I’m an Accounting Specialist for a
large corporation, so I work in an
office, chained to a chair & computer for 40 hours a week crunching
numbers. I’m very fortunate to have found a great company. I
have the flexibility to adjust my hours to 6:30 – 3:00, so I get home
with plenty of daylight for riding. I’ve been there 11 years, so I’m
up to 4 weeks of vacation a year, which gets taken up pretty much with Fridays
for rides.
Rae
Tall C Arabians - Central
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jane Cunningham Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006
12:15 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] What's your
occupation?
Hi Ridecampers
I'm curious as to what you all do for a living that allows
you to take so much time off from work
to compete.
Back in England
I was a retail manager and I had to work
saturdays (no choice as it was our busiest day) so if I was in the same
position now there is now way I could go to rides. EnduranceGB had one ride on
a saturday all the rest of the ride calendar was on sunday's so I could only go
to rides that were no more than 2hrs away as we had to travel to and from the
ride, do the ride and come home the same day.
We also had to have a crew for 40 miles and over. If you
were found in breach of this you were dq'd so it was hard finding friends
willing to give up time to crew.
I cannot wait till spring to start competing here as it is
so much more relaxed and not having to worry whether I'll have a crew. Also we
had to have our entries in 2 wks before the ride. No turning up the day of the
ride so commitment from crew was essential.
