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By (user no longer on site) OP 2 weeks ago
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It's cold and I want to just snuggle up in bed but I have to leave for work in 15 minutes.
I won't get home until 5ish tomorrow morning.
Send love, hot water bottles, flasks of hot chocolate, flagons of ale - or share your pain if your working the graveyard shift tonight x |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"Some hot drinks and a good work bestie is sooo valuable on those nightshifts "
You're so right. I did have the bestest of all work besties but she's gone now. Mase yime fly working with her. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"I used to love working nights. No management around, using their heating not mine, much less normally going on, I'd get to watch a film on my phone or read a book. "
My job is a very social one and usually a buzzing vibe. Just wish I could telaport myself there instead of public transport in the cold. Sounds like you had some pretty chill nights at work x |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"I remember those nights, in my nightclub working era. That’s a hard mood to shift when it's cold. I used to have a late nap with 4 alarms and that would see me through.
Good luck x"
Naps are crucial when working nights - especially if I've been working the day too. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"I feel your pain. I work nightshift, from 7pm to 7am. It's a struggle at times, let alone when it's cold and dark out there and you dont want to leave your bed  "
Damn that's a long shift! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"I work 8 till 8 with a 40min drive to my destination. Not good in the winter months plus I now work alone which can be lonely but on the whole I prefer nighshift to dayshift."
Wowser!!! That's a lot of hours. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"I’m on nights tonight 18.00 till 08.00 in the morning .
Like them more as other posts less emails more chilled etc
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Longggggg arse shift! Hioe it flies by |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"I work 8 till 8 with a 40min drive to my destination. Not good in the winter months plus I now work alone which can be lonely but on the whole I prefer nighshift to dayshift."
Does your work keep you active or are you fighting tbe sleep |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"Long travel times are a right downer.
All of your time draining away.
It takes me about 40mins to 1 hour. Any delays and bang..."
Oh wow, long journeys are a killer. I get the bus home. Can't risk falling asleep and ending up at Waterloo |
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"I work 8 till 8 with a 40min drive to my destination. Not good in the winter months plus I now work alone which can be lonely but on the whole I prefer nighshift to dayshift.
Does your work keep you active or are you fighting tbe sleep"
My work is unpredictable depending on whether the people I look after sleep or not. |
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"I work 8 till 8 with a 40min drive to my destination. Not good in the winter months plus I now work alone which can be lonely but on the whole I prefer nighshift to dayshift.
Does your work keep you active or are you fighting tbe sleep
My work is unpredictable depending on whether the people I look after sleep or not."
Eek, that's a hard job, if you dont use sedatives like those 2 senior carers used in the news... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"I used to do nightshift in a petrol station. Fuck me, the stuff that came in over that 11-7am, and I do mean "humans"
Thats in Southend. Front facing, on your own. We had an open door policy!!"
Damn! I saw a 24 hour corner shop that had a hatch window for the night shift, like the petrol stations the other day. Bet your cctv is comedy gold |
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"I used to do nightshift in a petrol station. Fuck me, the stuff that came in over that 11-7am, and I do mean "humans"
Thats in Southend. Front facing, on your own. We had an open door policy!!
Damn! I saw a 24 hour corner shop that had a hatch window for the night shift, like the petrol stations the other day. Bet your cctv is comedy gold "
We let them in, so... Maybe my boss wanted to get me killed off, I'm not sure tbh. |
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"I’m on nights tonight 18.00 till 08.00 in the morning .
Like them more as other posts less emails more chilled etc
Longggggg arse shift! Hioe it flies by"
Me too used to it after 27 years lol
Love the idea of your social meet up in the day I’m working though .
Look forward to how it goes sad I can’t come |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"I’m on nights tonight 18.00 till 08.00 in the morning .
Like them more as other posts less emails more chilled etc
Longggggg arse shift! Hioe it flies by
Me too used to it after 27 years lol
Love the idea of your social meet up in the day I’m working though .
Look forward to how it goes sad I can’t come "
Hopefully they will become a regular thing so you might catch one. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"I used to do nightshift in a petrol station. Fuck me, the stuff that came in over that 11-7am, and I do mean "humans"
Thats in Southend. Front facing, on your own. We had an open door policy!!
Damn! I saw a 24 hour corner shop that had a hatch window for the night shift, like the petrol stations the other day. Bet your cctv is comedy gold
We let them in, so... Maybe my boss wanted to get me killed off, I'm not sure tbh."
In Southend too ffs. That place is rough during the daylight hours |
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"I work 8 till 8 with a 40min drive to my destination. Not good in the winter months plus I now work alone which can be lonely but on the whole I prefer nighshift to dayshift.
Does your work keep you active or are you fighting tbe sleep
My work is unpredictable depending on whether the people I look after sleep or not.
Eek, that's a hard job, if you dont use sedatives like those 2 senior carers used in the news..."
Goodness, no, never. I prefer to be kept busy. |
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"I work 8 till 8 with a 40min drive to my destination. Not good in the winter months plus I now work alone which can be lonely but on the whole I prefer nighshift to dayshift.
Does your work keep you active or are you fighting tbe sleep
My work is unpredictable depending on whether the people I look after sleep or not.
Eek, that's a hard job, if you dont use sedatives like those 2 senior carers used in the news...
Goodness, no, never. I prefer to be kept busy."
Obviously, I was hoping that would be the case. |
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"I’m on nights tonight 18.00 till 08.00 in the morning .
Like them more as other posts less emails more chilled etc
Longggggg arse shift! Hioe it flies by
Me too used to it after 27 years lol
Love the idea of your social meet up in the day I’m working though .
Look forward to how it goes sad I can’t come
Hopefully they will become a regular thing so you might catch one. "
That would be good love a road trip especialy with fab friends |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 1 week ago
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"I've done a few overnights over the years. Felt like death after every one of them. I'm not a night owl   "
Both have their good and bad points. Not a fan of the cold and this is the first weekend where I've felt the weather change. |
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As bad as it is leaving your bed for a nightshift...
How good is it when it's a cold dark morning, it's pouring rain outside, and you get home and climb into bed all comfy, while everyone else goes out to battle the traffic and go about a busy day ahhhh what a feeling |
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