Current Events > Customer: I don't know how you work all night.

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Customer: I'd be asleep by 1am every night.
Me: Nah, you'd be fine. It just takes a few days to get your schedule changed over, but after that it's just like working any other shift.
Customer: What do you mean?
Me: Well, 1am for me is only 3 hours into my shift. You don't usually have much trouble with falling asleep 3 hours into your day shift, right?
Customer: Well no, but that's because I sleep.
Me: ....so do I?
Customer: When?
Me: During the day.
Customer: That's stupid.
Me: Ok...you have a good night.

Honestly, why is this such a difficult concept for people? I mean, it honestly sounded like this guy actually believed I didn't sleep. Ever. And this isn't a rare assumption, based on my conversations with customers. It just seems so fucked up to me that people think that's a logical conclusion to seeing me awake at night. Not "oh, he must just sleep at a different time than me" but instead "he must just not sleep." WTF?
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no but how do you sleep during the day, that's being awake time
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Don't try to understand customers
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One of the best feelings in the world was getting looks from people for buying beer at 7am.
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Aristoph posted...

Customer: I'd be asleep by 1am every night.
Me: Nah, you'd be fine. It just takes a few days to get your schedule changed over, but after that it's just like working any other shift.
Customer: What do you mean?
Me: Well, 1am for me is only 3 hours into my shift. You don't usually have much trouble with falling asleep 3 hours into your day shift, right?
Customer: Well no, but that's because I sleep.
Me: ....so do I?
Customer: When?
Me: During the day.
Customer: That's stupid.
Me: Ok...you have a good night.

Honestly, why is this such a difficult concept for people? I mean, it honestly sounded like this guy actually believed I didn't sleep. Ever. And this isn't a rare assumption, based on my conversations with customers. It just seems so fucked up to me that people think that's a logical conclusion to seeing me awake at night. Not "oh, he must just sleep at a different time than me" but instead "he must just not sleep." WTF?

The real issue is people don't understand what it does to you.
If you stick with it, it will fuck you up...at least in a societal sense.

The whole notion of, 'You get the whole day to your self' is shit.
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Malcrasternus posted...

One of the best feelings in the world was getting looks from people for buying beer at 7am.

I remember this from my third shift job days. One lady actually started lecturing me and I had to explain to her 7am was like my afternoon
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SiO4 posted...

The whole notion of, 'You get the whole day to your self' is shit.

It really is.

Three years of third shift was more than enough for me.

Hats off to anyone that does it.
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Malcrasternus posted...

SiO4 posted...

The whole notion of, 'You get the whole day to your self' is shit.

It really is.

Three years of third shift was more than enough for me.

Hats off to anyone that does it.

I did it for longer. I'm about a half year out, and still not really back to 'normal'
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I miss working night shifts as a security guard in the middle of nowhere. No one realizes how calming and easy that shift is. Most of the time I could actually take a nap myself because no one would check up on me.

I did that back when Jumbo/Blockbuster was still around, got through a good portion of their library using a portable dvd player, or my laptop. Pay 20 bucks for a good 10 dvds get paid 14/h for 8-12 hour shifts.

What I hated most working overnights at target was one of the employees who came in at 6am, and would get on the intercom, welcoming everybody and wishing them a great morning, all bright and cheery.

Bitch, we are tired now and ready to clock out and go to bed. You wouldn't want us doing the same to you at 10pm would you?
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I've worked at night for 10 years and I love it.
I'm a night weirdo.

It's usually calmer and more chill.
Plus less/no administration staff or supervision.
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Aristoph posted...

Customer: I'd be asleep by 1am every night.
Me: Nah, you'd be fine. It just takes a few days to get your schedule changed over, but after that it's just like working any other shift.
Customer: What do you mean?
Me: Well, 1am for me is only 3 hours into my shift. You don't usually have much trouble with falling asleep 3 hours into your day shift, right?
Customer: Well no, but that's because I sleep.
Me: ....so do I?
Customer: When?
Me: During the day.
Customer: That's stupid.
Me: Ok...you have a good night.

