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Title: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: UpTheDosage on June 26, 2008, 03:04:37 AM
I do and it fucking blows my ass. My days off are Monday and Tuesday night. That makes it blow my ass even more. 
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: roc on June 26, 2008, 03:13:58 AM
yea dude and im working it now 7p to 7a.hate it, hate it ,hate it.screws up my training, my sleep, and everything associated with life
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: UpTheDosage on June 26, 2008, 03:22:20 AM
yea dude and im working it now 7p to 7a.hate it, hate it ,hate it.screws up my training, my sleep, and everything associated with life

oh man 12 hour shifts. that would REALLY suck. i work 11:30 pm to 8:00 am. I'm finally get used to it but i literally have no interaction with other people besides at the gym and on getbig. fuck my life sucks.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: roc on June 26, 2008, 03:48:48 AM
doesage how do you feel when you get up in the afternoon? i feel terrible. fortunately my wife has worked nights so she is sympathetic toward me feeling like garbage. she knows to leave me alone for a couple of hrs. hard to train coming off nights. and to sleep thru the day ambien cr 12.5mg works great. along with some melatonin. try it if you have difficultly sleeping thru the day
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: UpTheDosage on June 26, 2008, 03:59:28 AM
doesage how do you feel when you get up in the afternoon? i feel terrible. fortunately my wife has worked nights so she is sympathetic toward me feeling like garbage. she knows to leave me alone for a couple of hrs. hard to train coming off nights. and to sleep thru the day ambien cr 12.5mg works great. along with some melatonin. try it if you have difficultly sleeping thru the day

yeah i feel like absolute garbage as well. . . on my days off i sleep for about 16 hours because I can't wake up. I don't have much trouble falling asleep when i get home in the morning but it's just hard as hell for me to get out of bed at night time.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: MAXX on June 26, 2008, 04:36:18 AM
maybe you should think about getting a new job?
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: Monster_Everything on June 26, 2008, 04:36:54 AM
When i was 18, I worked that shit at a gas station in Jerzee. Played alot of super nintendo.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: UpTheDosage on June 26, 2008, 04:38:07 AM
maybe you should think about getting a new job?

trust me i would if i found a job where i made the same amount of money for doing nothing
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: Monster_Everything on June 26, 2008, 04:40:52 AM
trust me i would if i found a job where i made the same amount of money for doing nothing
how bout a job where you do 'something' as opposed to 'nothing' ???
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: UpTheDosage on June 26, 2008, 04:46:47 AM
how bout a job where you do 'something' as opposed to 'nothing' ???

haha like what? what would you suggest i do here in fucking Iowa?
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: JasonH on June 26, 2008, 04:50:38 AM
The worst job I had in my life involved nightshifts - working as a night porter in a hotel when I was about 21. Worked 11pm til 7am and then trained in the gym straight afterwards - fucked up my bodyclock big-time. I only lasted six months doing it - never again.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: alejandro_torres on June 26, 2008, 05:13:40 AM
haha like what? what would you suggest i do here in fucking Iowa?

grow some weed 8)
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: Dragon on June 26, 2008, 05:28:23 AM
haha like what? what would you suggest i do here in fucking Iowa?

personal training
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: 240 is Back on June 26, 2008, 05:29:46 AM
haha like what? what would you suggest i do here in fucking Iowa?

Swim!
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: UpTheDosage on June 26, 2008, 05:31:55 AM
personal training

already done that. no money in it.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: UpTheDosage on June 26, 2008, 05:32:43 AM
Swim!

haha no shit! i'd probably better learn how to pretty quick otherwise i may drown.  ;)
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: Monster_Everything on June 26, 2008, 11:31:09 AM
haha like what? what would you suggest i do here in fucking Iowa?
moving would be a start .....
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: no one on June 26, 2008, 01:47:02 PM
graves is a great shift once you get used to it.

go home at 7 or 8 am. sleep till noon or 1pm. get up and you have the whole day to do whatever you want. grab a quick sleep for an hour or two around 8pm before you go back in so you are rested. also, you don't have to deal with traffic- it's usually heavy in the opposite direction to what you are travelling.

