The official nightshift thread....
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I work tomorrow night, night shifter as well. I try to stay up the night before so that I can handle the long 12-14 hour shift. You guys have really given me some belly laughs, thanks. I also deal with rule breakers all of the time. I hate when people can't use common sense. I am a night shift nurse in a hospital, and sometimes we ask patient's families to wear isolation gowns. (I had to wear one when my husband had surgery and slept in it...the whole nine yards. It wasn't that bad. In fact it helped keep my warm....I could have used about 16 blankets--the room was really freezing and I am hypothyroid.) You would be surprised at how many people refuse to wear them.0
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That seems rather fair. The 2nd shifter does get the bulk of the work...and the bulk of the a-holes it seems. 3rd is usually (for us) tired drivers who want to go to bed, drunk people or super early risers that are up and out. They all just need a body to check 'em in. 3rds are quiet time...until shizz hits the fan...like a multi-floor leak, police being called or a smoke alarm getting tripped. But those are few and far between. I'd take 3rd with no bonus over dealing with so many people!0
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Frankie_Felinius wrote: »That seems rather fair. The 2nd shifter does get the bulk of the work...and the bulk of the a-holes it seems. 3rd is usually (for us) tired drivers who want to go to bed, drunk people or super early risers that are up and out. They all just need a body to check 'em in. 3rds are quiet time...until shizz hits the fan...like a multi-floor leak, police being called or a smoke alarm getting tripped. But those are few and far between. I'd take 3rd with no bonus over dealing with so many people!
I guess people have given her a hard time for making more money, but I ain't mad...it's her shift, and she does have to deal with all the...fun people.
I get a few jerks here and there...but part of the reason I work overnights is I can't deal with people in my face all day every day. I was a cashier at a high-volume Target for 2.5 years and I HATED it. I can't deal with that many people!
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lilaclovebird wrote: »Frankie_Felinius wrote: »Within minutes of starting my shift tonight...some broad who was CLEARLY under the influence of somethin'...came in slurring her words demanding a key to a room. I asked the room # and her name, which she says her name but doesn't know the room #. I tell her I can't find a room under her name and she starts calling me a liar and getting loud. I tell her to quit being rude while I'm trying to help her or I will not continue to help her. She gets louder...calls me a liar again. I tell her I'll help her when she can speak to me politely...and walk to the back office and close the door. She is out there hootin' and hollerin' until her friends come in and usher her up to her room, hushing her. They came back down apologizing for her behavior. She was effed UP!
Catch more flies with honey, lady. If her friends wouldn't have shown up...I would have left her @$$ sitting in the lobby until sunrise...
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I'm sure it was horrible to experience, but I needed that laugh tonight. Thank you @Frankie_Felinius and random drunk broad. Thank you. :laugh:
I'm glad it brought ya some chuckles. It wasn't too bad...I shut her down pretty quick
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jennifer_417 wrote: »Frankie_Felinius wrote: »That seems rather fair. The 2nd shifter does get the bulk of the work...and the bulk of the a-holes it seems. 3rd is usually (for us) tired drivers who want to go to bed, drunk people or super early risers that are up and out. They all just need a body to check 'em in. 3rds are quiet time...until shizz hits the fan...like a multi-floor leak, police being called or a smoke alarm getting tripped. But those are few and far between. I'd take 3rd with no bonus over dealing with so many people!
I guess people have given her a hard time for making more money, but I ain't mad...it's her shift, and she does have to deal with all the...fun people.
I get a few jerks here and there...but part of the reason I work overnights is I can't deal with people in my face all day every day. I was a cashier at a high-volume Target for 2.5 years and I HATED it. I can't deal with that many people!
I feel ya. I just can't deal with people either...
I feel like like I only have so much patience in me for people and I need to invest that scant amount into my family who deserves it...and it runs thin with them too! I can't waste it on the public
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When we say we are sold out...that means we don't have any rooms left. Nope, not even one. Not even if you ask "Not even one room with one bed?" Still no. It means we have no rooms with no beds.
Why is that so hard to understand??!!0 -
Idk...people think if they ask the same question enough or get mean enough, then we will mysteriously be able to produce a room for them...0
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It makes me want to pull a "Jeannie". Cross my arms and *ding*...oh wait...still no room.
I don't think that they would think that would be as funny as I would...0 -
I would!0
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jennifer_417 wrote: »I honestly think there are so few people out there willing to work hard that the few who do, tend to get pushed on, ahead of what they are actually capable of.
Yes! This happens a lot at my job. Everyone has their own set of responsibilities. So, one guy handles a set of problems, another guy handles emergencies, etc.
