Night shift workers

Oranage2

whats peoples opinions on night shift workers -

I was talking to a friend and he said all the night shift workers lack 'social skills' and are all a bit weird to say the least.

I also hear from family members that night shift workers are weirdos -


So what's your opinion of night shift workers?

Misticles

I think you're a night shift worker.

uch

They work nights!

Oranage2

Misticles wrote: »

I think you're a night shift worker.

I am

Dotrel

They're a great bunch of lads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrkEDe6Ljqs

Gee Bag

Oranage2 wrote: »

whats peoples opinions on night shift workers -

I was talking to a friend and he said all the night shift workers lack 'social skills' and are all a bit weird to say the least.

I also hear from family members that night shift workers are weirdos -


So what's your opinion of night shift workers?

They're all like De Niro in Taxi Driver, but with less social skills

Aoifey!

I'd actually love to work nights, I always work best at night.

stovelid

I take exception to their - frankly mendacious - contention that there are "sweet sounds, coming down" during their shift.

What if they work somewhere where quietness is required, such as a hospital?

chin_grin

I picked "option 4" as it was the only one that was aware of itself.

I did one............once. Loooooooooooong ago. Was covering for a Christmas Party for the night shifters so myself and a colleague put our names down.

Was the most painful night of my life. He got hyper tired while I got "f*ckinghelljustletmesleep" tired. Wasn't a good combo. Shuffled out of there like the walking dead the next morning.

mackg

Oranage2 wrote: »

whats peoples opinions on night shift workers -

I was talking to a friend and he said all the night shift workers lack 'social skills' and are all a bit weird to say the least.

I also hear from family members that night shift workers are weirdos -


So what's your opinion of night shift workers?

Misticles wrote: »

I think you're a night shift worker.

Oranage2 wrote: »

I am

I think it's unfair for your friend to make generalisations about night shift workers based on your lack of social skills and apparent weirdness.

:P

Where To

I work nights.

Option 1.

parrai

There is nothing 'weird' about night shift workers...nothing in the sense of just being naturally weird anyway.

Think about it, they are working against the body's natural timeclock. This is going to (over the longrun) have an effect on their mental health, in terms of interacting with people who get proper sleep. Proper sleep is really important for your brain, as daylight 'feeds' the brain, which in turn puts you in 'good form', like exercise for example.

if you are overweight, this has an physical/mental effect on someone, whether they realise it, or not. Same with sleep deprivation. And really, this is what night work is. It is impossible to get a proper sleep during the day, even if you sleep 10 hours, it's not the quality of sleep one gets at night.

They are going to be 'narkey', off form, probably unhealthy in diet, and a host of other problems, that are not apparent to some that works days, and gets proper sleep at night.

stovelid

where do i go from here wrote: »

Option 1.

If you select an option on the poll and click Vote Now it does this for you.

Spunge

your ma's a night shift worker

Slunk

Less management around, less interaction with morons, less traffic to and from work and get to shop and do your business when its quiet and everyone else is in work. What's not to like?

Jarren

Zombies:D

























I'm one of them though

Where To

stovelid wrote: »

If you select an option on the poll and click Vote Now it does this for you.

What does what for me?

You talkin' to me?:mad:

LeeHoffmann

Are we supposed to have an opinion on night shift workers now too? Was this in the referendum?

Kingpin187

I work shifts, different every week

Early (6am-2pm)
Nights (10pm-6am)
Backshift (2pm-10pm)
Middle (10am-6pm)

Still manage to maintain a decent social life, keep the missus happy etc...

but yes, I am a weirdo prone to mood swings, I still maintain that its down to the changing shifts.. just as you get used to a sleeping pattern, it changes the next week.

RichieC

Is the night shift a vocation now?

Saila

parrai wrote: »

There is nothing 'weird' about night shift workers...nothing in the sense of just being naturally weird anyway.

Think about it, they are working against the body's natural timeclock. This is going to (over the longrun) have an effect on their mental health, in terms of interacting with people who get proper sleep. Proper sleep is really important for your brain, as daylight 'feeds' the brain, which in turn puts you in 'good form', like exercise for example.

if you are overweight, this has an physical/mental effect on someone, whether they realise it, or not. Same with sleep deprivation. And really, this is what night work is. It is impossible to get a proper sleep during the day, even if you sleep 10 hours, it's not the quality of sleep one gets at night.

