smack
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Registered: 7th Jul 04
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got some temp work coming up doing some nightshifts.
how do people do it?, sleep all day till what time? when do you eat like a big meal?
cheers
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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Yeah, i'm on nights this week funny enough, I do 22-6, I normally find myself waking up around about 1-2. eat a big meal around about 5, normally end up getting some chips or something in work (although I know I shouldn't lol) and drink endless supplies of tea in work
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Luke
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Registered: 9th Dec 05
Location: Oxford Drives:Corsa B C20LET
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I work weekends, & work the sunday night. Go to bed as late as i can on the saturday night & sleep most of sunday day time without eating much. Wake up about 5pm, have a bath, leave for work & start at 7. normally have my food at 1am, get a takeaway. Work 11 hour shifts. Hope that helps you out abit.
[Edited on 04-12-2008 by Luke]
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JonnyJ
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Registered: 23rd Sep 05
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Worked nights for 4 years now but also due to uni and stuff had to be up through the day so my body clock is completely fucked up now 
I usually sleep till 3pm if ive worked the night before and working the next night.
Sleep till 1pm if ive been up through the day the day before (like today)
Big meal at around 5pm, pack up at 3.30am then straight to bed when i get home, sleep from around 7am till 4, if im working and 11 if im up through the day.
Somehow that works for me
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smack
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cheers for the input guys, luckly i only have a few weeks of it on my contract. dont think i could cope doing it full time 
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JonnyJ
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Its easy when you get used to it, just becomes normal. Doing it full time is/can be a annoying socially as when everyones out having fun, your at work 
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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Im doing my first night shift tonight 
8.30-7.30. Should be fun
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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i've been doing alternate shifts for 16 months now.
i do 1 night shift every 3 weeks.
10:30pm-6:30am - get home about 7, go to sleep about 7:30am - 3:30pm then up and do what i want.
it's really easy to do once you get into it.
oh and i have 4 meals. 1 big meal before work, 2 during work and one when i get home (usually 4 eggs scrambled).
[Edited on 04-12-2008 by Ben G]
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
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im workin tonight from 8 till about 2 or 3 may b but ive been up since 6 had to do another job for a couple of hours so not lookin forward to next week when i cant get up for work
April 08 feature car
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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i do 9:30pm til 7am. Sleep til anything between 1 and 6 depending how fooked i am.
Probs have some toast / protein shake when i get up in the afternoon to kick my metabolism off, then normal evening meal before i go, some cereal about 3am with cuppas / water throughout the night
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luke85
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Registered: 26th Nov 07
Location: Chesterfield
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
Yeah, i'm on nights this week funny enough, I do 22-6, I normally find myself waking up around about 1-2. eat a big meal around about 5, normally end up getting some chips or something in work (although I know I shouldn't lol) and drink endless supplies of tea in work
Exact same as me, nights arent that bad once you get used to them. I spend a lot of time at work with nothing to to though (maintenance leader) so its usefull to take something to keep you entertained if you can, like take your laptop and dont over look taking a book, never read since school until I started doing nights!
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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Did them for quite a while.....
All you need in a nightshift is... Wrighty 
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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My shift rotation next year is -either 14x 12hr day/night shifts back to back.
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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Can't beat a good old nightshift tbh...
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1756/dsc00507cb2.jpg
Edited: Pic is quite big 
[Edited on 04-12-2008 by Whittie]
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RS6
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Registered: 5th Nov 03
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prepared to be broken
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