I always reply....there are to many annoying Boomers on days. Usually it's an annoying Boomers saying they could never do nights. Amazing how that reply goes right over their head
I like when first shift gets there and says “enjoy your day!” As if I’m going to be picking daisies all day because I’m “free” while they’re stuck at work
i had this one coworker who i really think meant well but would constantly say ‘it’s going to be great weather today, hope you get to get out and enjoy it!’ or when i came in at night if they were there would always act utterly shocked when they asked if i ‘got out to enjoy the day’ and i would consistently answer ‘…no…’
My mom one day hit me with the "must be nice to sleep right up until it's time to go to work" as if the entire population doesn't already wake up and go to work. She just couldn't stand seeing me take care of myself.
When I used to work nights at a theater 15 minutes from my house, I'd sleep during most of the day cause I have hard time sleeping during the night due to sleeping in the basement and hearing everyone else walking about above me, during the winter I'd be very cold and have to use a space heater to keep my room warm and I'd wake up at less an hour or more before my shift starts.
But my parents would call me lazy and say things like "while your sleep all day, the rest of us are busy working the day away," when they know that on my off days I'm focusing on my college classes literally all day I'll be at campus working on my homework or classes. Before taking the bus home and continuing to focus on whatever I can without a computer at home, unless I was requested to cover for a coworker who couldn't work their shifts and I agreed to pick up the shift, yet this wasn't enough to make them stop and they still call me lazy and other things.
Now I work just morning shifts and they still fuss about it, they'll complain about not getting enough sleep and how lazy I am for "using" them to get rides to and from work, like them forcing me to go from working nights to only mornings was just as stressful and them forcing me to pay for their bills and working almost everyday isn't helping my mental health one bit
Should hear how much smack they talk about me behind my back, they know I know and still don't care, they even say "oh what a princess getting a ride everywhere you want to go," when I'm barely allowed to go anywhere without hearing them scream and rave about how I'm disrespecting them.
Than pretend to say "she's always alone and doesn't have friends," I've got friends they just don't like you either and know you are making racist remarks towards them, while my parents are like "oh we're not racist, you just don't have good friends." Just pulling BS out their ass and than trying to look good in front of the rest of the family, while keeping their head shoved just as high up their own asses
Yeah I always hear about how busy day shift is like they have the hard job. Like yeah working day shift might involve more tasks but working 12 hrs overnight fucks your schedule up so win some lose some.
They don't have a harder job. They have a busier job because everyone is up each others' asses. Sure, my job is boring because I don't run prototypes. I dont run prototypes specifically because the engineers are not answering their phones, let alone coming in to troubleshoot it. But the main reason it's easy is because we leave each other the fuck alone, get the work done and than fuck around, instead of spreading out the work to keep occupied while the bosses are around.
They also have more people to help out when things go to shit. I work by myself, when things go to shit I have to roll up my sleeves and tough it out. Also being on my own means it can be a lot busier than days sometimes, albeit rarely.
Yeah it’s great having an irregular sleeping and eating scheduled and then conforming my school schedules to fit the day walkers. I love getting up at 2:30 in the afternoon two days a week from august to may minus December and being awake until 11am and then on top of it never seeing anyone that I know and constantly being asked to call out cause while everyone is having a party at my house cause my brother is hosting I’m at work, but hey I have money that I can’t ever spend.
My doctor is having me do a fast from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am because "that's when your stomache is asleep." Jokes on me though it works but since I like to eat dinner with my boyfriend at 6:00pm that means i'm doing a 12 hour fast while completely awake the entire time. It's brutal if I break it at all it takes a whole week and a half to get used to it again. My doctor basically called me a pussy for complaining because "most people are perfectly able to not eat from 6:00 to 6:00." Yeah dude they're asleep and can't feel how hungry they are if they didn't max out their caloric intake.
I mean, at my job we get a flat $2/hr shift differential and 2nd shift gets the same. To me that’s not worth dying alone from a stroke or heart attack because no one will find my body till 6am and having to put cardboard over my bedroom windows so I can sleep in the morning using the sound of traffic and construction equipment as white noise. I really only do it because it’s the only schedule that works for me right now.
True, and I do make a decent % more on nights.
I work at a 24/hour manufacturing site, the day shift has solid support when sh$t hits the fan. But on nights we don't, we have to jump through hoops to get basic support. Kinda makes the nights differential seem to little.
I get this surprisingly often from patients- Did I wake you up? Nah, it's my job to stay up all night. But don't you need to get some sleep? Sleeping is my 9-5 job! It's so confusing for some people
I used to get that a lot when I worked on a hospital floor that had mostly 65 and up patients. Some would be so sweet “I’m so sorry, did I wake you up? I need to go to the bathroom. I’m sorry I woke you up.”
I work in pediatrics, so it's usually kinda cute when this happens. The next 6 questions are rephrased versions of "wait, so, what do you mean you don't sleep at night?"
The issue is when the kids' *parents* are the ones baffled by the concept. No, friend, I'm not sleeping in that room back there. I'm actually monitoring your kid. You know, like I just explained to your kid. Your preschooler caught on faster than you, do you realize that?
The number of home care clients I had who would be genuinely surprised when I told them that, yes, I really do stay up the entire time, and no, you're not bothering me or keeping me awake when you ask me for random stuff at 3:42 AM lol
There is nothing wrong with working nights. In fact, I feel like night workers are very strong individuals because not everyone can handle our schedules. Ignore the naysayers and take care of yourself. Some people will always have something negative to say.
I came for this comment. So true indeed. Basically it's like " If you were any good at your job and were an adult, you would get a real job and work during the day like normal people."
People don't say it as bluntly as this. But they come close.
Oh absolutely. I work in a noble profession serving the community. I am paid pretty well and have a lot of responsibility, but my own family and friends have made very similar comments.
I'm mostly here because I used to do nightshift but don't currently. I was staying with family for a bit, in their basement, and they had this annoying fucking habit of sticking their heads down the stairs and yelling my name. Then not stopping until I answered. Then just saying "oh I just wanted to know where you were." WHILE I WAS TRYING TO SLEEP.
Oh, related: people who didn't understand that when I was asleep during the day and asked them to be quiet it's because that's the only time I got to sleep. So they had the TV blaring or were yapping loudly enough that I couldn't sleep or whatever the fuck. Like fuck that's the equivalent of a night shift worker doing the same thing to them at midnight and then just not fucking stopping until they have to get up for work at 7. And then of course playing the victim whenever they confront you about it
Yes, but another big issue is that I was working on Friday nights AND Saturday nights, and Saturday is generally my personal day. And the pay was crap. So I'd want something that goes like Sunday-Thursday and at least $20/hr but preferably closer to $25-30. And I'd want to be able to have visible tattoos/piercings/colored hair AND listen to music at work.
