Funny how the examples are so different JT8. Is it because you have been used to a lifestyle that allowed you more free time when on duty days to "play"?.
Nowdays however your work patterns are hard work, and perhaps brings you to a level that a lot of hard working (sometimes less paid, sometimes more paid) individuals have always had to suffer. Me for instance I dont make arrangements around my working days, i'm either too tired, or at work.
And when I get called in at the weekend, I dont get paid for it.