Whats a 3rd shift

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

I'm guessing that means night shift.

Used to do that nearly 2 years straight. Loved it. Would still do it if I could.

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Originally posted by nchs09 Whats a 3rd shift

Would be hours like 10p-6a or 12a-8a.

My only concern right now is getting a more definite idea of the terms of the project (they can range anywhere from a month to a decade - though in fairness, I do know this is less than a year).

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graveyard shift. have worked 6 months of shiftwork on it. actually, it might hav ebeen more than 6 months total (one set of 3 months; three sets of 2 months). 11pm-7am.

i liked the midnight shift for a few reasons:

1) when i was done with shift, the sun was coming up (or would be up, depending on the time of year), and i felt awake and it was great to go to the gym and workout
2) on my "nights" off, i could still go out and party
3) it allowed me to take up a few hobbies that i would be too distracted to partake in during the daylight hours.

i didn't like mids for a few reasons:
1) i didn't have a problem sleeping during the day; but i had a problem waking up at 7-8pm and wanting to eat DINNER, not breakfast.
2) if i needed to get things done during the day, it had to be in the morning. after like 11am, i was shot; so i would lose a lot of sleep if i had to do something at say, 2-5pm timeframe
3) social life kinda blew because i wasn't always on the same shift as my friends. so they were always going out when i was working; and vice versa. (that was always a shift-work thing; not just a mid thing).

overall, i like nights for 1-2 months. that third month tho; shit it was awful. 4 nights on, 2 nights off...for three months really wore on me.

the only consolation i had was the last week of nights was when my MONO set in; so i was away from work.

tips/hints i found helpful for that particular shift:

- keep your food schedule the same. wake up at night and have dinner. don't have coffee/breakfast...save that for when you get off shift.
- keep your work environment light/bright...it helps with staying awake at odd hours of the night.
- if you are like me, you won't have a problem sleeping with the sun up; but if you do, then just put some blankets up over your windows. or tin/aluminum foil.
- drink a lot of water
- on your days off (if you have 1-2 days off) don't go back to a day schedule. keep your night schedule. going back and forth on your days on/days off really fucks with you. keep a routine/schedule and stick with it. (that was what killed me the last month)

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Originally posted by tubularbills - on your days off (if you have 1-2 days off) don't go back to a day schedule. keep your night schedule. going back and forth on your days on/days off really fucks with you. keep a routine/schedule and stick with it.

God, if only I was doing this in Chicago, talk about a perfect day job for a DJ working weekends.

Thanks Billiam, much obliged. Won't find out really anything on it until tomorrow, just trying to make sure that as far as my opinion (whether I want to take it or not), I'm reasonably well informed.

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I've only had to do it once, and it was only for a few weeks between transferring from a community college to a proper university. I worked ten hour shifts is a dirty little factory that manufactured prefab furniture: think those easy to assemble cheap ass book shelves you get at Wal-Mart, etc.

I did really well until around 3:00AM every morning, and then I just seemed to take a dive and feel really exhausted regardless of the level of work we were performing that night/morning.

I never did any running around/unwinding when I got off work - it was just straight home, eat, shower, attempt sleep. I didn't get used to (or didn't have time to get used to) the sleeping during the day routine. Yes, I slept, and some days even slept soundly, but I never truly felt rested when I woke up. My body seemed to KNOW it was light out, no matter how dark I got my bedroom.

I honestly felt like I had LESS time when I was on 3rd shift. Everyone around me went on and on about how they felt like they had more time, etc. But I just never felt that way, so it wasn't for me at all.

Now, let qualify that by saying I was emotionally exhausted at the time, too, as I was finishing up the end of a three year relationship with the high-school sweetheart who in the last six months of our relationship decided to go on a meth binge.

It aint so bad. I somehow managed to juggle work, school and some sort of a social life when i realised that two to three hours of sleep per day is enough when coupled with a litre of borderline toxic coffee. For me the most difficult time was between 2am and 5 am. Before and after no problem, but those three hours were torture.

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worked it for a long time. if you're a night person (which for the most part i don't believe you are) you won't deviate from your schedule at all.

personally, i liked it at first, then i hated it. i liked having fridays off. i liked driving to work and coming back without having to deal with the average 9-5 worker traffic. i hated having to come in on sunday night, especially if i was partying the night before. social life drags since no one is up at the same times you are..

when i was going to school AND working 3rd shift, i felt consistently.. unhealthy i guess. never felt like i slept enough and i'd try to make up for it between class/work. it sucked. 1st shift is where it's at yo.

though in the end, if i couldn't work 1st shift, i would work 3rd over 2nd.

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Originally posted by Omega_Blue (which for the most part i don't believe you are)

What leads you to believe that?

Just because I'm not out every weekend until dawn doesn't mean I'm not a night person.

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Originally posted by RJT What leads you to believe that? Just because I'm not out every weekend until dawn doesn't mean I'm not a night person.

meh, always assumed you got up early. and by early, i mean relatively early by most college kid standards (9 or 10am)

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Originally posted by Omega_Blue meh, always assumed you got up early. and by early, i mean relatively early by most college kid standards (9 or 10am)

Well yeah, but that had more to do with actually going to class and/or TA'ing than anything else - now that I'm off that schedule, I'm basically ruined again as far as "early to rise."

Before I started working this week I was up until at least 4 every night, and now I'm still finding it hard to get to sleep. I'm running on between 4-5 hours a night right now.

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