How long ago did you apply for the shop? In other words, how many days did they sit on their hands before suddenly assigning it so asininely?
I haven't found any work to do for them for several months now. Which is really kinda sad, as I used to get nicely bonused shops from them every month or two, and I liked those shops, and I liked STN in general, and the schedulers I dealt with ~ especially one who cut me some slack and let me fix a shop where I'd forgotten one thing, rather than rejecting it.
HOWEVER... as I recall, there *were* several times where a job wasn't assigned until *very* early in the morning of the day I was to planning to do it (usually as part of a route). The saving grace was, it was a job that had a window of all day (or business hours) and I hadn't planned on doing it until later in the day, anyway.
I'd get up for the day, find the email assigning me the job. It was OK, because as mentioned it was usually part of a route anyway, and I had planned enough time into the route for that job already ~ figuring if I didn't get it, I'd just finish my day up early.
But yeah, it was a little annoying not knowing until the last minute, and then having to print all the stuff you'd need. And I couldn't print the final copy of my map/driving directions until I knew whether I had it or not, either! And in your case would be *really* annoying.
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