Anyone else on here work graveyard? I have been since the first of June in order to get some things straightened out at work and will be on it through September. I'm a night owl but I find that the older I get, the harder it is to adjust sleep patterns. I worked it in college and could go for days on little sleep and can now but feel like **** all the time lol........
Posted by journey (Member # 7316) on :
Years ago I worked as a security guard and had the 10PM-6AM shift. 99% of the time it was quiet and I could just read or listen to the radio, but that other 1% of the time could get weird. The freaks really do come out at night. You adjust to the sleeping during the day/rising at night routine - it just made things more difficult running errands like going to the bank, post office, doctor's, etc.
Posted by Sam Alice In cHAINs (Member # 3150) on :
working graveyard is a lot harder to do during the summertime compared to the wintertime. Much much easier to sleep during the day when it's cold out than it is when it's 90 degrees.
Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
i agree with you sam years ago i worked 3rd. shift for 12 years and probably slept about 2-3 hours a day in the summer if i was lucky ? besides the fact that i still lived at home and my mom was not the quietest person in the world there were kids outside playing, people cutting grass etc. and if your a light sleeper like i am it is really tough!!
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
Tell me about it. My neighbours dog barks for hours at a time. Try getting up for work in the evening when you've been kept awake all day by a dog enjoying the summer weather. If you want to work nightshifts you need to live in a bunker a mile away from any other human beings. Either that or be born deaf.
Posted by jdocster McFly you Irish bug (Member # 5752) on :
Done it, not for me. I used to work 3 jobs back to back with an hour break in between to go home and shower. Slept during the overnight most of the time. BORING!
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
I myself have never worked an overnight shift. When I used to waitress during and after finishing college, the latest the restaurant was open was 12:00, so I was out of there by 1:00. However, it was so hard to wind down, that I'd stop and buy a six-pack and watch Star Trek and whatever else happened to be on until I felt sleepy. I feel for you Motley. Everything is different now that we are getting older. I don't think I could do a night shift now- this body is just too old, ha,ha!
Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
my mother in law has worked the night shift forever i don't know how she does it? she is a nurse but now works 3 days a week at hospice she did retire for a year and went back to work couldn't stand not working she said lol i give her alot of credit she loves the night shift but then again she can fall asleep anywhere anytime lol if i could do that maybe it wouldn't have been that bad but mom can sleep thru anything i am too light a sleeper for that !
Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
Worked the night shift (9 in the evening to 6 in the morning) for about a year and a half, and I was a ****ing zombie! Slept all day, had little to no social life, and more money than I had time to spend! The wintertime was the hardest. Sometimes I didn't see daylight for days! And when you are clinically winter depressed, that's not a good (or healthy) thing! In the end I had to quit that job, I was starting to feel strange, and I rarely saw any other people! It wasn't worth it, though the money was good.
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
I work four days on, four days off...one of my shifts each rotation is a night shift...and a dosy...7PM - 7AM...ouch...a 12 hour back shift. My four days entail 7A-7P, 7A-7P, 7P-7A, 7P- Midnight...then four days off, then do it again. The one backshift is a bugger, but not too too bad to get through just one. You're simply just not supposed to be up a 4 AM...a tough one Mots...muscle through it and look to move on whenever possible. * I notice a big difference now that I'm 36...hurts a bit more...often get a headache from the lack of sleep.
Posted by journey (Member # 7316) on :
A few years ago I had lost my job and was running out of money so I took a part-time job at a video store. Then, a few weeks later I accepted a full-time position elsewhere. But I kept the job at the video store working nights for about 6 months. During that time I had no days off and 3 days of the week I worked 16-hour days. Also, because I was usually the only male on duty at night the video store stuck me in the back in the adult section. So I got to deal with all the wackos at 3 in the morning shopping for porn. That was easily the worst 6 months of my life. I was always tired, never had any free time, absolutely no social life, and pretty much wanted to kill myself every day. I have all the respect in the world for people who can endure that type of work schedule.