It's gotten so bad, that while speaking to a manager in another dept recently, he said "We X can't handle the job, so I'm going to have Y handle it." So now where X used to handle emergencies and Y the routine, now Y has to do both, I've been experiencing the same the past year and a half and people ask me WHY I yell? I tell them YOU do two jobs for one paycheck!jennifer_417 wrote: »I never really understood what was so great about having weekends off. Everywhere you want to go is crowded, and everywhere you need to go is closed.
This is my second time around making that mistake. Last time ten years ago I said I would never "pick" weekends off again. Then this time around I did it. Going to the beach on the weekend, takes an hour to find parking five miles from the beach even if I can find any at all.
When I had Wednesday and Thursday off? Parked right on the boardwalk pretty much. Loved it.
I'm going back for sure, tons better, even doing the shopping.
@Frankie_Felinius You remind me why I got away from dealing with customers. I hated being on certain lines surrounded by the drunk, drugged, and homeless.0 -
I work weekends too with my days off being Monday & Tuesday. I find it easier to do accomplish errands, like grocery shopping during the week, especially during the day. One of my more frequent shopping destinations being Costco. A huge headache going on a weekend, not so bad during the week.0
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I work weekends too with my days off being Monday & Tuesday. I find it easier to do accomplish errands, like grocery shopping during the week, especially during the day. One of my more frequent shopping destinations being Costco. A huge headache going on a weekend, not so bad during the week.
It's funny, here I have the exact opposite experience with Costco. When I had weekdays off I had to avoid the place. Saturdays... I maybe spend ten minutes at most waiting in line. I can't speak for Sundays as I avoid most stores Sundays as I'm sure they're packed.0 -
OK. Lets get the ball rolling. 24 hours to go.
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I don't see how you do it! If I had to work shifts as long as you, I'd have probably killed someone by now.sufferlandrian wrote: »OK. Lets get the ball rolling. 24 hours to go.
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jennifer_417 wrote: »
I don't see how you do it! If I had to work shifts as long as you, I'd have probably killed someone by now.sufferlandrian wrote: »OK. Lets get the ball rolling. 24 hours to go.
I would not either and I mostly deal with computers at my job. Very little human interaction.
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There are days I ask myself why I don't kill more people. I do admit to getting testy with people from time to time. Don't stand there and complain to me how outrageous our prices are when I'm in hour 75 of an 82 hour shift. I started out diplomatic about how we can't schedule appointments since it's an ER so we have higher staff and utility costs. He just went off on how we were just a bunch of money grabbers. When I asked if he could get the same care for less money at the human ER, he just said they were a bunch of money grabbers as well with outrageous prices. I just sent him out the door and told him to try Missoula. It's only 2.5 hours away. His wife came back later with the dog.0
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If you can't afford vet bills, then you can't afford to have a pet. Too bad most people don't seem to realize this.0
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Oh he had the money. He was just a bazillion years old and keeps thinking he is in 1930 where the vet would work on you horse for a box of apples. His wife paid and was happy with our work. 0
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Another night, another dollar.
So, apparently, someone complained about the schedule and having to work ONE 12 hour shift this week, so I volunteered to work on one of my days off to nix that 12 hour shift. My intent was to deprive the complainant of their overtime. Instead, my boss man decides to take the overtime from someone else who also has to work a 12 hour shift(but didn't complain) and the complainer still has to work a 12 hour shift on that day.
On the one hand, it's hilarious. On the other hand, I REALLY don't want to hear him complain about it anymore.
But now I get 8 hours of overtime instead of just 4. YAY!
Working 6 days a week, straight 8's is the BOMB! 
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sufferlandrian wrote: »Oh he had the money. He was just a bazillion years old and keeps thinking he is in 1930 where the vet would work on you horse for a box of apples. His wife paid and was happy with our work.
I LOL'd! You gotta keep your sense of humor working with people, it seems...!lilaclovebird wrote: »Another night, another dollar.
So, apparently, someone complained about the schedule and having to work ONE 12 hour shift this week, so I volunteered to work on one of my days off to nix that 12 hour shift. My intent was to deprive the complainant of their overtime. Instead, my boss man decides to take the overtime from someone else who also has to work a 12 hour shift(but didn't complain) and the complainer still has to work a 12 hour shift on that day.
On the one hand, it's hilarious. On the other hand, I REALLY don't want to hear him complain about it anymore.
But now I get 8 hours of overtime instead of just 4. YAY! Working 6 days a week, straight 8's is the BOMB!
I'm afraid if this person ever made 1 complaint about not having $, I'd punch them in the throat. (Not really, but I'd think about it...)0 -
sufferlandrian wrote: »Oh he had the money. He was just a bazillion years old and keeps thinking he is in 1930 where the vet would work on you horse for a box of apples. His wife paid and was happy with our work.
LOL...loved that one.
Isn't funny how people who can easily afford vet bills sometimes gripe over the cost but then people like my family pay the bill, say thanks and go on our merry way? We aren't poor by any means, regular lower middle class folks, but a hefty vet bill can smart sometimes. We don't complain or argue! But then again, maybe we appreciate things more...or maybe that it why those people have more $$ than us to begin with...because they don't spend it. Jk...kinda...
