This is Jess and her husband Carl. Read her interview and translate.
- What do you do, Jess?
- I work in an office. I’m an administrator.
- Do you work long hours?
- No, I don’t. I work normal hours, from 9.00 to 5.00, Monday to Friday.
- What does your husband do?
- He’s a police officer. He works at night, from 8.00 p.m. to 6.00 in the morning.
- Does he have free weekends?
- No, he doesn’t. Well, he has two free days, but they’re Wednesday and Thursday. He works Saturday and Sunday - they’re busy nights for police officers.
- Do you have time together?
- Not really, except when we’re on vacation. I’m in bed when he comes home; he’s in bed when I leave home in the morning. We don’t eat together. That’s awful. Sometimes I don’t cook, I just have cookies for dinner.
- Can you think of any good things about your different hours?
- Yes, we earn more money because Carl does a lot of overtime.
- Do you have any suggestions for couples like you?
- Have a whiteboard in your hall or your kitchen and write down all the housework. Then tick things when you do them. That way. the dogs don’t eat twice!