oh yeah that's great to be back home every day man (you should have worked at the post office or in a bank), but when you're on earlies you wake up at 3-4 am and you come back home at 2pm and when you are on lates you go to work at 11 am and come back well after midnight. You do that during 5 days in a raw, no water provided by your employer, while on duty, you bring your own sandwich or a cheap unhealthy microwave food. On summer time you are forced to work, there is absolutely no way that you can be with kids and wife on holidays, you'll take your forced holidays in winter time, what a lifestyle!
Your terms and conditions are so bad that you MUST go to work even if you are sick, because your basic salary is zero or below your monthly bills.
And it's crazy to see people happy to pay for their class 1 medical certificate, parking card, shirts and any other expenses. May I ask you how much you payed for your epaulettes/stripes?