Honestly, why is this such a difficult concept for people? I mean, it honestly sounded like this guy actually believed I didn't sleep. Ever. And this isn't a rare assumption, based on my conversations with customers. It just seems so fucked up to me that people think that's a logical conclusion to seeing me awake at night. Not "oh, he must just sleep at a different time than me" but instead "he must just not sleep." WTF?

Flashbacks to my old job customers & all some people just lack common sense I swear
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I'm lucky that I never get that tbh
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I've worked grave 16 years.
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blablablax17 posted...

I've worked at night for 10 years and I love it.
I'm a night weirdo.

It's usually calmer and more chill.
Plus less/no administration staff or supervision.

Yeah, this. Less chiefs running around and I get paid more.

I also miss all the morning and afternoon traffic. Takes me 15 minutes to get to and from work when it would take me 45 as a normie commuter. Fuck traffic. Its soul crushing and like work time you're not getting paid for.

But is not for everyone.
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TennTux posted...

Malcrasternus posted...

One of the best feelings in the world was getting looks from people for buying beer at 7am.

I remember this from my third shift job days. One lady actually started lecturing me and I had to explain to her 7am was like my afternoon

Yep lol. I work 7pm to 5am.
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The customer is always right!
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4 years on doing 12s over nights and still rarely have a good 8 hours of rest. Body is always waking up every few hours and if I have to get up to pee then it's game over lol. Body feels tired. Loss of energy. Skin looks pale. Eyes startto droop. It's a terrible shift, yet more relaxing. Just wish the job didn't go past 4am. It'd be nice to go to bed when the sun is still down.
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Whenever I have my months of nights, its still pretty hard to maintain a decent sleep schedule despite having blackout curtains. /shrug
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I worked 3rd shift for like 12 years. It's not bad. You sleep while everyone else is at work. You still go out on weekends with friends. It's easy to not be some social misfit.
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It has it's perks, but when you do night shifts because you go to school during the day you mainly start to miss sleep and rotate your schedule around when you can actually get rest
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--Zero- posted...

4 years on doing 12s over nights and still rarely have a good 8 hours of rest. Body is always waking up every few hours and if I have to get up to pee then it's game over lol. Body feels tired. Loss of energy. Skin looks pale. Eyes startto droop. It's a terrible shift, yet more relaxing. Just wish the job didn't go past 4am. It'd be nice to go to bed when the sun is still down.

I hear you. I go to bed between 8am and noon usually. Blackout curtains are a must.
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Yeah, people are silly like that.
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Fucking daywalkers. Sleeping during the night is stupid, you're missing prime time quiet time since there is nothing going on. While during the day you have people being loud and generally stupid.

Kraidette posted...

Fucking daywalkers. Sleeping during the night is stupid, you're missing prime time quiet time since there is nothing going on. While during the day you have people being loud and generally stupid.

Tbqh I miss out on a lot of social engagements because I effectively need notice ahead of time to make sure I'm up by when it's time, because otherwise I'll be sleeping during the day and my phone doesn't wake me up. I make it work, but it sucks sometimes.

But it's quite nice never having to deal with traffic, and having a lot of quiet time to myself at work. I smoke, and I love to just go outside for a smoke break and look up at the stars and shit.
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Some people really struggle with night shifts. Im one of em. I left a job of almost three years after they brought in graveyards in my department.

Managed to stick it out through my second month of night shifts and I was so tired and miserable I just couldnt to it anymore.
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Aristoph posted...

Customer: Well no, but that's because I sleep.
Me: ....so do I?
Customer: When?
Me: During the day.
Customer: That's stupid.

hahah
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CanuckCowboy posted...

Some people really struggle with night shifts. Im one of em. I left a job of almost three years after they brought in graveyards in my department.

Managed to stick it out through my second month of night shifts and I was so tired and miserable I just couldnt to it anymore.

I've been doing 7pm to 5am for 5 years now. You get used to it, but it murders your social life.
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pres_madagascar posted...

CanuckCowboy posted...

Some people really struggle with night shifts. Im one of em. I left a job of almost three years after they brought in graveyards in my department.

Managed to stick it out through my second month of night shifts and I was so tired and miserable I just couldnt to it anymore.

I've been doing 7pm to 5am for 5 years now. You get used to it, but it murders your social life.

Yeah if it hadnt been shift work I can see adjusting eventually but a month of days month of evening month of nights was hell
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