Working swing shifts sucks !

[WARputer]

I'm working 7 pm to 7 am this month and it bites ! Anyone else work night shift ? Hate it ?

[Mr Lefty]

I've worked night shift before... it sucked... but there are some + stores are ALWAYS open when your off.. no traffic... nice and piecefull at home (neighbors are at work)


though I did notice I slept less... because I'd see a pickup basketball game going on and would stop and play for 4 or 5 hrs... this was 6 years ago though... I love me some sleep now

[WARputer]

Yep...I used to stay up half the day ...gettin' too old for that shit now. Another good thing about nights is all the big wig bosses are at home.

[Mr Lefty]

yeah! and usually the workload is less... so there's more time to think of ways to pass the time... and with less people around... more places to execute said Ideas... we'd have pallet jack races... you face it back wards and put a foot on each side and turn the handle side to side and you'll pick up speed...

[WARputer]

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

yeah! and usually the workload is less... so there's more time to think of ways to pass the time... and with less people around... more places to execute said Ideas... we'd have pallet jack races... you face it back wards and put a foot on each side and turn the handle side to side and you'll pick up speed...

We have been known to race on the company golf carts & go 4 wheelin' in them too !

[JoJoYZF]

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

yeah! and usually the workload is less... so there's more time to think of ways to pass the time... and with less people around... more places to execute said Ideas... we'd have pallet jack races... you face it back wards and put a foot on each side and turn the handle side to side and you'll pick up speed...

Pallet jack races kick ass, I ride those around the depot all the time.

[Trip]

I work swing shifts during plant outages, it sucks. I hate it, but I usually work that for a few weeks with no days off. I like working 4 10's the best.

[Mr Lefty]

yeah longer shifts with more days off always rocks... i"d work 3 20hr days if I could

[WARputer]

Originally Posted by Trip

I work swing shifts during plant outages, it sucks. I hate it, but I usually work that for a few weeks with no days off. I like working 4 10's the best.

That's what we're doing now...plant outage....with the way the economy is, we've had 2 weeks of work and 2 weeks of outage every month !

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

yeah longer shifts with more days off always rocks... i"d work 3 20hr days if I could

Hell yeah ! I'd rather work 3 12's than 9 to 5 Mon thru Fri .

[Gas Man]

My job is swing shift...

Work 7 days (0700 - 1900)
2 days off (mid week)
7 nights (1900-0700)
5 days off (including the w/e which means I only get every 3rd w/e off)
start over

It has its pluses and minuses.