They are going to be 'narkey', off form, probably unhealthy in diet, and a host of other problems, that are not apparent to some that works days, and gets proper sleep at night.

I hope you know thats bollox and a myth basically

gurramok

A few vampires in this thread, i voted freak as it ain't natural for your bodyclock to work nights. That doesn't mean the workers are freaks, it means the working overnight is freakish! I did 12 hr night shifts for a year many years ago, never again.

Ray Palmer

Don't worry they die younger as a result and are normally suffering sleep deprivation. So yes they do appear to lack social skills and come accross as weird.

Suffered serious insomnia for a period of months and I would say I was a completely different person as a result. Not simply being cranky but actually different.

Generally it is bad for your health and social life which in turn effects everything about you.

parrai

Saila wrote: »

I hope you know thats bollox and a myth basically

Explain why?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Kingpin187 wrote: »

I work shifts, different every week

Early (6am-2pm)
Nights (10pm-6am)
Backshift (2pm-10pm)
Middle (10am-6pm)

Still manage to maintain a decent social life, keep the missus happy etc...

but yes, I am a weirdo prone to mood swings, I still maintain that its down to the changing shifts.. just as you get used to a sleeping pattern, it changes the next week.

Are you a Garda by any chance?

Captain Darling

I've never heard of this before. I've never noticed anything different about people who work night shifts.

AnonoBoy

Housemate who is a night shift worker + fondness for hallucinogens = hilarious breakfast.

parrai

Saila wrote: »

I hope you know thats bollox and a myth basically

It makes perfect sense, we need daylight to feed the brain, this is proven

http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/feeling_sad/sad.html

Just one of the problems with not getting night time sleep, SAD (seasonal affective disorder) can be affected by not getting enough daylight.

So, how does the clock reset itself?
Here's the short answer. The long answer is a beautiful example of brain science; I'll send you there in a minute if you're interested. Briefly then: every morning light turns off a chemical process and allows the clock process, which is a very interesting string of chemical reactions, to start all over again. Clock researchers have identified all the important molecules in this process. Lo and behold: lithium directly affects one of the key enzymes in the resetting of the clock. Here we find "ground zero" of our biological rhythms, the very center of the clock process, and there's lithium right in the middle of it. Very interesting. If that's enough to get you interested, have a look at the long story about how the clock works, including how lithium affects it.



"Light is central to biological rhythms -- and so is DARKNESS
If light starts the clock every day, is it possible that darkness is a necessary ingredient as well? Look at the question this way: sleep deprivation can cause manic episodes. In part that's too little sleep itself -- but might part of the story be "too much light?" Generally when people are sleeping less and heading toward mania, they're not hanging out in the dark. They're up late at night in very well lit places, like casinos, roadways with bright car lights in their eyes, their office preparing the big talk that will secure their future millions, and so forth. They're not sitting in some dark room. Is there any chance that being forced to stay in the dark during an emerging manic episode could actually turn them in the other direction? We'll look at some evidence for that in just a moment.

Here's another angle on light and dark: suppose that the appearance of light every morning can reset your clock only when you've had enough darkness. Maybe the brain needs to be able to see the contrast? What would happen if you didn't get enough darkness? Maybe you'd lose your biological rhythm entirely; your body wouldn't know when to make you sleep and when to wake you up. You'd be up in the middle of the night sometimes, for days in a row, backwards to real time. Then you might be so asleep during the real day you could hardly get out of bed; getting up in the morning would feel like getting up from sleep in the middle of the night does for the rest of us, ugh."

http://www.psycheducation.org/depression/LightDark.htm


To call the point 'bollox and a myth' is just a bit strong don't you think...

krustydoyle

I used to work nights in the statoil in carlow for about 2 years and it was hell... jesus the stories i could tell ye would fill a bestseller book.
It had such an effect on my life.. i used to walk around like a valentine coming off a week of nights and i was glad to see the end of it..

oddest customer was a young fella came to the hatch one night looking for a packet of painkillers.. ok so i thought thats not too bad and he wasnt drunk or under the influence of any other drug... so i hand him back his change and he wants something to wash them down with... then he asks for a bottle of bleach to wash them down with... and he was deadly serious... crazy fúcker...

biko

Odd that this thread was started 4pm and not 4am.

harvester of sorrow

Kingpin187 wrote: »

I work shifts, different every week

Early (6am-2pm)
Nights (10pm-6am)
Backshift (2pm-10pm)
Middle (10am-6pm)

I work a similar shift ......its a balls.The thing about working nights is you cant be consistant with anything you want to do outside of the workplace ie. training,doing a course,eating habbits,social life..so it has massive impact on your life.I have my last night tonight (4th)Ill be off for the next 3 days and back in to cover for a colleague next week to do his 4 nights :mad:
So yeah pretty much feel like a freak right now.