i'd rather have mon/tues off- weekends are so fucking busy with line-ups everywhere you go. traffic at malls is crazy. fuck that. and you still  have all day to chill on a patio and drink a few corona with your friends during the day on sat/ sun.

it's all about how you approach it mentally. say it sucks and it will. approach it positively and look at the benefits and you might end up liking it.

i'm at a point where i'd take static graves if it were offered to me.

this tony robbins moment was brought to you by no one.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: benchmstr on June 26, 2008, 02:35:25 PM
they have me working 6pm to 6am for some bullshit taskforce right now,i am just going to go back on days and see if they even notice.whats the worse that could happen?

bench
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: Mad Nickels on June 26, 2008, 02:38:21 PM
they have me working 6pm to 6am for some bullshit taskforce right now,i am just going to go back on days and see if they even notice.whats the worse that could happen?

bench

are you one of those racist cops who pinches off busts?
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: windsor88 on June 26, 2008, 04:36:26 PM
I work 13 hour shifts on thur, fri, sat.  6:00pm to 8:00am

It really takes a toll on the body clock.  I have cable tv and bring in my own laptop to play games and fuck off on getbig of course.

Like someone said earlier I would love to find a dayshift job where I get the same pay and not do shit and get off 4 days a week.  It's not out there though.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: Purge_WTF on June 26, 2008, 05:03:38 PM
  I work the 3-11 shift, and I spend the first 3 hours of it driving. Not bad at all--I'm obviously my own boss, and I can blast my music while I ride.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: Epic_Monster on June 26, 2008, 05:04:38 PM
already done that. no money in it.

Wrong!
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: Azn Muscle on June 26, 2008, 05:19:25 PM
You are on GetBig, your first question should be "Anyone else have a job?"  ;D
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: roc on June 26, 2008, 09:48:41 PM
fuck, im working these next two nights. can't train until saturday!
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: flexingtonsteele on June 26, 2008, 09:50:14 PM
upthedosage, if you dont mind me askign what do u do?

And yea ive worked some graves, they fuckin suck. I honestly think they take years off your life. Try not to do them for too long.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: UpTheDosage on June 26, 2008, 09:55:37 PM
upthedosage, if you dont mind me askign what do u do?

And yea ive worked some graves, they fuckin suck. I honestly think they take years off your life. Try not to do them for too long.

Im a detention officer in my county's jail. We're hiring 70 more people so hopefully i can get on days soon.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: flexingtonsteele on June 26, 2008, 10:08:23 PM
Im a detention officer in my county's jail. We're hiring 70 more people so hopefully i can get on days soon.

yea thought it was in law enforcement

what state do u work in? Whats the pay like? Are u guys peace officers or no?
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: UpTheDosage on June 26, 2008, 10:12:57 PM
yea thought it was in law enforcement

what state do u work in? Whats the pay like? Are u guys peace officers or no?

i live in iowa. . . the pay is the same as cops. . . no we're just civilians. i think it's funny how people on here are saying, "well find a new job." or "moving would be a good start." If only it were that easy.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: flexingtonsteele on June 26, 2008, 10:20:11 PM
i live in iowa. . . the pay is the same as cops. . . no we're just civilians. i think it's funny how people on here are saying, "well find a new job." or "moving would be a good start." If only it were that easy.

that sux your not peace officers, but u have a dangerous ass job...........But like u said the pay is good, and its hard to leave something like that when your getting paid so well. Good career though

But always working weekends and holidays can wear u down fast.
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: benchmstr on June 27, 2008, 05:13:11 AM
i live in iowa. . . the pay is the same as cops. . . no we're just civilians. i think it's funny how people on here are saying, "well find a new job." or "moving would be a good start." If only it were that easy.
come to texas,you would be hired in under a week.

bench
Title: Re: Anyone else work graveyard shift?
Post by: TechnoViking on June 27, 2008, 05:23:58 AM
Get off the graveyard shift as fast as you can...Esp/if your the type that has depression in your family...Humans are not nocturnal creatures...We are like plants who need sunlight to stay healthy...Those who say that they sleep a few hours and then have the rest of the day to do whatever are probably borderline batshit crazy and they don't even know it...