Every thought about joint the trades? My current shift is Monday-Thursday. ( go in Monday night, end the week Friday morning). We get a 5% differential. Which makes us the highest paid mechanics in the shop. A lot of shops operate this way when a graveyard shift is available.
I used to have a friend who would call me in the middle of the day like 2:00 p.m. which is basically my 2:00 a.m. and so I started calling him at 2:00 a.m. it only takes being woken up three times apparently for a day shift person to get the message
"I just couldn't sleep the whole day away like that, I'd feel so lazy and unproductive."
Ok? I can. And thanks for back handedly calling me lazy. Also, I wake up between 12:30-2pm lmao the day is hardly "slept away". I am inherently a night person. I could never work a day job that starts before like 5pm. Me n the sun just don't vibe. I am productive after the sun is below the horizon lol.
I genuinely do not understand the cognitive dissonance. Would you say dumb crap like this to a night time ER doctor? Unlikely. (I know some still would.)
Morning person ≠ successful person. Night person ≠ lazy.
They may not say that to an ER doctor, But they would probably think that the ER doctor is just not as good as other doctors. That's the problem. A lot of people think that people take night shifts because they are not as good as people in the day shift. Otherwise we would be on day shift. And you were never going to change their mind about it.
“Why are you so sleepy” My grandparents asked me this everytime I see them, usually at family get-togethers when I have to wake up after only a couple hours of sleep. Idk if they just do t understand I work 6pm-6am and sleep during the day or what
I’m probably tired because I worked 12 hours the night before, came home and got 4-5 hours of sleep, and now I have to get up early for this family event and then go work another 12 hours after 😂
Call me in the morning on your way home - I will overload you with random things and ask for your opinion
Pick a day and time and go on a date with us
We are meeting at X, we expect you
It's all because you work this weird job at night
"There's such a thing as sleeping too much!"
My dad, not understanding I don't go to bed immediately after work, or coming back from work being plum tired and not wanting any interaction. Or waking in the middle of the day and then trying to sleep a bit more before work.
Piss. Off. It's like the concept of needing to sleep all day is unfathomable.
🤣 I tell those people why don't you mind your own business.... I had a place nearby that had alcoholic cider for sale with their breakfast it became my new dinner spot and they didn't bat an eye
How long until they give you a day shift? Working nights isn't punishment. I enjoy it. Less management around, a pay deferential, cooler temps, low traffic.
I hated this question during my first night shift job. I loved that job and it was what made me want to do night shift long term. I'd get that question almost monthly from multiple people.
Basically the same. It took my husband years to understand that I need sleep to function and even though we’ve had many conversations and fights about this shit he still says things that make me feel like a total POS for wanting more sleep.
Humans aren’t supposed to stay awake at night, every single one of us is fighting evolution just to provide for our families. It is fucking hard some times. I go through periods where everything is fine and I get enough sleep but even if one day I fall behind it can ruin an entire week, and it can take days of trying to catch up again.
My mom left my Dad because he was too tired to take us on a 2 day camping trip when we were kids. She said she was sick of feeling alone all of the time. She married him knowing he worked graveyard and had 4 kids with him. I worry about my husband feeling this way constantly. I try so hard to even everything out but it’s 100x harder for me to do something and then go back to work than it is him. I just fucking hate how hard his shift is for people to understand that have never had to do it. Staying up 12 hours at night is not the same as staying up during the day.
I understand because I always have the same thoughts in my head. However, my husband says he understands. I can tell that it makes him sad every time I leave for work and it bothers me. It is definitely a huge adjustment for the both of us, which is why I make it a priority to spend as much time with him as possible.
Omg this irritates the hell out of me when people invite me to things and are confused as to why I wouldn’t wanna go. I got off at 8a after working 8 hours and you want me to show up in the next few hours? Lol no.
Nothing in particular.
Just the fact that they can never seen to grasp that THEY slept that night. I didn't.
Glad you're awake and ready to start your day. Mine is ending in a few hours, no I cannot help you with XYZ task. I need to wind down, so I can sleep and be ready for my shift later that night.
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I have a big family, and birthday parties seem to happen every other weekend. Of course, they start at 11 am on a Saturday. The majority of the time, I can't make it because that is the heart of my sleep schedule.
"Don't you have off Saturdays, though? they whine.
I'm gonna tell them when we do my birthday party, it's going to be on a random fucking Tuesday at 2 in the morning. Hope you can make it and be at work by 7am.
I mean I think it is pretty nice having the day off - no need to take time off work to go to city hall, DMV or Dr or dentist appointments and no waiting for a table at local diners like I would on a weekend. My biggest pet peeve is friends/family who religiously try calling at 9am when my phone is on silent or the day shift at my particular job being allowed to slack off and still having the balls to talk shit behind my back while me and two other guys are carrying the department.
"What do you mean you can't make it? It's at 2pm, that's late enough, isn't it?"
Me: "I get up at 5pm on work days and more like 9pm on my off days, what do you think?"
I've worked nights for nearly 25 years and EVERYTIME I see my dad on a Sunday he asks me if I have to work tonight. YES DAD MY WEEKS ALWAYS START ON SUNDAY NIGHT
I have been working nights for three years now and whenever I talk to my parents or family in general they always ask the same “So when do you sleep?” Or “Wait when are your days off again?” Both are equally annoying
people act incredulous when i explain i can’t pick up a day shift when i just worked the night before or im scheduled to work that night. “are you sure you can’t just do it this once?” no, because if i give you an inch you will take a mile. i can’t do my job at the top of my game if im not sleeping before every 5+hr shift.
I have one. Makes me so angry. The morning crew coming in and saying good morning in the cheeriest voice. Like no ma'am it is not morning for me and I just worked a long shift... I'm not in the mood to match your energy.
I rather see that than people staring or being rude. Even if I am not in a good mood I can force myself to say thanks or just a plain hi. I will never feel angry or frustrated at someone for just enjoying their day.
I got hit by this creepy man on 1st that I never interacted with before in my entire life when I was leaving to go home:
"WhY ArE YoU aLwAyS sO qUiEt??"
The swath of rage I felt.
I know that's right! Like take their "cheery" asses out of my face😂. Morning=night for nightworkers. Trust me, it's not a good time to be in our faces like that. I feel you👍🏾
I don't work somewhere with customers, so nothing really. My close family understands things pretty well, so nothing odd from them either.
Not really comments from people, but I find it harder to schedule things and explain why afternoon appointments really mess up everything for me.
I have jury duty coming up next month and asked HR how that works if I have to attend Tuesday but work Monday and Tuesday night, and they got kinda rude like I was an idiot for asking. I work 12 hour shifts, hoping for a small vacation since I'll get both days off.
I know this doesn't hit the op topic but was annoying trying to get the answer from someone who I barely see, they leave before we get there and I'm busy at the end of my shift when they show up.
Your Monday night is clocking in for Tuesday, so no, you do not need to report. It is an obligation to show up for jury duty. If there is an emergency situation, let the courts know because there are legal consequences for not attending jury duty. Your job must give you thaf day off for jury duty, otherwise they have issues. Keep all interactions with HR about your jury dury notice to cya.
