Who here works weird hours ???

[Skittles]

and what's your biggest sleep enemy? I work 6PM to 6AM Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays plus every other Saturday. I'd have to say I hate weed eaters and leaf blowers with a passion. :o

[bigwillq]

1. I work mainly second shift

I go in at about 4 or so depending on what's going on and usually I'm out by 11.

But when I work, I usually stop by the local watering hole and don't get home until 1 or 2 a.m.

I also hate weed wackers or lawn mowers. My neighbor has a landscape business and his mower is always going off.

[Padraig18]

2. My day starts at 3:00 a.m.

My biggest sleep enemies are the people who telephone at 9:00 p.m., and innocently express surprise that I'm in bed. To those folks I say, "Here's $20--- go buy a clue."

:P

[bigwillq]

4. Why so early?

To rise, I mean.

[Padraig18]

5. Well, the newspaper bundles arrive at 4:00 a.m.

We own two bookstores, and one of them is also a news dealership. I have to be at work by 4:00 to receive the bundles, sort them by route and customer, etc., so that the carriers can have them delievered by 7:00.

:)

[bigwillq]

6. Too early for me!!

But since it's YOUR business, I guess you have to do what ever it takes for the business, right?

So I guess you stay and work at the stores all day, too.

[Padraig18]

11. Yes, most days.

We do have 2 part-time employees, but Tony and I work about 80% of the 'shop time' ourselves. it makes for a long day, especially during the school year.

[slutticus]

3. I alternate.

I'm out of phase with any particular shift. But when I have to sleep during the day....I hate lawnmowers and leafblowers! :grr:

[Tripper11]

7. I start at 3am myself.....

I work in a tv newsroom, so it's in bed by 7pm, up at 2 am and off to work I go.
I actually enjoy the hours somewhat because it give the opportunity in the afternoon to take care of other things.

[Deja Q]

8. The employed, at ay shift, work weird hours.

We're not a free people.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

9. You work the SAME

exact hours my husband does, even the every other Sat (though he does that during the day).

He can sleep through anything, so it isn't too bad for him, but we both hate his hours because he hardly sees us (wife and daughter) as a result. He is supposed to be going back to days soon.

[argyl]

10. I'm 6PM to 6AM too.Start Fri. evening and am done Mon.morning

Any gasoline powered yard accessories can get to me but I use a white noise machine which tunes them out.

[Skittles]

13. I've had some success with a portable fan

right now it's trying to drown out earthmovers in the field across the street. I tell you those hours between 3:00 and 5:00 AM are real killers without enough sleep. :o

[B Calm]

19. Tape aluminium foil on your bedroom windows and turn the TV on

for a little noise, it helps me sleep during the day. My bedroom looks like night time during the brightest time of the day.

[bearfan454]

22. I did that too.

It has to be pitch black or I can't sleep in the day.

[B Calm]

12. 11 PM to 7:30 AM and making less than what I was making 4 years ago

[Pale Blue Dot]

14. Retail

I work a combination of mornings and evenings every week. I never have the same days off 2 weeks in a row. I get every third weekend off.

Retail sucks. :-(

[DemWitch]

15. Wanna talk a wicked schedule...

Two week rotation...

On duty Sunday 10pm to Wednesday 10am. Sleep at jobsite midnite to 6am. Off duty 10 am Wednesday to 230 Friday. On duty 230pm Friday to Sunday 1030pm. Sleep at jobsite midnite to 6am. Off duty 1030pm Sunday until 10pm following Sunday.

Sleep time at jobsite is "on-call" and average 3 hours a night.

But having that whole week off is soooooo sweet...

[harper]

16. 0530 am till 230pm

Get up about 4am. Every morning I tell myself I'll go to bed early that evening, but it's usually about 1030pm before I get to sleep. Really look forward to Saturday morning (except for the every third Saturday and Sunday when I work).

[CanuckAmok]

17. Film shoots...

Shoot a 12 to 15 hour day, beginning around 7:00 or 8:00am Monday, and by the time Friday rolls around, I'm usually starting around noon or later. I see the sun rise about every other saturday morning...

I find sleep is just a matter of "get it where you can".

[Zomby Woof]

18. I work normal hours

But I am very weird during those hours. Does that count?

[NMDemDist2]

20. I'm up at 4am til 3 PM working

telemarketers that call at ten minutes to 9

I used to just unplug the phone but my dad is very ill so need to leave it plugged in for now

and my dogs... they occasionally just go off for no reason and if one does a little "woof" the other two bay like hounds from hades and run hell bent for leather the length of the house and hit the swinging doggy door like a ton of bricks

and did i mention the menopausal night sweats? they are the worse sleep stealer there is

was that TMI? ROFL :smoke:

[bearfan454]

21. I worked straight midnights until this last Monday

11 pm till 7:00 am 6 days a week. I used the box fan on the dresser to drown out noise from outside.