Night Shift Sucks!

[flmason]

While on summer vacation from school I worked a temp job night shift. I only worked 1 week as I could not adjust to a new sleeping schedule.

 

[petes03]

@smeigs, thanks for the compliment! It was a hard job, but I owe a lot to it! My current job is much easier (for the most part) and the pay and benefits are much better, so I probably shouldn't complain as much as I do, but I still say night shift sucks! Lol!

 

[piperl12]

I know what you mean about normalcy my wife is the Executive Housekeeper at a Major Resort where we live. It is administrative primarily but she NEVER gets weekends off in the summertime. NO stat holidays and most of her days off are in the middle of the week. I on the other hand own my own business and work Mon-Fri 7:00-5:00pm with every weekend off. I would love to have a normal weekend like many other families but bills have to be paid and in this economy we are all lucky to have jobs.

 

[crazypipe]

Dan back when I did work ,I worked all kinds of hours and day's Christmas Thanksgiving Birthdays you nane it I worked it.

But that is all behind me now, retired after 39 years back in 2006, hang in there and one day it will all pay off. ::

 

[petes03]

Yep Teddy, I've worked many holidays as well. I managed to get Thanksgiving and Christmas Day off this year, but I have to work Christmas Eve. It really sucks cause that's when my family has their big get together. At least I'll be making 60+ dollars an hour that night, and hopefully I'll be mostly sitting on my butt the biggest part of the night! Lol! Plus I get paid for 12 hours on Christmas Day, and I'll be off!

 

[starcat]

Humans are not meant to work after dark, nor be exposed to artificial light the way we do it after dark.

It does and will have consequences, some more sensitive than others.

The fact that some have adapted and possibly even seem to like it still does not change the fact that its against nature and we are slaves to a system where everything under the sun has been monetized and also forced under a false mechanical time construct which is also unnatural.

 

[petes03]

+1 starcat!

Welcome to the forum, by the way!

 

[mustanggt]

Worked rotating shift work for many years. Worked XYZ shift which wasn't quite as bad. Swings, days and graveyard one week at a time with weekends off. Then there was the dreaded ABCD shift that was 7 swings two days off, 6 days on and 1 off and 7 graves straight with a 4 day long change then start over again. It was hard enough to work that schedule but some brilliant SOB decided we should change the rotation from swing, days, graves to days swings, graves. Screwed me up royal and has effected me to this day with sleep problems though I worked that schedule back in the 80's.