did you work at Wilmington sarisataka Aug 2013 #45

Nope. cloudbase Aug 2013 #48

I drove vehicle to Wilmington sarisataka Aug 2013 #56

My husband also was a marine chief engineer. Blue_In_AK Aug 2013 #52

18 hours X5 days a week quaker bill Aug 2013 #100

I've done that too--but with sleep breaks of two or three hours here and there. MADem Aug 2013 #79

Right at around 50 snooper2 Aug 2013 #3

36 hours. I was part of a team that was putting together a multi-billion dollar RFP. onehandle Aug 2013 #4

Done quite a few proposals as well. rightsideout Aug 2013 #15

37, all in EMS nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #5

36... Wait Wut Aug 2013 #7

I have done 24-hour and sometimes longer shifts monthly when RebelOne Aug 2013 #9

12 hours dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #10

38... ileus Aug 2013 #11

I was a Commercial Fishermen in the Gulf of Alaska and worked daylight hours all the time and often Bandit Aug 2013 #12

42 hours, in a row, writing a brief. It was a very good brief. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #13

The legal profession involves long hours Gothmog Aug 2013 #104

Damn, you guys who said 30 something hours blow my mind quinnox Aug 2013 #14

Generally Lurker Deluxe Aug 2013 #16

I used to have to do a shift that went from Friday morning to Monday morning twice a year Ohio Joe Aug 2013 #17

20-22, in college. n/t X_Digger Aug 2013 #18

24 hours - three 8 hour shifts Xipe Totec Aug 2013 #19

wow, sounds rather exotic quinnox Aug 2013 #26

27 straight hours is my limit npk Aug 2013 #20

17.5 hours, unloading trailers in near 100 degree heat. OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #21

Oh damn. Back breaking work like that in that heat and almost 18 hours is an amazing feat! quinnox Aug 2013 #22

People often went to lunch and never came back. OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #25

Heck, you must have been in great shape to last that long! n/t Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #60

I was in my twenties then. OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #69

36 hours as a self-employed photographer GliderGuider Aug 2013 #23

35 hrs, but some of that was paid sleeping while working. nt Zorra Aug 2013 #27

50 Hrs is my max 4Q2u2 Aug 2013 #28

Oh man, I salute you quinnox Aug 2013 #33

No Just a bunch of Guys and Gals Doing a Job 4Q2u2 Aug 2013 #37

About 14 shenmue Aug 2013 #29

In architectural/engineering offices, it is not uncommon to stay at work for 18-72 hours straight FSogol Aug 2013 #30

32 hours, but I did rest my eyes once Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #31

gave birth to 2 and raised 3 kids Kali Aug 2013 #32

GMTA, Girlfriend. It counts in MY book! nolabear Aug 2013 #40

!!! Kali Aug 2013 #53

LOL ditto laundry_queen Aug 2013 #82

18 hours... one_voice Aug 2013 #34

22.5 and four other days at a minimum of 17 that week. TheKentuckian Aug 2013 #35

dang, here, I thought I was doing good hfojvt Aug 2013 #36

I had two children. That puts it as 18 straight years. nolabear Aug 2013 #39

Mine's ten. I'm looking forward to a nap in 8 years. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #66

Once I did a 50+ in the Navy's DS's A School. Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #41

Howdy fellow DS.... haele Aug 2013 #91

The only UYK -20 I saw was a prototype in the lab. Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #92

56 hours. hughee99 Aug 2013 #42

About 35 or 36. sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #44

A week. Rex Aug 2013 #46

32 hours. Blue_In_AK Aug 2013 #47

"Retirement rocks." LOL, good for you. closeupready Aug 2013 #58

+1 on "Retirement rocks!" nt MADem Aug 2013 #81

I started work on a Saturday morning at 6 AM and didn't leave until Sunday afternoon... Humanist_Activist Aug 2013 #51

Okay I thought my job was too much but I will shut up now. dkf Aug 2013 #54

16 or so rl6214 Aug 2013 #55

I think 28 hours, in about late 1998. Got overtime pay, though. closeupready Aug 2013 #57

About 35 hours Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #59

36 in the Navy. n/t cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #61

The psychiatric hospital was the worst - TBF Aug 2013 #62

an entire weekend techinically, I slept a few hours though. Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #63

25.5. Three 8.5 hour shifts Populist_Prole Aug 2013 #64

Probably 8 hours....I'm salaried so it would be unethical for me to work more. cbdo2007 Aug 2013 #65

38ish AngryAmish Aug 2013 #67

36 War Horse Aug 2013 #70

Probably about 32-34... TlalocW Aug 2013 #71

We regularly work 14's, occassionally as much as 24.. nt Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #72

14 hours frylock Aug 2013 #73

36 hours. Graphic designer. Throd Aug 2013 #74

I've done 72+... wasn't fun nor safe but I didn't have a choice. n/t 1awake Aug 2013 #75

24 hours warrprayer Aug 2013 #76

24 -- several times. DesertFlower Aug 2013 #77

11.5, a couple years ago. TheMightyFavog Aug 2013 #78

36 hours. BlueToTheBone Aug 2013 #80

Probably 36 give or take... bluedigger Aug 2013 #83

23 hours.... truebrit71 Aug 2013 #84

36 hours straight bermudat Aug 2013 #86

12 hours, but did that for two weeks straight CBGLuthier Aug 2013 #87

20hrs. Then had 2 days off. JaneyVee Aug 2013 #88

I've done 48 hours with only a couple strategic 20-minute catnaps. MadrasT Aug 2013 #89

72 hours straight; getting ready for underway. Only left to eat or use the head. haele Aug 2013 #90

I've worked double shifts, that's for sure. applegrove Aug 2013 #94

37 hours doing this Go Vols Aug 2013 #95

56 hours - two all nighters plus third work day. Matariki Aug 2013 #96

20 hours once... a la izquierda Aug 2013 #97

As a truck driver, 3 weeks. B Calm Aug 2013 #98

As far as actual work goes, 16 hours. As far as school work goes, somewhere closer to 30 hours. Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #99

Did 26 hours DiverDave Aug 2013 #101

When I was still a bankster, 48+ did happen. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #102

90 hours Gothmog Aug 2013 #103

I've NEVER been able to work 24 hours in a row. I've done all-nighters, but I burn out around 4 am. reformist2 Aug 2013 #105

Well... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #106

One job? LWolf Aug 2013 #107

In a row? 48 plus hours on a really crappy low budget movie... Javaman Aug 2013 #108

Never paid attention to continuous hours Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 #109

12 to 16 a day for weeks at a time when planting or harvesting. nt rrneck Aug 2013 #110

My son did 50+ hours the day after he was sworn in as a lawyer Gothmog Aug 2013 #111