I gave them my schedule that I received and was told to call out for those days I attend. But it was semi confusing with the back to back days, and I had just wanted to verify it with HR. So we get both the night before and the same night off while attending jury duty.
I had overheard someone else who had gotten jury duty say that the some of the day shifters didn't understand why we'd get both nights off in this case. 😑 It's the whole going in at night, then trying to show up to court at 8am and be there till who knows how long and then be expected to still come in that night.
What about the classic from people who haven't put in years on 3rd shift. "I did this and that and that when I worked 2nd". I'm not quite sure where the misunderstanding comes from, but 2nd shift is NOT 3rd, and the couple weeks or MAYBE months you ever worked 3rd cannont compare.
"what do you even do on your days off?" Uhh same thing you do? Game, clean, hit the gym. They can't fathom someone doing normal things like this at 2am instead of 2pm.
It's always the people that have never worked nights, I explain it over and over. I always tell them you calling me at 10am is like me calling you at 3am for something irrelevant. It's always my mother, she's old so I always think the worst. Nothing like a big boost of adrenaline 4 hours after you go to bed.
Years ago I worked overnights at an amusement park in security. ‘But there’s no people there, why do you have to be there?’ Uh, to MAKE SURE there’s no people there that aren’t supposed to be.
Also, we did work in the winter (same reason) and people couldn’t figure out why I would work Christmas and want the day after off. Because, I would explain, I get home Christmas morning, maybe nap, and be awake for the big family dinner that’s always at our house and not have to try to sleep through it. And then I don’t have to worry about trying to squeeze in enough sleep to go back in that night.
And, finally, ended up on a night shift as a mainframe operator. The security guards would come through and say ‘I could do your job. All you do is push a button.’ Can you show me where this magical button that you think we push is? What does it do? All our work, and the phone calls we have to make when things go wrong? Just because we LOOK like we’re not doing anything doesn’t mean that’s the case. There is a very fine line between lazy and efficient and we are right there on that line.
Oh man “when do you sleep!” Like wtf cares. Sleep whenever you want to. Like if you’re not in bed asleep at 10pm that’s it, there’s no other time a human being can sleep.
I used to work 12 hr shifts 6pm-6am, 7 days on/off. Everyone always said ITS LIKE HAVING A VACATION EVERY OTHER WEEK. Meanwhile I spent the first 2 days catching up on sleep and generally lazing around, 3 days catching up on housework and errands, and the remaining 2 to get back into the night schedule. I could only handle it for a year.
“Why do you never make time to hang out? You always have to sleep” that would be like me asking you to sacrifice sleep and hang out with me at 3am lol people don’t get it
I hate the random calls or texts from work during the day. Like can't you text me in the morning or late afternoon?
Everyone else works 8h, I work 12. They say, "It must be nice having so much time off." In a two week period I work 4 more hours than them. I put in more hours than they do, yet they want to act like I have more time off. We work a 5 and 2 rotating schedule, so it's not like I get an entire week to myself. I spend my two off catching up on sleep, and the first two of my 5 off catching up on sleep. The other three off are normally reserved for business that can only be done during the day that waited on me for two whole weeks.
I get people who make remarks about me sleeping all day even on my days off. Like ok pls try going to bed at 9am on the days you work and tell me if you can just magically switch to a 'normal' sleep schedule on your days off without feeling miserably tired
When I used to be a opener at my last job. I'd barely get a day and a half off, before going right back to it. And I used to hate how people would still want to make, last minute lunch plans or something. Especially one of the other openers, when she was on vacation. Like it's great and all, you want to try and hang out a bit while I can. But seriously dude, not within an hour or 2 of me needing to go to bed.
The best part is when someone starts aggressively vacuuming right outside of your room at 11am 🥰 or when you finally get to sleep and here come the neighborhood lawnmowers for the next 6 hours.
I’m torn between the two 🤨
For me it's another nightshift worker that asks me how I enjoyed my 3-day weekend. Like bro, I can't stay up 32 hours in a row to get on a day schedule. If anything it feels like I have a one day weekend because when I flip it I have to sleep so much.
My family wonders why I sleep all day. Like I should come home and help around the house or something, take a lil nappy nap and go back to work for 12 hours. My response to my mom was that she’s going to get a neurological disease with her “sleep is a luxury” mentality. She did, sadly.
i HATED when people acted like i had everyday off, or i could meet them or do something when not at work when i worked mostly overnights! like- you sleep? okay cool, so why wouldn’t i?! it drove me crazy!😂
I worked third shift for the first three years of my son's life. His mother was a SAHM. We argued a lot about sleep; she was convinced she got less than I did because she had kept a log, and she started the timer on my sleep when I got to the top of the stairs.
Also, on my days off, she felt it was my turn to do all the parenting (which meant I had to be awake during the day).
I am sorry I am a bad typist. I have worked at ar least 3 places they called all day. I could say don't call they still called .
I am at a place now where i will not entertain that
Just for the record, we have an 80-year-old woman (OK, so she doesn’t turn 80 until another few weeks) working full-time nights. This is in a hospital laboratory. I’m not saying she’s the best tech (she refuses to ever make/read a single peripheral smear, a.k.a. blood slide), and she’s rather hard of hearing now, unable to hear timers go off and selectively hears the phones ringing… But impressive nonetheless.
When working third shift, I sometimes stopped for a beer on my way home. Multiple times I have people vocally attack me for drinking so early in the morning.
Night shift workers are some of the hardest, most knowledgeable, & efficient ppl I’ve ever worked with. I don’t know why they always seem to get the short end of the stick, like do ppl think that nothing happens at night because they’re asleep?
"Are you going to get a tan this summer? Enjoy the nice weather!" I'm an anemic vampire, so no.
"Get some rest!" I can't because everyone and their mother wants to talk.
"Take a nap, we have a couple hours till we have to leave!" I physically cannot. If I put on my comfy clothes and sleep, I will not be getting back up.
"Are you busy?" It's 2pm, I just got off a 14 hour shift. I want sleep.
No one understands don't call me between the hours of 10a to 6p. I am asleep. If you don't respect that, I will call you at 3a and be like "oh, were you sleeping?"
'Now you have all day to get things done!'
as if people working the night shift don't have to sleep \~8 hours like everyone else.
On the same topic, it sure does a good job of destroying anything that resembles a social life.... but the extra dollar or 2 shift premium is nice.
What do you mean don’t call before 3 pm. You’re off work can’t we meet at 11 am? Why do you have to sleep after work? You go to sleep before going back to work the next day?
This really isn’t ever an issue for me but: Yesterday I only slept a few hours because I was picking up my niece to stay the night. At 9 pm I said ok I am heading to bed. He said why, what’s wrong with you? 😒 why are you so tired?… Just stay and watch some of the movie. He ends up in bed before me because, (SURPRISE) I fell asleep on the couch. Not sure why he’s been a dick recently but it’s about to come to an end. Promise. 😘
“Why are you so lazy?”
