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Not necessarily. In summer we have many more daylight hours and hitter temperatures to contend with.It’s a bit bleak at 4am. Be better in the summer.
Not necessarily. In summer we have many more daylight hours and hitter temperatures to contend with.It’s a bit bleak at 4am. Be better in the summer.
I do a night shift for stocktake a couple of times a year and this is what really confuses me. I usually have my dinner about 3pm, go to sleep for as long as possible and then have breakfast at work at around 2am and then a second breakfast when I get home at 6.30 and then go back to sleep.I'm a bit confused as to what I should be eating at any given time. Just now eating something about every three hours when I'm awake. Trying to keep coffee usage down too.
There is something nice about catching the sunrise at work. We had no windows, just a 1.5 mile long tin shed, so I'd generally take a shit break around sunrise and slope off out to the yard for a spliff to see the morning in.It’s a bit bleak at 4am. Be better in the summer.
Yeah, however many salads and light pasta dishes you prep and take in for nights you will always end up at the kebab shop...I'd smash all my grub by 11pm and then hit the chocolate machine. I stopped taking cash into work because of it.
One of the other shifts got a crew together and turned the machine upside down to empty it. After this happened a couple of times the machine was taken away and temptation vanished.
There is something nice about catching the sunrise at work. We had no windows, just a 1.5 mile long tin shed, so I'd generally take a shit break around sunrise and slope off out to the yard for a spliff to see the morning in.
I love thisI used to love the feeling of getting into bed shagged out in the morning and hearing the world getting up and going to work.
Eight hours a night is a modern invention anyway. Historically, there's loads of references to 'two sleeps' because people would wake up in between sleeps and they would be awake for a while, praying, doing work or chores or having sex, before going back to sleep.I regularly do 7 straight nights from 23.00 to 07.00 and try to keep my sleep patterns as close to how they would be normally ( my "commute" is minutes ). Finish work at 7. Home to bed to sleep for as long as possible. Normally awake and up around 11. Potter around, go back to bed around 6 and get up at 10. At end of last night I try to keep going but probably with a quick nap as I want to try and get back to normal hours asap.
Yes, that's a bit confusing, and I think I developed a tendency to eat something substantial, just in case it was 'dinner time'. But I also developed a tendency to snack too, because of not having regular mealtimes, so I suppose your metabolism and digestion and energy levels are all over the place because of disrupted sleep patterns coupled with irregular eating habits. So if you hit a slump it's all too easy to nip to the vending machine for a bar of chocolate if you feel like you need an energy boost. Or if you're in a job where there might be some quiet times during the night, it's easy to start eating just to relieving the boredom too. So I tend to put on weight when working shifts.I'm a bit confused as to what I should be eating at any given time. Just now eating something about every three hours when I'm awake. Trying to keep coffee usage down too.
Not so great when the people starting work are builders working on a construction site nearby.I used to love the feeling of getting into bed shagged out in the morning and hearing the world getting up and going to work.
Yes. We are about to have a tower block constructed litera;;y feet away from my bedroom windowNot so great when the people starting work are builders working on a construction site nearby.
the drugs helpedBeing an ex drug crazed raver was good training for this.
Silver linings.Being an ex drug crazed raver was good training for this.
We used to go to the Columbia road one after partying. We must have looked horrific to those pottering about looking at plants.When I had the 7 nights on, 7 off job, sometimes we'd go to Smithfield on weekdays (I think most of the pubs aren't there any more, or don't do the hours), or the one on the Columbia Road flower market on Sundays. Another job I briefly had and forgot used the Market Porter, as the office was quite close. It was just about OK for the socialising aspect, but even so it wasn't the best start to the non-working week. Weirdly, I think Saturday morning was the only time one couldn't buy a drink at that time of day somewhere. Or we didn't know where to go.
As already mentioned i tried to keep going. In keeping with my "training" from Crisis, I would go straight down the pub afterwards for a breakfast and a couple of pints.I’m not sure what to do in the morning. Go on the lash at six AM? Go home to bed?
Depends how tired I am.
I'm just getting ready to do a 21:30 to 06:00 shift. It's a week of this in a five week rolling rota. Going from 09:00 to 17:00 to night shifts is a tad hard. Fatigue generally does not make me a kinder, nicer person. I will try with both hands.
I am not confident of getting much sleep after work this week. My cat will not approve of me being in bed in the day time. He will no doubt be a bastard. People knocking on the door, birds tweeting (bastards). Will probably walk over to Borough market when I finish and have a couple of pints and a breakfast.
Any other night workers out there?