Does work ever get in the way of you watching pats games?

[Sivy]

Never miss a game..infact, I quit a job over them trying to make me work on sundays.

I even drove 24 straight hours after my honeymoon to make sure I could watch a game.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

I live in MST, so the early weekday games, like the next one, are tough.

Best thing I can recommend is DVR the game and avoid football conversations before watching it. If you only miss some of the game, skip the commercials and catch up to the live game. Otherwise, watch it when you have time but don't watch the news/browse the Internet before then as games are not nearly as entertaining when you know how they end.

I was thinking about DVR'ing it..but i know people at work would find out the score some how and tell me as they know i am die hard about the pats

One plus i have is the many 4;15 games this year and the store closing at 530 on sundays
and people want to work sundays for time and a half where as i...don't want sundays..at all

 

[MassPats38]

I hear ya, shipmate. Although I'm long outta the service, I still remember being deployed and having to search through newspapers to find out just so much as the score! Stateside, even if we were flying, we could still get the game on the radio or have our radio operator give us updates.

I remember the first satellite feeds for games when I was deployed. I loved watching football live, but the strobe effect in the old technology was enough to send you into seizures.

But yes, way better than waiting for the printed shipboard news service weeks later or updates from the JOs on television.

 

[danam404]

Being a pilot, I find myself inevitably flying on Sunday's during the season. I'm on call most times, so I'll get settled in on the couch with my jersey on and bam, phOne rings, gotta go to work. Happened the other night as my fantasy draft was starting

Luckily I may or may not have a portable Sirius satellite radio that works at 35,000 feet

 

[MassPats38]

I was thinking about DVR'ing it..but i know people at work would find out the score some how and tell me as they know i am die hard about the pats

Are they doing you a favor, or messing with you? If it's friendly, I expect you could tell them in advance to avoid the updates. If not, probably not much you can do about it as messing with you would appear to be the objective. In that case, you would probably have to live with the cell phone updates or find a television at work. Poor substitute, but you'd have to make the best of it.

 

[TB146]

Living in KY, I don't stand much of a chance to see many games at all, so I just signed up for NFL Game Rewind so I can watch every game on my own time. The 40$/season is much cheaper than the DirecTV/NFL package/DVR option. The biggest downside is that Sunday games are not available until all Sunday games are completed (i.e. until SNF is over around 11PM) and Monday night games are not available for 24 hours after the completion. I'll have to maintain my ignorance of the outcomes/scores for an extra day, but I don't see that being a problem in Kentucky.

I played around with Game Rewind last night (rewatched the 45-3 Pats/Jets game) and it's a great program... great image quality, features and very easy to use.

 

[Mike in 333]

My work went overseas, I can watch anytime..........there are some drawbacks though.

 

[102 Pat]

I'm an assistant manager of a convention centre which usually means I might miss, one, maybe two games a year as there are some companies that feel the need to have a christmas staff party on sundays...:bricks:

That being said, I'm really lucky that my boss will usually give me most of the Pats games off. I even printed off this season's schedule and taped it too a day off request paper...

 

[TB146]

My work went overseas, I can watch anytime..........there are some drawbacks though.

Oof. Sorry about that.

 

[JJDChE]

I love the Pats, but work and family come first, so yeah, I've missed a few here and there.

 

[Patjew]

Yeah, sometimes due to traveling. I have to get to Minn. next Monday night. I'm thinking of scheduling a long layover in O'Hare so I can watch the game in a bar there.

It was hard living in Asia because most games would be either at 1, 2, 5, or 9 AM on Mondays or 10 AM on Tuesdays. I missed very few, even if it meant not sleeping or going to work late.

 

[PlainOldEd]

No regularly scheduled weekends here...

Occasionally something will go wrong on the weekend

But I am able to remotely sign in to my desktop and fix almost anything from home

 

[Ring 6]

See i wouldn't be able to do that..no phone..tv ect...it's going to be a rough season...hopefully i don't miss too many

DVR the games. Dont let anyone tell you the results. Go straight home and watch. Its not the same thing, but its as close as you can get.

I havent missed a game in over 10 years but there have been a handful I have to DVR and watch.

I also developed the habit of pausing the game live, and it also isnt the same. But I am a single father of 3, so any 3 hours to myself (although my son watches with me) is hard to come by, much less the 3 I choose.

 

[Reckedtrek]

None of my past jobs have gotten in the way of watching the Pats. If a potential new job looks like it will interfere, I'll find another job.

 

[IcyPatriot]

I am going to miss at least the 1st half of all 1:00 games this season. My 12 year old is a goalie on a soccer premier team that plays most of it's games at 12:30 this fall. I will catch the game on the NFL channel later in the week. I'll listen on my Droid if possible.

I really hope they can do well in the 1st half without me ...

 

[fnordcircle]

DVR is your friendly, obviously.

But take it from me - I used to miss games when I worked retail. Don't let people know you are a freak about the Pats.

We had this one ******* manager who would go out of his way to tell us Pats fans the scores of games that we missed cause of work. I seriously wanted to punch that guy.

 

[Dufflebagz]

I've actually turned down a job because they wanted me to work on Sundays.

"No, mom!!! You need to get YOUR priorities straight"

 

[pwes]

I had it specifically put into my contract that I cannot work Sundays for this very reason.

 

[bagwell368]

I am going to miss at least the 1st half of all 1:00 games this season. My 12 year old is a goalie on a soccer premier team that plays most of it's games at 12:30 this fall. I will catch the game on the NFL channel later in the week. I'll listen on my Droid if possible.

I really hope they can do well in the 1st half without me ...

Yeah, kids.... I have two boys that were (and are) two sport Varsity players in HS (no, not football), and that meant some lost games. Either the radio or the DVR.

Retirement has now stopped the work issue for good - except the wife - "could you...." ARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!