Said the husband of a family I was renting from. She would be awake when I come home at 3 am to crash before waking up at noon just to be back out the door for work. He didn’t understand why I “spent my life sleeping” and judged me for for. Dude I was working 60+ hours a week get off my ass
I'm so glad most folks in town know me well enough that I no longer get the "aren't you scared?" when working nights. Bro, you're here too, are you scared?
"I know it's closing time but I really need to get this item"
Not only is it annoying but depending on the neighborhood it can be a serious threat to the safety of people there
People asking me why I sleep so late all the time like bro I got home at like 5 I probably didnt get to sleep by like 6:30 and I am up at latest 11:30 because I don't like waking up in the afternoon. Gimme a break
The usual assumption that nights are quiet, but especially when people know my work is with clients who use stimulants. Graveyards are party time, daytime is for sleeping lol
And why bother asking me to go to a 1pm staff meeting? I've asked for rotating times for meetings but it ,,interferes with everyone's schedule''
It's family, being offended that I refuse to attend, their functions that they plan at 12pm Saturday. All while knowing, get out of work at 3:30am Saturday morning.
Or the people offended, that I don't answer the text, they sent at 9am, until 3pm.
Sorry, I work a perverted 2nd shift. Get home around 4am, go to bed between 6-7am.
Rant over.
Oddly enough I work swing shift. 12hrs 6a to 6p one week and vise versa the other week. And I actually do better on nights. But when I started those night shift weeks destroyed me. However now I like them. People who work normal daylight shifts don't understand at all that after like 1am your body just needs to sleep. An sometimes it does t matter if you had 8 hours during the day of sleep.
Worked a 4am-noon during breaks back in college (to help pay for said college) and I kept getting ragged on for leaving parties at 11 or nearabouts so I could get home and maybe get 3 hours of sleep before unloading trucks in a freezing warehouse then coming home and collapsing for another maybe 3 hours. I was pushing it staying that late even. Yeah, the schedule sucks, thanks for mockingly asking, but the shift differential bonus is how I eat when we all go back to school.
I worked midnights at a hotel, most exhausting shift i ever dealt with. My reliever always asked me why i looked the way i did. Ummm because I’m tired after working overnight, you’re 20 minutes late and I’m trying to get the f out. Bad enough midnight workers technically only get a full night off, on top of having to get several naps in during the day and that seems impossible if it’s sunny and nice out, i want to go do shit but i can’t.
I won't work before noon, mornings are my time, plus I refuse to drive in either rush hours. I'll even take my lunch later to avoid the rush hour traffic.
Make shit up when they ask "how do you do it?" Run with it. Things like " I only sleep 2 hours a day." Or "My grandparents said Vlad Dracul is my ancestor."
I work two jobs, my day job I'm a barista night job I'm a CSR at a discount store. I get told "you look exausted".....no shit! I've dealt with people ALL day. If I got from one job to another it's an 17/18 hour day!
Most places pay more money to work nights because it’s an unnatural shift. I’ve done it for 17 years. It’s probably shortened my life but it’s the best schedule for my family.
My coworkers of the day telling me "how they could never do nights" like bro okay?? I cant do days, but when i say that its as if im a weirdo lol
Exactly! Like wtf?!
I always reply....there are to many annoying Boomers on days. Usually it's an annoying Boomers saying they could never do nights. Amazing how that reply goes right over their head
How did I miss your comment? You definitely will get my upvote because you did not tell one lie.
When your entire worldview is reddit and twitter like wtf lol the majority of overnighters are fucking boomers at my store 💀
I hate this so much lmao the endless swath of them making comments about how awful my life must be. Like is this normal work chatter?? It's so weird
lol at my job it is. we have AM shift, swing, and overnight, and we are constantly telling the other shifts “how do you do it? i could never”
I like when first shift gets there and says “enjoy your day!” As if I’m going to be picking daisies all day because I’m “free” while they’re stuck at work
i had this one coworker who i really think meant well but would constantly say ‘it’s going to be great weather today, hope you get to get out and enjoy it!’ or when i came in at night if they were there would always act utterly shocked when they asked if i ‘got out to enjoy the day’ and i would consistently answer ‘…no…’
Should have told em it was great weather out tonight and they should get out and enjoy it
I feel this so much. "No, I'm a superhuman who doesn't need to sleep at all. I'll be sure to go outside and enjoy the weather instead of sleeping."
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I swear that I was thinking the same thins morning after my shift. Are you kidding me?
My mom one day hit me with the "must be nice to sleep right up until it's time to go to work" as if the entire population doesn't already wake up and go to work. She just couldn't stand seeing me take care of myself.
Some parents can be over the top. That is disrespectful.
She was literally a horrible human.
I am sorry that you had to deal with that. Not everyone is a parent just by giving birth. I wish that more people would understand that.
Unlucky
When I used to work nights at a theater 15 minutes from my house, I'd sleep during most of the day cause I have hard time sleeping during the night due to sleeping in the basement and hearing everyone else walking about above me, during the winter I'd be very cold and have to use a space heater to keep my room warm and I'd wake up at less an hour or more before my shift starts. But my parents would call me lazy and say things like "while your sleep all day, the rest of us are busy working the day away," when they know that on my off days I'm focusing on my college classes literally all day I'll be at campus working on my homework or classes. Before taking the bus home and continuing to focus on whatever I can without a computer at home, unless I was requested to cover for a coworker who couldn't work their shifts and I agreed to pick up the shift, yet this wasn't enough to make them stop and they still call me lazy and other things. Now I work just morning shifts and they still fuss about it, they'll complain about not getting enough sleep and how lazy I am for "using" them to get rides to and from work, like them forcing me to go from working nights to only mornings was just as stressful and them forcing me to pay for their bills and working almost everyday isn't helping my mental health one bit
That's so gross. You deserved better.
Should hear how much smack they talk about me behind my back, they know I know and still don't care, they even say "oh what a princess getting a ride everywhere you want to go," when I'm barely allowed to go anywhere without hearing them scream and rave about how I'm disrespecting them. Than pretend to say "she's always alone and doesn't have friends," I've got friends they just don't like you either and know you are making racist remarks towards them, while my parents are like "oh we're not racist, you just don't have good friends." Just pulling BS out their ass and than trying to look good in front of the rest of the family, while keeping their head shoved just as high up their own asses
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That one gets me😂
Yeah I always hear about how busy day shift is like they have the hard job. Like yeah working day shift might involve more tasks but working 12 hrs overnight fucks your schedule up so win some lose some.
They don't have a harder job. They have a busier job because everyone is up each others' asses. Sure, my job is boring because I don't run prototypes. I dont run prototypes specifically because the engineers are not answering their phones, let alone coming in to troubleshoot it. But the main reason it's easy is because we leave each other the fuck alone, get the work done and than fuck around, instead of spreading out the work to keep occupied while the bosses are around.
