work hours? sleep hours? why do they not like each other?

[bondgirlboots]

I love my job, I really do. But it's getting to be very hard for me. Not the actual job. But the fact I get off work at 3am. I've been really good and still going to bed by 6am (which is like a person getting off at 5 and going to bed at 8)... but I still don't get up until 2pm. And that's if I actually fall asleep at 6. By the time I've showered

Comments

[bearbarossa]

You're too nice. I'd remind people that I was up until 3am working while they were tucked fast asleep in their beds. Eff 'em!

[doodlepony]

Screw anyone trying to make you feel guilty, they aren't working the same shift as you.
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[lostlain]

For 13 years or so my father worked at night in a van-thing selling fast food. He had a different schedule from all of us and I could see how hard it was (and is) on him. Nowadays he works at a restaurant with shifts that vary, but he still has his old routine so deep embedded in him that often at night I still find him just lying in bed with the TV on.

People trying to make you feel bad are being ridiculous (and this is to avoid saying retarded). It's not easy to work at night and have a compatible life with everyone else..

[herroyaldemones]

Hey, a job is a job, and the hours are different for everyone. My best friend works overnights during the summer at a restaurant, so she's not getting up until 2pm either. And she finds a way to make time for everything she wants to do. It's just about feeling things out, and seeing what works best for YOU, not anybody else :)

[doctor_terry]

Totally can relate! I Had a night shift job at a factory for like the first year I lived in Texas because I couldn't get a teaching job. Sleeping days is hard - your body just wants to be UP when the sun is up! But I've been there and understand how you feel!