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These goddamned work shifts are going to be the death of me. Two random grave yard shifts in the middle of my afternoon/morning shifts.
Just did two days of 8AM-430PM, worked 2AM-1030AM this morning, slept all day, back at work for 12PM tomorrow, then two days off, then four days of 8AM shifts.
No wonder my sleep is so fucked up.![]()
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My problem now is it's almost 3AM and I'm wide awake. If I try and stay up until a semi reasonable time tomorrow, I'm going to be exhausted by the time my shift starts. If I try and go to sleep around 7AM or so, I'll be wide awake all night again tomorrow. I really just can't win at this point.
I'm thinking I'm going to go grab a coffee and play KOA until I pass out. Maybe if I'm really lucky they'll cancel my shift, since the only reason I'm working tomorrow is to cover for a guy who had his foot stepped on by a horse. If he shows up for work tomorrow, I don't have to go.
I had a few jobs of 8 hour reverse rotations.......and one of 12 hour rotations
One particular job I had at the end of my "shift work era" actually wasn't bad at all.
A couple of days (random) of short shifts 8am - 2pm during the week, and then 2 later shifts on the weekend (Friday, Saturday or Sunday night).
Maintenance at a ten-pin bowling alley (that also had some coinop machines, and I had the keys of course).......pity it was crap money, it was good other than that![]()
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My father was a shift worker for the first 15 years of my life. 12 hour shifts, every couple of weeks he would switch from nights to days, then after a couple more weeks he would switch back. Even when I was ten years old I could see how much it was fucking with him.
I usually work two 8 hour shifts, then a couple of 4-5 hour shifts during a week. I rarely work more than 30 hours in a week, although this week I have at least 32, maybe even 37 if the guy doesn't show up tomorrow and I have to go in. That's really rare for me. 24 hours a week working four days is pretty standard.
I'm getting paid for 24 hours work on Friday, which is good because it works out at almost my full wage anyway. I missed almost a full week you see.
Also I'm fucking knackered. God damn jobs, making you work!![]()