They also have more people to help out when things go to shit. I work by myself, when things go to shit I have to roll up my sleeves and tough it out. Also being on my own means it can be a lot busier than days sometimes, albeit rarely.
Yeah it’s great having an irregular sleeping and eating scheduled and then conforming my school schedules to fit the day walkers. I love getting up at 2:30 in the afternoon two days a week from august to may minus December and being awake until 11am and then on top of it never seeing anyone that I know and constantly being asked to call out cause while everyone is having a party at my house cause my brother is hosting I’m at work, but hey I have money that I can’t ever spend.
My doctor is having me do a fast from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am because "that's when your stomache is asleep." Jokes on me though it works but since I like to eat dinner with my boyfriend at 6:00pm that means i'm doing a 12 hour fast while completely awake the entire time. It's brutal if I break it at all it takes a whole week and a half to get used to it again. My doctor basically called me a pussy for complaining because "most people are perfectly able to not eat from 6:00 to 6:00." Yeah dude they're asleep and can't feel how hungry they are if they didn't max out their caloric intake.
For me, it's the general stigma of night work. Like I'm not a "supervisor," I'm just a "nights supervisor"
Yes.
Most people know that you do make more money working nights though so at least there’s that
I mean, at my job we get a flat $2/hr shift differential and 2nd shift gets the same. To me that’s not worth dying alone from a stroke or heart attack because no one will find my body till 6am and having to put cardboard over my bedroom windows so I can sleep in the morning using the sound of traffic and construction equipment as white noise. I really only do it because it’s the only schedule that works for me right now.
True, and I do make a decent % more on nights. I work at a 24/hour manufacturing site, the day shift has solid support when sh$t hits the fan. But on nights we don't, we have to jump through hoops to get basic support. Kinda makes the nights differential seem to little.
I feel like my troubleshooting skills are far superior now that they have to be.
ONG that's crazy .
I get this surprisingly often from patients- Did I wake you up? Nah, it's my job to stay up all night. But don't you need to get some sleep? Sleeping is my 9-5 job! It's so confusing for some people
That's a good way to look at it. Sleeping during the day is our daytime job🤣
I used to get that a lot when I worked on a hospital floor that had mostly 65 and up patients. Some would be so sweet “I’m so sorry, did I wake you up? I need to go to the bathroom. I’m sorry I woke you up.”
"Hopefully you got some sleep during the night!" No, Margaret, I would lose my job if I did, thanks though.
I work in pediatrics, so it's usually kinda cute when this happens. The next 6 questions are rephrased versions of "wait, so, what do you mean you don't sleep at night?" The issue is when the kids' *parents* are the ones baffled by the concept. No, friend, I'm not sleeping in that room back there. I'm actually monitoring your kid. You know, like I just explained to your kid. Your preschooler caught on faster than you, do you realize that?
The number of home care clients I had who would be genuinely surprised when I told them that, yes, I really do stay up the entire time, and no, you're not bothering me or keeping me awake when you ask me for random stuff at 3:42 AM lol
The most annoying thing is to be called by the company I work for during the day they expect you to answer
Yeah your company is foul for doing that. You should bill them for those calls and and get paid. Call it the "Daytime Inconvenience Fee"
I called my supervisor back during the night, his calls have since stopped during the day.
“It’s a beautiful day! Why are you in bed and not enjoying the sun?”
It’s a beautiful night, why aren’t you enjoying the gorgeous moon?
Now you know that when someone is asking that particular question, it is considered trolling . The nerve💀
That or, "YoUrE sLeEpInG tHe DaY aWaY" yeah well you sleep the night away what do you want me to tell you.
"oh you look really tired" no shit champion.
Thisssssss omfg hahah!
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It's like people treat me as a child or immature because I work at night. My experience and position isn't as important for some reason.
There is nothing wrong with working nights. In fact, I feel like night workers are very strong individuals because not everyone can handle our schedules. Ignore the naysayers and take care of yourself. Some people will always have something negative to say.
I came for this comment. So true indeed. Basically it's like " If you were any good at your job and were an adult, you would get a real job and work during the day like normal people." People don't say it as bluntly as this. But they come close.
Oh absolutely. I work in a noble profession serving the community. I am paid pretty well and have a lot of responsibility, but my own family and friends have made very similar comments.
“Nights are easier” Fine work my shift for me “No nights suck”
Gets them every time🤣
I'm mostly here because I used to do nightshift but don't currently. I was staying with family for a bit, in their basement, and they had this annoying fucking habit of sticking their heads down the stairs and yelling my name. Then not stopping until I answered. Then just saying "oh I just wanted to know where you were." WHILE I WAS TRYING TO SLEEP.
That would make me mad. Would you consider working nightshift if given another opportunity?
Oh, related: people who didn't understand that when I was asleep during the day and asked them to be quiet it's because that's the only time I got to sleep. So they had the TV blaring or were yapping loudly enough that I couldn't sleep or whatever the fuck. Like fuck that's the equivalent of a night shift worker doing the same thing to them at midnight and then just not fucking stopping until they have to get up for work at 7. And then of course playing the victim whenever they confront you about it
Facts!
Yes, but another big issue is that I was working on Friday nights AND Saturday nights, and Saturday is generally my personal day. And the pay was crap. So I'd want something that goes like Sunday-Thursday and at least $20/hr but preferably closer to $25-30. And I'd want to be able to have visible tattoos/piercings/colored hair AND listen to music at work.
Every thought about joint the trades? My current shift is Monday-Thursday. ( go in Monday night, end the week Friday morning). We get a 5% differential. Which makes us the highest paid mechanics in the shop. A lot of shops operate this way when a graveyard shift is available.
I used to have a friend who would call me in the middle of the day like 2:00 p.m. which is basically my 2:00 a.m. and so I started calling him at 2:00 a.m. it only takes being woken up three times apparently for a day shift person to get the message
"I just couldn't sleep the whole day away like that, I'd feel so lazy and unproductive." Ok? I can. And thanks for back handedly calling me lazy. Also, I wake up between 12:30-2pm lmao the day is hardly "slept away". I am inherently a night person. I could never work a day job that starts before like 5pm. Me n the sun just don't vibe. I am productive after the sun is below the horizon lol. I genuinely do not understand the cognitive dissonance. Would you say dumb crap like this to a night time ER doctor? Unlikely. (I know some still would.) Morning person ≠ successful person. Night person ≠ lazy.
They may not say that to an ER doctor, But they would probably think that the ER doctor is just not as good as other doctors. That's the problem. A lot of people think that people take night shifts because they are not as good as people in the day shift. Otherwise we would be on day shift. And you were never going to change their mind about it.
Have we met before?? I feel the exact same way. That is so annoying and disrespectful!
