Nightshift experiences?

[Sully60]

I was wondering if anybody out there in KB does night shift or has converted from "normal buisness hours" to night shift.

What are you experiences with this?
How did you adjust?
How do you find sleeping during the day?

What are the pros and cons of working when neally everybody else is sleeping or partying?

I interested to hear anything from someone who does nightshift hours.

Thanks in advance!

[James Deuce]

I've been on the receiving end of living with someone doing nightshift.

It got to the point where it was me or the nightshift.

If makes total psychos out of normal people.

It will age you prematurely, make you prone to a variety of cancers and mental disorders, and you will never, ever have time or energy to do "normal" stuff that people take for granted.

If you have kids, don't even think about it.

[Str8 Jacket]

Dunno if this is what you're looking for.... about 10 years ago I was working as a chef and was also a bar manager. I used to have to work most nights. I got say a monday off. When I was working everyone was partying or relaxing and when I was off work everyone was working or sleeping. It became very lonely for me and I became quite depressed. I guess it'd be OK if you had mates that did the same hours but I found that once I stopped seeing my mates very often they forgot about me. I could imagine that it would have the same kind of effect if you had a wife and family.....

It will age you prematurely, make you prone to a variety of cancers and mental disorders, and you will never, ever have time or energy to do "normal" stuff that people take for granted.

Jimis SO right, dunno about he aging thing though as I look quite young for my age, however its funny you say this Jim.... I battle with mental illness and I am a survivor of cancer!

[kevfromcoro]

done night shift for about 3 yrs, got home and couldent sleep.
sometimes sat up till the birds were singing
have stopped now ,,but has taken me a long time to get back to normal
dont think its to good for the life......

[Mikkel]

What are the pros and cons of working when neally everybody else is sleeping or partying?

Dunno - but those long civilisation games are going to be somewhat different I suppose.

If I'm working intensively on writing or something like that I often do it in the evening and into the night. That's just my natural rythm I suppose.

[Stirts]

I did nightshift for a wee while at the freezing works! Was way back when I was 19 - 20 ish!

Didn't bother me too much, with only one night club in Gizzy, I wasn't really missing too much!

Would catch-up with friends during their lunch breaks and on weekends! And going to the gym, shopping and paying bills etc during the latter part of the day - NO QUEUES!!

Sleeping during the day was fine.....good curtains make a nice dark room. But I did have to ensure my friends knew I would be sleeping, and if they rang me....well they got hurt!

There was a little adjustment period, but I found it no different from the going on holiday and returning to work adjustment you almost always suffer though.

[Trudes]

I worked in the Lab at Cedenco in Gizzy and we'd do rotating shifts, 6 days on one shift then two days off and rotate shifts. The 6am til 2pm was ok, 2pm til 10pm was good cause you could go to the pub after and not have to get up early, but 10pm til 6am sucked, except it was quiet at night, could get in a few naps and play strip poker, have tomato fights etc, but would suck that you "shouldn't" turn up to work from getting pissed at the pub and getting home from work as the flattys were just getting up to go to work was sad, never really slept well during the day (lived next to the airport, so that probably didn't help) so always felt tired. I didn't much like not having a "life".

[Zoolander]

Before I joined you at the bike shop I did a night shift over a Christmas period (start of october to end of december) at the first job. It was rough!! Found I would get home about 8am, try and get to bed by about 9 but could normally only sleep for an hour or 2, was too light and too much outside noise, would be tired and in a shitty mood all day then back to work at night, after a couple of weeks of that was a bit of a zombie, nearly crashed my car going home one morning cause I was in la la land, took a long time to get the body clock back to normal after it finished as well. Some people deal with it better, but from my point of view, not recommended if you can help it.

[Str8 Jacket]

Before I joined you at the bike shop I did a night shift over a Christmas period (start of october to end of december) at the first job. It was rough!! Found I would get home about 8am, try and get to bed by about 9 but could normally only sleep for an hour or 2, was too light and too much outside noise, would be tired and in a shitty mood all day then back to work at night, after a couple of weeks of that was a bit of a zombie, nearly crashed my car going home one morning cause I was in la la land, took a long time to get the body clock back to normal after it finished as well. Some people deal with it better, but from my point of view, not recommended if you can help it.

Hell, yeah I forgot about that. There is NO WAY in hell that you can just go home and sleep. You need to relax for a few hours. There is nothing on TV and usually no one on line. I found it hard to read cause I was a walking zombie, I was wide awake but my brain was jumbled.... I was even more of a bitch than I am now!

[BOGAR]

Easer to do it when you are young and from my experience single. You can catch up with your mates sometimes but it can quickly separate you from them just because of the hassle. Do it if you have to or the money is crazy good and only for a short while (a year or two to get some money behind you)
all i can say is try it, every one is different and some people take to it like a duck to water and some dont.

[Steam]

Night work actually reduces your life expectancy by 5 - 7 years.

It sucks. I did it for two years, I will never ever do it again. Never.

[Number One]

What are the pros and cons of working when neally everybody else is sleeping or partying?

Probably not fair of me to respond to this BUT as one half of the two people that would be most affected by this....

I'd miss you in our bed at night. What others have said confirms my fears. The thought of you being in zombie mode riding your bike home in the morning scares the shit outta me.

Love you babe and as always will stand by you whatever your decision...

[Str8 Jacket]

Love you babe and as always will stand by you whatever your decision...

But if you do choose to do it I will come round with a big stick and beat you!

[Firefight]

work a shift with two days then two nights, love it ,done it for 22 years
no problms once your used to it, I was grumpy to start with so it made no diffrence.

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[fireball]

i did night shift on and off for over 5 years (working at gas stations)
sometimes it was the most fun you could ever have at work turn the sounds up loud no customers to bug you between 3am and 5am so cleaning was easy, but then there were the bad nights got held up twice one with a gun the other with a knife had a shoot out on the forecourt etc drunk girls flashing titties so they could use the toilets all sorts
now i wouldnt do it. i was working in a bar when i met LilSel so i wouldnt be home till sunrise on the odd occasion and it sucked

but each to their own really i like to work nights but i would rather spend time with my partner

so here i am looking for a new job and hopefully will have one by the end of the week!