An employee who resides on his employer's premises on a permanent
basis or for extended periods of time is not considered as working all
the time he is on the premises. Ordinarily, he may engage in normal
private pursuits and thus have enough time for eating, sleeping,
entertaining, and other periods of complete freedom from all duties when
he may leave the premises for purposes of his own. It is, of course,
difficult to determine the exact hours worked under these circumstances
and any reasonable agreement of the parties which takes into
consideration all of the pertinent facts will be accepted. This rule
would apply, for example, to the pumper of a stripper well who resides
on the premises of his employer and also to a telephone operator who has
the switchboard in her own home. (Skelly Oil Co. v. Jackson, 194 Okla.
183, 148 P. 2d 182 (Okla. Sup. Ct. 1944; Thompson v. Loring Oil Co., 50
F. Supp. 213 (W.D. La. 1943).)