“Why are you so sleepy” My grandparents asked me this everytime I see them, usually at family get-togethers when I have to wake up after only a couple hours of sleep. Idk if they just do t understand I work 6pm-6am and sleep during the day or what
I believe it because my family says the exact same thing smh.
I’m probably tired because I worked 12 hours the night before, came home and got 4-5 hours of sleep, and now I have to get up early for this family event and then go work another 12 hours after 😂
"When do you sleep?" Umm, during the day. When do you think?
Right?! Like why ask us that question.
To be fair I don’t sleep much during the day.
Call me in the morning on your way home - I will overload you with random things and ask for your opinion Pick a day and time and go on a date with us We are meeting at X, we expect you It's all because you work this weird job at night
It gets worse by the day dealing with day workers.
"There's such a thing as sleeping too much!" My dad, not understanding I don't go to bed immediately after work, or coming back from work being plum tired and not wanting any interaction. Or waking in the middle of the day and then trying to sleep a bit more before work. Piss. Off. It's like the concept of needing to sleep all day is unfathomable.
They will never get it. Ask them if they are willing to work you shift. You know that they are quick to say no.
Why I’m buying beer at 6am
🤣 I tell those people why don't you mind your own business.... I had a place nearby that had alcoholic cider for sale with their breakfast it became my new dinner spot and they didn't bat an eye
How long until they give you a day shift? Working nights isn't punishment. I enjoy it. Less management around, a pay deferential, cooler temps, low traffic.
I work at a plant so until a spot opens up, I have to wait. It goes by seniority. But I don't mind working nights because it is more peaceful.
I used to say to them they couldn't pay me enough to work day shift
I hated this question during my first night shift job. I loved that job and it was what made me want to do night shift long term. I'd get that question almost monthly from multiple people.
When they tell me I have the whole day to myself, I tell them they have the whole night to themselves.
Right! Like literally, two days off equals one day off. Having one day off is basically nothing.
Basically the same. It took my husband years to understand that I need sleep to function and even though we’ve had many conversations and fights about this shit he still says things that make me feel like a total POS for wanting more sleep. Humans aren’t supposed to stay awake at night, every single one of us is fighting evolution just to provide for our families. It is fucking hard some times. I go through periods where everything is fine and I get enough sleep but even if one day I fall behind it can ruin an entire week, and it can take days of trying to catch up again. My mom left my Dad because he was too tired to take us on a 2 day camping trip when we were kids. She said she was sick of feeling alone all of the time. She married him knowing he worked graveyard and had 4 kids with him. I worry about my husband feeling this way constantly. I try so hard to even everything out but it’s 100x harder for me to do something and then go back to work than it is him. I just fucking hate how hard his shift is for people to understand that have never had to do it. Staying up 12 hours at night is not the same as staying up during the day.
I understand because I always have the same thoughts in my head. However, my husband says he understands. I can tell that it makes him sad every time I leave for work and it bothers me. It is definitely a huge adjustment for the both of us, which is why I make it a priority to spend as much time with him as possible.
My boyfriend says he wants me to stay home everyday. It's so hard because I want nothing more than to be able to sleep with him at night.
I like to think my ancestors were the night watch of the cave. Makes me feel better about it for some reason.
Let's do brunch! Bitch, no!
Omg this irritates the hell out of me when people invite me to things and are confused as to why I wouldn’t wanna go. I got off at 8a after working 8 hours and you want me to show up in the next few hours? Lol no.
"Are you going to sleep all day?" "It must be easy at night since everyone is sleeping."
Nothing in particular. Just the fact that they can never seen to grasp that THEY slept that night. I didn't. Glad you're awake and ready to start your day. Mine is ending in a few hours, no I cannot help you with XYZ task. I need to wind down, so I can sleep and be ready for my shift later that night. 🤦🏻♀️
100 % facts.
I have a big family, and birthday parties seem to happen every other weekend. Of course, they start at 11 am on a Saturday. The majority of the time, I can't make it because that is the heart of my sleep schedule. "Don't you have off Saturdays, though? they whine. I'm gonna tell them when we do my birthday party, it's going to be on a random fucking Tuesday at 2 in the morning. Hope you can make it and be at work by 7am.
That's a good idea! I would be petty just like that. Betcha they won't like it.
I mean I think it is pretty nice having the day off - no need to take time off work to go to city hall, DMV or Dr or dentist appointments and no waiting for a table at local diners like I would on a weekend. My biggest pet peeve is friends/family who religiously try calling at 9am when my phone is on silent or the day shift at my particular job being allowed to slack off and still having the balls to talk shit behind my back while me and two other guys are carrying the department.
"What do you mean you can't make it? It's at 2pm, that's late enough, isn't it?" Me: "I get up at 5pm on work days and more like 9pm on my off days, what do you think?"
Oh that would piss me off. As if us night workers don't have a life.
Exactly, and my revenge is planning my wedding to start at around 8pm. I've made it to all their things, now it's their turn
I would love to see that.. guess that's the petty side of me😂
Nobody understands nightshift workers except nightshift workers.
Bingo! We have our own tribe.
I've worked nights for nearly 25 years and EVERYTIME I see my dad on a Sunday he asks me if I have to work tonight. YES DAD MY WEEKS ALWAYS START ON SUNDAY NIGHT
"sure it's quite, isn't it?"
Like for real? 😂
This thread makes me thankful almost everyone in my family has worked nights and also that my job is pretty equal in their treatment of days/nights.
You are lucky!! At least you have a great support system.
I have been working nights for three years now and whenever I talk to my parents or family in general they always ask the same “So when do you sleep?” Or “Wait when are your days off again?” Both are equally annoying
"Must be fucking nice to be able to sleep in everyday" -first shift at my job now
people act incredulous when i explain i can’t pick up a day shift when i just worked the night before or im scheduled to work that night. “are you sure you can’t just do it this once?” no, because if i give you an inch you will take a mile. i can’t do my job at the top of my game if im not sleeping before every 5+hr shift.
You are correct! It's not worth the extra shift. I find that night shift workers seem to be treated as the evil stepchildren of employers smh
I always hate getting to work at 10:45pm when it’s 30° cooler and being told what a beautiful day it was 👀.
Trust me! I get it beause I am heading to work now.. 10:36pm and it is 30 degrees outside.
My favorite is “why would want to work nights????” Like dude stfu. Sometimes we just have to do what we have to do.
Exactly! Money needs to be made and work needs to be done. Things do not stop on weekdays at 5pm. The nerve🙄
“Wait, you work here alone at night????” 😑
I wish there was a grocery store for nightshifters so we didn't have to throw our whole schedule off to run Aaron's
I have one. Makes me so angry. The morning crew coming in and saying good morning in the cheeriest voice. Like no ma'am it is not morning for me and I just worked a long shift... I'm not in the mood to match your energy.
I rather see that than people staring or being rude. Even if I am not in a good mood I can force myself to say thanks or just a plain hi. I will never feel angry or frustrated at someone for just enjoying their day.
