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I worked a swing shift (3:30 to 11:30 pm) schedule at a TV station for 26 years. I also worked the signoff shift (8 pm to 4 am) for more than three years. You can't understand how much this type of schedule changes your life until you've actually done it.
For one thing, you pretty much have to give up dating and social life with "normal" people because they're never available when you are, especially if you're not off on weekends (I never was). If you are married or dating someone who doesn't have the same schedule you do, you hardly ever see each other.
On your days off, your friends and family expect you to pop out of bed bright and early at 7 am because that's what they do, but to you it's still the middle of the night. Everyone wants to go to bed while you're still bright and full of energy. In other words, you feel like a freak.
On the bright side, it can make shopping and doing business a bit easier because you can go out and do things while other people are working and avoid the crowds. If you are a night owl like me, it might also suit your biological clock. But I don't recommend the lifestyle for most people. It's hard to get used to, and some people never do.
Ironically, I have been retired for over five years and I still can't get to sleep much earlier than 3 or 4 am. I thought I would turn into a day person, but it didn't happen.
I have one shift where I work 8pm until 8 pm ..
While I do have the option of sleeping it's often done with one eye open..
Both ears tuned to the slightest of sounds... So I may sleep a total of 3 hours of 24, If even...
Usually around 3 pm the following day I'm toast...
I used to and, most of the time, I liked it. What I didn't like was missing daylight. Could not do it today; however, my very favorite job was a graveyard shift. And was paid more for it.
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