Posted: 4/25/2011 6:03:52 AM EDT
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working days.
Seriously. I don't understand how people do it. The bright light, the heat, all the people around. Day shift sucks. Thankfully this is a one day thing. 
I much prefer working nights. Anyone else? I can't be the only night owl stuck in the land of the daywalkers right now. 
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, but, every time I've been out past 1a.m. it's mostly people you'd see on a sci fi horror movie.
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My shift preference, in order...
Days Nights Evenings I absolutely hate 2nd shift. I am glad those days are over. It's like a jail sentence for the week..... Get up, eat, drink coffee, mill around, look at the clock. Go to work, come home, go to bed. I can't mow the yard because by the time the dew burns off I don't have enough time. I could start it and finish it the next day, but if it rains in the meantime I'll have a half mowed yard I can't do nothing with. I gained a lot of weight because of inactivity. I didn't want to wear myself out before work and after work I just wanted to grab a bite and go to bed. I felt miserable. My body clock is much more adjusted to dayshift. Midnights were tolerable. |
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If I was single I would love night shift. Less people and I'm the boss on nights. Not the case on days. But, the wife hates sleeping alone.
Lucky for her, I work a two week rotation days/nights, and never longer than three consecutive days in a row, so I can be on night shift for two or three days, then have a couple days off to revert to a day schedule before going back on a night schedule for a couple more days. Lots of 24 hour periods without sleep when I'm on nights.  But overall I think I can be more productive on night shift because I sleep less.
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PSSHHH this is my schedule this week: Double (6a-10p) Double (6a-10p) Double (6a-10p) 2nd shift 2ndshift next week: Double (2p-6a) ALLLLLL FUCKING WEEK!!!!! so i dont wanna hear it..... 2 week total: 168hrs = >$3400  168 hours is normal for me. I work 12 hour shifts, 7days a week. Oilfield 
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I delivered newspapers for a guy I worked with for a couple days, covered him while he was out of town.
Despite severe sleep deprivation (already working two jobs before covering for him), it was actually really nice being out and about in the wee hours of the morning. Very peaceful, really. |