# 100 consecutive days of work

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-consecutive-days-of-work/489852>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 18, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-consecutive-days-of-work/489852 "2009-03-18T04:41:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-consecutive-days-of-work/489852/21 "2009-03-19T06:52:48Z")

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I wish you luck. Working 108 hours over thirteen days, having a day off, and repeating that cycle made me want to hurt people by day 27. I actually considered punching my boss when he asked me to come in the one day I took off.

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**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-consecutive-days-of-work/489852/22 "2009-03-19T13:45:48Z")

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Chemistry grad students (at least for organic chemistry) typically work ~75-hour weeks. Usually that’s just 6 days, but some like to spread it out over 7. Nothing terribly arduous or hardcore about it; that’s just how it’s done. It’s not until you pass 80 and start pushing 90 that things start to suck.

Granted, that’s a job that involves moving about, not being stuck behind a wheel all day. Ugh.

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