Nightshift Hints and Tips

[Cobbs]

Ok escapists, I'm starting night work in the immediate future and recently I found myself thinking "Great Holiest of Fucks, I need to function from 10pm-6am stacking shelves, how the flying duck am I s'posed to pull that off?"
Should I chug-a-lug gratuitous amounts of energy drinks and coffee? Eat alot before hand to bolster my energy? Nap whenever I get the chance?

 

[Capt. Crankypants]

I used to do nightfill at Woolworths. They used to put me on 12 hours each Friday and Saturday night because I was the youngest/cheapest. My best advice, apart from not working in nightfill, is get used to a fucked up sleep pattern, have a few hours sleep beforehand, and buy/bring a decent sized meal to have in your break.

 

[The_Waspman]

Prepare for lots of hallucinations and a total feeling of detachment from the world.

On a serious note, get used to flipping your sleep cycle. Its not so much working all night thats the problem, its the sleeping during the day...

 

[willsham45]

Well I think your best bet is to decind when you want to be asleep and when you want to be awake.
In this case, do you want a morning or the afternoon. Once you get used to it all should be fine, might be tiring the first few times though. With a bit of planning you should be fine.

 

[Cobbs]

Funny thats exactly where I'm working :S
I sense a iminent garbage bagging of my windows.