QF3,
How did you go?
AllyJack
QF3,
How did you go?
AllyJack
Re: Anyone doing shift work?
WELL......Originally Posted by Ally Jack
As you can see this is the first time I have got online since the last thread. The start went quick as we had a medivac and a tow job that lasted up till 02:00 - Then every one left me for their bed's at home!!
Kept pacing up and down the carpet, retuned the tv channels, and kept an eye over the car park for any human movement around the cars and trailers. That lasted till around 03:00. Had my first coffee for the morning. Hoped on AusFish and no one awake..
By about 03:30 my first boat was coming back into he boat ramp and after that one, a number of other in and out vessel movements were happening. By 04:37, my first radio call for a vessel wanting to be logged in for the day, returning 10:00. After that one, time seamed to go quickly and my first team mate turned up at 05:40. Got the weather reports printed out and handed over the radio room at 06:20 - in the car and home in 3 minutes. Hello to the wife and had a couple of hours sleep. A/hole of neighbour has a sudden liking to an FM station and wants the whole street including me the hear it.
My next task task is the find a scanner just to bugger him up.
Stayed awake until around 22:00 and had a good night's sleep, up at 08:00 this morning for a 40km bike ride....
The lesson I learned is to keep busy during the night and don't get absorbed into the crap TV. I also focussed on it being only 6 hours, so I tried to treat is a working day and keep to my usual eating routine - instead, a light dinner around 09:30, lunch at 01:30 and Weetbix and fruit at 05:30. Next snack at midday on Sunday.
All good fun and now I really appreciate how it can bugger up a "normal life" for many of you. People of the forgotten night..
Peter
Pete, you make it sound so much more interesting than it really is....
Good onya mate.
Cheers
Mick
Last edited by trueblue; 24-03-2008 at 09:53 PM.
I have too. I don't want to scare aware any potential new active members
The only thing good about night shifts are all the so called bosses that earn the big bucks are in bed. And haven't got anything do do with how you spend your time the decisions you make and ummmmm time you spend on the net.
They used to monitor our time on the net and some got please explains from IT as to why they should not have their internet access suspended.
I was a boss and I worked night shift like the rest however we had a good manager who would stop any loss of internet access provided people did the right thing.
The other pet thing from management that came up from time to time was why the shift workers used so many torch batteries. It didn't occur to them we worked at night although some went home.
Yeah I'm pretty sure they monitor the time i'm on the net but not so much as the content! that for some reason worries them a lot more.
But i'm a good boy.
Get into the porno and you would be certain to lose access as all companies monitor this in both web sites and email.
15 years of being grumpy and stuffed (shift work) in heavy industry.Been out of that game for around 6 years now (in industrial retail now) and have my life back.
Would i have another crack at shift NO BLOODY WAY.
Cheers
Reidy
started afternoon shift 2 pm till 2-30 am when in my apprecentship 2nd yr and loved it left work, straight to the beach couples of hours sleep , in the water for a surf home by 8 , sleep till 1230 mum cooked lunch . i loved it. then as i got older the ttimes changed seemed i was starting work earlier in the morning and finishing later in the night, and to this day i still only sleep about 4 cheers ian
1st thought is how to get rid of the neighbours walking hand bag of a dog
2nd is how to include their mongrel kids
Sleep deprivation is torture. Plays on your (my) mind a bit doesnt it
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