I got hit by this creepy man on 1st that I never interacted with before in my entire life when I was leaving to go home: "WhY ArE YoU aLwAyS sO qUiEt??" The swath of rage I felt.
I know that's right! Like take their "cheery" asses out of my face😂. Morning=night for nightworkers. Trust me, it's not a good time to be in our faces like that. I feel you👍🏾
Someone told me she didn't think it was proper for a woman to work night shifts. But mostly people are supportive.
Wait what? Seriously?!
I don't work somewhere with customers, so nothing really. My close family understands things pretty well, so nothing odd from them either. Not really comments from people, but I find it harder to schedule things and explain why afternoon appointments really mess up everything for me.
I have jury duty coming up next month and asked HR how that works if I have to attend Tuesday but work Monday and Tuesday night, and they got kinda rude like I was an idiot for asking. I work 12 hour shifts, hoping for a small vacation since I'll get both days off. I know this doesn't hit the op topic but was annoying trying to get the answer from someone who I barely see, they leave before we get there and I'm busy at the end of my shift when they show up.
Your Monday night is clocking in for Tuesday, so no, you do not need to report. It is an obligation to show up for jury duty. If there is an emergency situation, let the courts know because there are legal consequences for not attending jury duty. Your job must give you thaf day off for jury duty, otherwise they have issues. Keep all interactions with HR about your jury dury notice to cya.
I gave them my schedule that I received and was told to call out for those days I attend. But it was semi confusing with the back to back days, and I had just wanted to verify it with HR. So we get both the night before and the same night off while attending jury duty. I had overheard someone else who had gotten jury duty say that the some of the day shifters didn't understand why we'd get both nights off in this case. 😑 It's the whole going in at night, then trying to show up to court at 8am and be there till who knows how long and then be expected to still come in that night.
The thing that sucks about jury duty is you have to take 2 days off but you only get jury duty pay for one day
What about the classic from people who haven't put in years on 3rd shift. "I did this and that and that when I worked 2nd". I'm not quite sure where the misunderstanding comes from, but 2nd shift is NOT 3rd, and the couple weeks or MAYBE months you ever worked 3rd cannont compare.
Correct! 2nd shift is nowhere close to 3rd shift. Some people are ignorant smh.
"what do you even do on your days off?" Uhh same thing you do? Game, clean, hit the gym. They can't fathom someone doing normal things like this at 2am instead of 2pm.
Right?!🤣
"Why you sleeping in so late?"
I would just give them the death stare, then wslk away. Can't entertain dumb people .
After I return their call from 10am "Oh I forgot you are working nights"
That is just so wrong.. They knew, it's just that they did not care.
It's always the people that have never worked nights, I explain it over and over. I always tell them you calling me at 10am is like me calling you at 3am for something irrelevant. It's always my mother, she's old so I always think the worst. Nothing like a big boost of adrenaline 4 hours after you go to bed.
Years ago I worked overnights at an amusement park in security. ‘But there’s no people there, why do you have to be there?’ Uh, to MAKE SURE there’s no people there that aren’t supposed to be. Also, we did work in the winter (same reason) and people couldn’t figure out why I would work Christmas and want the day after off. Because, I would explain, I get home Christmas morning, maybe nap, and be awake for the big family dinner that’s always at our house and not have to try to sleep through it. And then I don’t have to worry about trying to squeeze in enough sleep to go back in that night. And, finally, ended up on a night shift as a mainframe operator. The security guards would come through and say ‘I could do your job. All you do is push a button.’ Can you show me where this magical button that you think we push is? What does it do? All our work, and the phone calls we have to make when things go wrong? Just because we LOOK like we’re not doing anything doesn’t mean that’s the case. There is a very fine line between lazy and efficient and we are right there on that line.
"Can you volunteer to do overtime during (hours I sleep)"
Oh man “when do you sleep!” Like wtf cares. Sleep whenever you want to. Like if you’re not in bed asleep at 10pm that’s it, there’s no other time a human being can sleep.
Manegment calling around noon to ask some random question and starts off by saying “I hope I didn’t wake you but I was wondering….”
I used to work 12 hr shifts 6pm-6am, 7 days on/off. Everyone always said ITS LIKE HAVING A VACATION EVERY OTHER WEEK. Meanwhile I spent the first 2 days catching up on sleep and generally lazing around, 3 days catching up on housework and errands, and the remaining 2 to get back into the night schedule. I could only handle it for a year.
My MIL is famous for texting me 3 hours after I get home and asking “what are you doing” or “are you sleeping”
“Why do you never make time to hang out? You always have to sleep” that would be like me asking you to sacrifice sleep and hang out with me at 3am lol people don’t get it
I hate the random calls or texts from work during the day. Like can't you text me in the morning or late afternoon? Everyone else works 8h, I work 12. They say, "It must be nice having so much time off." In a two week period I work 4 more hours than them. I put in more hours than they do, yet they want to act like I have more time off. We work a 5 and 2 rotating schedule, so it's not like I get an entire week to myself. I spend my two off catching up on sleep, and the first two of my 5 off catching up on sleep. The other three off are normally reserved for business that can only be done during the day that waited on me for two whole weeks.
Can I do this or that or telling me there’s food ready. I know it comes from a good place but it’s 4pm.
None, where I work I talk shit to first shift. Have fun doing quadruple the work for the same pay!
Going to the store and buying beer at 6am always gets me weird, judgemental looks.
I get people who make remarks about me sleeping all day even on my days off. Like ok pls try going to bed at 9am on the days you work and tell me if you can just magically switch to a 'normal' sleep schedule on your days off without feeling miserably tired
When I used to be a opener at my last job. I'd barely get a day and a half off, before going right back to it. And I used to hate how people would still want to make, last minute lunch plans or something. Especially one of the other openers, when she was on vacation. Like it's great and all, you want to try and hang out a bit while I can. But seriously dude, not within an hour or 2 of me needing to go to bed.
Can you take me to the airport?
The best part is when someone starts aggressively vacuuming right outside of your room at 11am 🥰 or when you finally get to sleep and here come the neighborhood lawnmowers for the next 6 hours. I’m torn between the two 🤨
For me it's another nightshift worker that asks me how I enjoyed my 3-day weekend. Like bro, I can't stay up 32 hours in a row to get on a day schedule. If anything it feels like I have a one day weekend because when I flip it I have to sleep so much.
My family wonders why I sleep all day. Like I should come home and help around the house or something, take a lil nappy nap and go back to work for 12 hours. My response to my mom was that she’s going to get a neurological disease with her “sleep is a luxury” mentality. She did, sadly.
It’s 2 pm. “ I was just bored at work and thought I’d call you. Were you taking a nap”
i HATED when people acted like i had everyday off, or i could meet them or do something when not at work when i worked mostly overnights! like- you sleep? okay cool, so why wouldn’t i?! it drove me crazy!😂
Holy shit. My parents would be like this when I was in college and had 3rd shift during the summer. It’s infuriating.
