physio work pressure

There's no news I want to report and i don't have any opinions today as work has been really busy. It's a nice idea about having our set lunch breaks but in reality many times it's impossible through meetings, having to use the gap to catch up with admin or because something unplanned happened and we just can't turn our backs on it and walk away. Phone calls are often the worst thing for this. Don't you just hate them? The patient phoning up with the impossible enquiry about something that matters so much to them but all you want to do is tell them to shut up because you're tired, hungry and longing to sit down. The other time that these dread calls comes at the end of a shift when you are wanting to go home and you have to spend 10 minutes talking to Mrs Smith or her relative when all you want to do is go home or get to the mall before it shuts or anything but stand talking about something which to us is just routine but to the caller is something massive. And what about the thing so important in Britain the tea break (although i hope you realise that most of the world does not share the obsession for the brown liquid) . Forget it's national importance as an institutaion once you start the job as a NHS physio; yes maybe you'll get the tea but you certainly won't get the break. However, something I've noticed is that my last statement is not entirely true. Some physios always seem to have breaks, usually those who do not have a set appointment system.