And Garrett Gourlay, chief operating officer of H. Thomas O'Hara Architect, a firm that worked first with Mr. Stern and then with Mr. Graves on apartment layouts, zoning calculations and construction drawings, took the shift in stride.
He wasn't scheduled to work Saturday, Reyes said, but took the shift as overtime, as he often did so others could get time off.
Because the vacationing pilot is not available to come to the airport, the airline must call in a reserve pilot, one who is not actively on the job, to take the shift.
Major companies like Kraft Foods, Kellogg, General Mills, ConAgra Foods and Dean Foods, which once resisted the trend toward meat substitutes, are now taking the shift in American diets seriously.
A worker who wants to take a Wednesday off can now just choose to do so, knowing that the market will work its invisible hand to find another worker to take the shift.
If you talk too much, they'd think you had enough time in your life to take the shift.
If you make up some lame excuse for not being able to take the shift, they might start gossiping about you being a liar.
But Mr. Bloomberg seemed to take the shifting mood into account as he complimented Mr. Silver and Mr. Sanders, head of an advisory committee on school governance, for their "vision and leadership".
However, many doctors believe that if NHSI further cuts the rates that hospitals are allowed to pay, as Mackey has threatened, many medics will not bother taking the shifts, leaving units struggling to cope.
Some zero-hours contracts oblige workers to take the shifts they are offered, others do not.
Some zero-hours contracts require workers to take the shifts they are offered, while others do not.