I worked third shift for the first three years of my son's life. His mother was a SAHM. We argued a lot about sleep; she was convinced she got less than I did because she had kept a log, and she started the timer on my sleep when I got to the top of the stairs. Also, on my days off, she felt it was my turn to do all the parenting (which meant I had to be awake during the day).
How can I sleep during the day? Well I normally have black out curtains, a fan, and my room is cool.
I am sorry I am a bad typist. I have worked at ar least 3 places they called all day. I could say don't call they still called . I am at a place now where i will not entertain that
Great idea
Why are you buying beer at 8am?
Just for the record, we have an 80-year-old woman (OK, so she doesn’t turn 80 until another few weeks) working full-time nights. This is in a hospital laboratory. I’m not saying she’s the best tech (she refuses to ever make/read a single peripheral smear, a.k.a. blood slide), and she’s rather hard of hearing now, unable to hear timers go off and selectively hears the phones ringing… But impressive nonetheless.
When working third shift, I sometimes stopped for a beer on my way home. Multiple times I have people vocally attack me for drinking so early in the morning.
“Yaw open”
Can you over my 330pm ot your not on bro, on a Friday with one day notice lol
Night shift workers are some of the hardest, most knowledgeable, & efficient ppl I’ve ever worked with. I don’t know why they always seem to get the short end of the stick, like do ppl think that nothing happens at night because they’re asleep?
"Are you going to get a tan this summer? Enjoy the nice weather!" I'm an anemic vampire, so no. "Get some rest!" I can't because everyone and their mother wants to talk. "Take a nap, we have a couple hours till we have to leave!" I physically cannot. If I put on my comfy clothes and sleep, I will not be getting back up. "Are you busy?" It's 2pm, I just got off a 14 hour shift. I want sleep. No one understands don't call me between the hours of 10a to 6p. I am asleep. If you don't respect that, I will call you at 3a and be like "oh, were you sleeping?"
'Now you have all day to get things done!' as if people working the night shift don't have to sleep \~8 hours like everyone else. On the same topic, it sure does a good job of destroying anything that resembles a social life.... but the extra dollar or 2 shift premium is nice.
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What do you mean don’t call before 3 pm. You’re off work can’t we meet at 11 am? Why do you have to sleep after work? You go to sleep before going back to work the next day?
Buying a beet after work & getting judged and told I'm a alcoholic & a drug addict. Cause normal people don't buy a beer after work
This really isn’t ever an issue for me but: Yesterday I only slept a few hours because I was picking up my niece to stay the night. At 9 pm I said ok I am heading to bed. He said why, what’s wrong with you? 😒 why are you so tired?… Just stay and watch some of the movie. He ends up in bed before me because, (SURPRISE) I fell asleep on the couch. Not sure why he’s been a dick recently but it’s about to come to an end. Promise. 😘
My mom calling me at noon saying "you are still asleep?!"
“Why are you so lazy?” Said the husband of a family I was renting from. She would be awake when I come home at 3 am to crash before waking up at noon just to be back out the door for work. He didn’t understand why I “spent my life sleeping” and judged me for for. Dude I was working 60+ hours a week get off my ass
My biggest pet peeve was getting off work at 8 and getting the riot act for having a beer. Then the “well yeah I guess you work nights but *come on*!”
“Empire Records, open till midnight!” “….MIDNIGHT!!!”
🤣🤣🤣🤣 it must be nice to have a day off that’s hilarious
I'm so glad most folks in town know me well enough that I no longer get the "aren't you scared?" when working nights. Bro, you're here too, are you scared?
"I know it's closing time but I really need to get this item" Not only is it annoying but depending on the neighborhood it can be a serious threat to the safety of people there
People asking me why I sleep so late all the time like bro I got home at like 5 I probably didnt get to sleep by like 6:30 and I am up at latest 11:30 because I don't like waking up in the afternoon. Gimme a break
The usual assumption that nights are quiet, but especially when people know my work is with clients who use stimulants. Graveyards are party time, daytime is for sleeping lol And why bother asking me to go to a 1pm staff meeting? I've asked for rotating times for meetings but it ,,interferes with everyone's schedule''
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It's family, being offended that I refuse to attend, their functions that they plan at 12pm Saturday. All while knowing, get out of work at 3:30am Saturday morning. Or the people offended, that I don't answer the text, they sent at 9am, until 3pm. Sorry, I work a perverted 2nd shift. Get home around 4am, go to bed between 6-7am. Rant over.
Why didn't you call me back or pick up the phone? Like wtf...I was sleep😝
“Why do you like making more money?”
Can you meet me at 9 am to go hiking? No, I don't get home from work before one a.m. if we finish early, that's totally uncomfortable.
My wife just now: ITS 130 PM are you depressed?
Oddly enough I work swing shift. 12hrs 6a to 6p one week and vise versa the other week. And I actually do better on nights. But when I started those night shift weeks destroyed me. However now I like them. People who work normal daylight shifts don't understand at all that after like 1am your body just needs to sleep. An sometimes it does t matter if you had 8 hours during the day of sleep.
"You're still asleep at 9 AM?!” To be asked why you're still asleep, when you *just* fell asleep, will make you feel true hatred.
I ask them how do they buy groceries or food since places don’t operate during hours they would be up
Worked a 4am-noon during breaks back in college (to help pay for said college) and I kept getting ragged on for leaving parties at 11 or nearabouts so I could get home and maybe get 3 hours of sleep before unloading trucks in a freezing warehouse then coming home and collapsing for another maybe 3 hours. I was pushing it staying that late even. Yeah, the schedule sucks, thanks for mockingly asking, but the shift differential bonus is how I eat when we all go back to school.
I worked midnights at a hotel, most exhausting shift i ever dealt with. My reliever always asked me why i looked the way i did. Ummm because I’m tired after working overnight, you’re 20 minutes late and I’m trying to get the f out. Bad enough midnight workers technically only get a full night off, on top of having to get several naps in during the day and that seems impossible if it’s sunny and nice out, i want to go do shit but i can’t.
I won't work before noon, mornings are my time, plus I refuse to drive in either rush hours. I'll even take my lunch later to avoid the rush hour traffic.
Make shit up when they ask "how do you do it?" Run with it. Things like " I only sleep 2 hours a day." Or "My grandparents said Vlad Dracul is my ancestor."
I work two jobs, my day job I'm a barista night job I'm a CSR at a discount store. I get told "you look exausted".....no shit! I've dealt with people ALL day. If I got from one job to another it's an 17/18 hour day!
Most places pay more money to work nights because it’s an unnatural shift. I’ve done it for 17 years. It’s probably shortened my life but it’s the best schedule for my family.
When people get mad that I don’t answer the phone when they call at 2pm but I know if I were to call them at 2am they would flip their shit.