Dante

I worked nights for 3 months during the summer and sweet christ, every night was painful. For this reason, I went for option 1!

uch

uch wrote: »

They work nights!

At night!

enfant terrible

Think it depends on the person.

I can sleep on any shift whereas my dad has worked straight days for 30 years and can barely sleep a wink.

Think it has more to do with how many worries you have.

fryup

yes, they're weirdos and here's the proof.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0fuHY4U1UA

parrai

fryup wrote: »

yes, they're weirdos and here's the proof.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0fuHY4U1UA

I think the message of this film though is he has a guilty conscience, and has blocked out the trauma of what he has experienced to such an extent he cannot remember what he has done. Borne out by the fact, that in conclusion, he hands himself in...

ROFLcopter

Did night shift for years, the only thing that scared me, was when I drove home in the morning, I'd totally forgotten the journey and think to myself " How the fcuk did I get home?"

fryup

parrai wrote: »

I think the message of this film though is he has a guilty conscience, and has blocked out the trauma of what he has experienced to such an extent he cannot remember what he has done. Borne out by the fact, that in conclusion, he hands himself in...

nah:rolleyes: he works nights

Chris P. Bacon

I work a three shift pattern and today i finished at 2pm so im starting nights on Sunday at 9pm,i actually really like nights as its great going home at 6am and getting into bed and sleeping for the day

parrai

fryup wrote: »

nah:rolleyes: he works nights

Yes but this is incidental to the fact he could not sleep as a result of the trauma

YFlyer

Another prostitution thread?

Chris P. Bacon

YFlyer wrote: »

Another prostitution thread?

Most prostitutes work during the day and not at night.

YFlyer

I didn't know that man,

hondasam

Oranage2 wrote: »

So what's your opinion of night shift workers?

They work ****ty hours, not all weird. Shift work fcuks up your sleep. you learn to survive on four hrs a day.

My shift changes every week.

Night 10pm - 6am
Late 2pm - 10pm
Early 6am 2pm

YFlyer

It be much better health wise to be working night shift all the time then altering back to evenings or day shifts every week or so.

Chris P. Bacon

YFlyer wrote: »

I didn't know that man,

Think about it,if a married man wants a bit of strange he will have to make a very good excuse at night time to sneak off to a prostitute,where as if he is working during the day he could get off early without the wife knowing and meet one then

iamstop

I used to work shift. Days and nights rotating. 2 different jobs, two different schedules, the 2nd was torture, only lasted 6 months on it.
It was like this
M - 8am-8pm
T - 8am-8pm
W - 8pm - 8am (Thats right, 24hours to change over)
T - 8pm - 8am
F- off
S- off
S - off
M- off
T - repeats as the previous Monday and so on.

So you get a weekend once a month or so. Sh1t was redick

Rocky_Dennis

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Think about it,if a married man wants a bit of strange he will have to make a very good excuse at night time to sneak off to a prostitute,where as if he is working during the day he could get off early without the wife knowing and meet one then

You sound like a man with experience

YFlyer

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Think about it,if a married man wants a bit of strange he will have to make a very good excuse at night time to sneak off to a prostitute,where as if he is working during the day he could get off early without the wife knowing and meet one then

Those married men are some cute hoors

shedweller

I work 4 nights. Starting monday night. You'd think that i'd sleep like a log on tuesday but no, i'm lucky to sleep from 09:00 to 13:00. But as the week goes on i sleep longer. By friday, when i need to get up at 14:00 (or my night time sleep that night will be ruined) i can barely get out of bed. I used some of the mrs diazepam on some tuesday mornings to keep me asleep but i ran out of them and really, that sh1t's unsustainable!

And for people to say its bollox that night work messes you up is complete rubbish. Sure a night here and there is fine. But i've been working nights since 2005 and i can tell you it is hard to be motivated to do anything or have an interest in much.

I could leave my job but........ya know yourself!

Chris P. Bacon

Andrewh1984 wrote: »

You sound like a man with experience

Yeah but im not married so i dont need an excuse