Re: yah night shift
[Re: theraif]
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08/17/23 05:55 PM
08/17/23 05:55 PM
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larrymopar360
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Stud Muffin
Joined: Jan 2011
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Central Florida
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You ain't kidding. And due to shortages I bounce around a lot which is even worse.
Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: yah night shift
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#3168660
08/17/23 09:13 PM
08/17/23 09:13 PM
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Joined: Feb 2022
Posts: 1,336 Nor here, Nor there
Dart 500
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Nor here, Nor there
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Back in 2002/2003 I worked straight nights, and it worked out for me because I flipped my life around to accommodate it. Hours were 11pm to 7am, I'd get home around 8, shower up and change, then go run errands, get food, work on the car etc until around noon. Be in bed by 2pm and sleep until 10pm and then head into work. IMO the worst shift was afternoons, you're living in no mans land. Wake up nobody home, get home from work, nobody home and nothing even open because its the middle of the night.
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Re: yah night shift
[Re: theraif]
#3168713
08/18/23 05:42 AM
08/18/23 05:42 AM
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Posts: 1,376 NORTHERN CA
HUSTLESTUFF
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NORTHERN CA
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I've been on 12 hour nights in the ER since 1992. No way would I switch. 6 12's in a row and 8 days off. Just left a job after 19 years because they could do the 6 in a row. 2 days on 3 days off 4 days on doesn't work for me.
"Were in it to win it. Anything less will end up being..... A whole lot of fun doing!!" UNLAWFL RIP UN
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Re: yah night shift
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08/19/23 11:56 AM
08/19/23 11:56 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 16,894 Between Houston & Galveston TX
SattyNoCar
Smarter than no class Flappergass by a mile
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Smarter than no class Flappergass by a mile
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 16,894
Between Houston & Galveston TX
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There was a time I loved night shift, but that time has long passed........... Me too, back in the day from '68 to the mid '70's I worked 11pm to 7am (3rd shift as they called it) five days a week. It was actually better than working 3pm - 11pm or 3:30pm-12am (2nd shift) for a young guy as all you could do once you turned 21 was close the bar at 2am with the rest of the drinking co-workers and then sleep it off until 1pm or 2pm the next day and get up and go back to work. Never had enough seniority to hold a steady 1st shift of 7am - 3pm so I volunteered for 3rd shift when they had it which was most of the time. A funny thing happened one Saturday morning around 7:15 am sitting in my '69 Road Runner tired and not really knowing what was going on at a traffic light and sort of feeling like that cat. My job was a 'third shift' too. I loved it at the time because Friday morning started my weekend and Sunday night started the week, so it felt like I had a three-day weekend. From what I was told and what I've seen, 8 hr overnight shifts have pretty much gone the way of rotary phones. One of the first jobs I had here in TX was a 12hr overnight, that SUCKED. Between drive time and them expecting you to stay an hour over to prepare for the next shift, I was looking at a 15-16 hr work day. I didn't last a week. I won't even consider a swing shift.
John
The dream is dead, long live the dream.......š„
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Re: yah night shift
[Re: SattyNoCar]
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08/19/23 07:00 PM
08/19/23 07:00 PM
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Posts: 175 Sticky South
Rodenteliminator
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The last 12 years it has been a rotation every month, 1st shift to 3rd shift to 2nd shift, 3rd shift month was a throwaway month for me the only way it worked for me was if there was weekend work just do 30 days straight on night shift so I could stay on a sleep schedule, we had so much turnover that we went to straight shifts and I am on day shift only and I feel so much better and get so much more accomplished at home. Doug
Sorry honey I spent the rent
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Re: yah night shift
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#3169132
08/20/23 03:26 AM
08/20/23 03:26 AM
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 16,631 On the runā¦
BloFish
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I Live Here
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Posts: 16,631
On the runā¦
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Of my 30 year career, I only worked a total of 3 yers of graveyard shift. It was never boring Iāll tell you that!
It really doesn't matter whether you win or loseā¦ as long as you look good doing it!
ā65 A100 ā69 āCuda ā73 Vega GT ā06 Mega Cab ā14 Mercedes SLK
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