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Saw Minions in 3-D with the tater tot yesterday! First time I've seen 3-D! And we had the entire theater to ourselves!0
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@jennifer_417 He has! He has made the complaint a couple times about not having enough money to fix the radiator in his jeep. He's had this problem for MONTHS.
He also complains about not carrying a gun at work but he doesn't believe in having guns at home in any way, shape, or form. I have a strong feeling he would have no idea what to do with one if it was handed to him anyway.
He misses the concept that our job is to observe and report and to keep people out of trouble before it starts. After trouble starts we have to hand everything over to our commissioned officers(like my Sgt. Sexy Pants).
He also complains about how we deal more with the public and therefore "do more work" so we should get paid more than the commissioned officers.
We don't have to wear a bullet proof vest every shift, have the responsibility of carrying a firearm, or run TOWARDS the danger if there ever is any. We also don't have to work 11 hour shifts every shift or attend mandatory 40-60 hours(depending on rank) of training every year.
I will gladly take less pay to avoid all that but he doesn't really "get it".
Sometimes, punching him in the throat seems like a REALLY good idea. But the truth is I don't see this coworker all that much. I do, however, have to deal with the unhappiness of Sgt. Sexy Pants having to deal with him.
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Just got the date. 7/25/15 I'll be back on overnights. Not thrilled.0
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Frankie_Felinius wrote: »Saw Minions in 3-D with the tater tot yesterday! First time I've seen 3-D! And we had the entire theater to ourselves!
Gosh that sounds awesome! I haven't been to a theater in ages.
I, personally, can not STAND 3-D. It hurts my eyes and inevitably I get a headache that lasts forever.
The last movie I saw in 3-D was Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and that was 5 years ago!0 -
Ugh. Some poeple just don't get it, do they?
Reminds me of a guy I dated about 100 years ago, who worked as a night stocker at Walmart, and thought he should make as much as a doctor, because he worked hard. That relationship didn't last a super long time...0 -
TopCop7747 wrote: »Just got the date. 7/25/15 I'll be back on overnights. Not thrilled.
@TopCop7747 I know in your realm, nothing good ever happens after midnight,but try to enjoy it. I like nights because it is cooler and I can walk around more and play with the foxes. Downsides are: Deer(yes I'm afraid of deer), we now have a coyote wandering around, bugs and spiders EVERYWHERE!
But I enjoy the lack of people on my campuses and the free reign to read or study what I like until a commissioned officer comes into the office. I try not to be blatant about my side fun, but as long as I do my rounds and call the right people when s**t goes wrong, they don't really care.
Our Lieutenant is actually hoping for me to go back to school and do my studying while on overnights. Since I won't join the military to have my education paid for he expects me to take full advantage of the tuition reimbursement program here.
He has some REALLY high expectations of me. I feel like finishing a degree might just be the trampoline I need to reach them.0 -
jennifer_417 wrote: »Ugh. Some poeple just don't get it, do they?
Reminds me of a guy I dated about 100 years ago, who worked as a night stocker at Walmart, and thought he should make as much as a doctor, because he worked hard. That relationship didn't last a super long time...
:laugh: HAHAHAHA! :laugh:
Wow! That's a real winner! Because he TOTALLY has someone's life in his hands when he's stocking those shelves.
There are times when I feel a doctor should make less than he does, but I also believe a lot of doctors who ARE doctors knew what they wanted from a fairly early age. Therefore, I feel anatomy training and things like that should be done in early high school so you could get some of the premed stuff done before you have to take out massive loans to continue school for years and years to become a doctor.
Colleges just ask way too much money for tuition and the like.
I also feel teachers deserve better pay and should have a bit more free reign to teach creatively according to their student body. This whole 'teaching the standardized test' thing has GOT to stop.
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education."
-Albert Einstein
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We had a tech that came in looking for work. He wouldn't take less than he was making in California. It's more than the doctor makes here. I told him good luck and sent him on his way.0
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sufferlandrian wrote: »We had a tech that came in looking for work. He wouldn't take less than he was making in California. It's more than the doctor makes here. I told him good luck and sent him on his way.
That relates to something my mother is dealing with when she searches for jobs.
She has had places decline to even interview her because they can not/will not pay her what she made in Washington as a head cashier/teller room attendant/assistant manager. My mother doesn't EXPECT to be paid as much as she made in Washington because cost of living is lower where we are now. Hell, I could live on my own right now with what I am making here, but I know I sure as hell wouldn't be able to in Washington.
My mother has 17 years of cashier and customer service experience and they are shutting her out because they think she wants to make over $25/hour here in Texas. When she expects/wouldn't mind being offered less than half that.
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