Any night workers??

[Ezteq]

kk so i start my new job saturday night and am in training for it atm, staying up to about 6am so i hopefully wont die on my first shift but im having issues with it.

Its sooo dull!! i tried coffee and thats ok but not as affective as some would have you believe, i dont do drugs so im not spending the night wizzing my bits off (yes i said bits) and to top it all tv's usually crap this time of night heeeeeeeeeeeelp!!

any advise on how to stay awake would be greatly appreciated.


i'll be on for a long while yet so take your time answering lol.

 

[Commandment]

drink of coffee-drink of coke-drink of coffee-drink of coke. repeat!

works wonders ^^ or just order caffine pill thingys from net

 

[Dukat]

Depends on how much freedom you have I guess, when you say its dull and boring I take it you mean you have alot of time spent doing nothing?

If you read, why not take a book to pass the time? If not what about some sort of online game if you have access and are allowed(or if you can get away with it if you're not )?

I've never really had much of a problem being bored though - One thing I do though when boredom threatens is think about a time when you've been so busy(or in so much trouble) that you'd give anything to be bored. I tend to beable to keep my mind active enough that even waiting for many hours on occassions hasnt been much of a problem.

If possible try getting an mp3 player and taking that in, listening to music is another thing that can ward off boredom at times, just sitting and chilling out and listening to you're favorite music (and getting paid for it!) shouldn't be too bad

EDIT: Just re-read your post again :O misread it the first time, thought you where actually there now lol.

try these(yes they are old, but this is an emergency!!):

lightsaber game!
Sonic Vs Mario Flash video part 1!
Sonic Vs Mario Flash video part 2!
Sonic Vs Mario Flash video part 3!
Sonic Vs Mario Flash video part 4!
Sonic Vs Mario Flash video part 5!
Sonic Vs Mario Flash video part 6!
Building 12 web comic!
Darth vader 20 questions game!

 

[Ezteq]

hehehe thx guys, im usually pretty good at amusing myself (take that how you will) but the thing is trying to do it at this time of night, i cant go out (dont wannt go out where i live at night tbh) and i know if i sit and read i'll go to sleep lol need something to keep me active but that wont wake the bf...

so tbh tap dancings right out the window.

 

[Dukat]

cant edit my other post anymore ^^ heres some more links!

Strong bad emails cartoons!
Heartwarming tale video(smileys are a link)
Dance revolution in CSS video!

 

[Cozak]

Count your green bubbles You will be up all night. I can do night work for my security company as of next week and I requested a few night shifts at various places just to see what it will be like. An empty Marks and Spencers in a huge shopping Mall might be kinda eerie, worth checking out imo oh and double time 15quid an hour, cant knock that.

 

[Dukat]

An empty Marks and Spencers in a huge shopping Mall might be kinda eerie, worth checking out imo

Just dont go chasing the cat to some dodgy dark corner, alien's style!

 

[Ezteq]

aye lol i was just thinking that hehehe and if you hear a strange noise like someone dragging a shovel, dont go for a looksee.

thx for the vids sweetie i'll watch em after ive watched some from google... made seperate post to stick any good ones in (though ppl will prolly say "old" pfft!) so i dont multi spam.

oh and cozak if your doing nights and days mixed your going to be buggered! i did that years ago and it got so as i didnt know wtf i was doing lol.

 

[Mikah75]

i advice against caffeine pills:< they make u buzzing for a bit yes... but then u feel even worse after

 

[Bahumat]

*Sends a blowup Bahumat sex doll to Ez*

That should keep you busy for the next few weeks?

On a serious note, you will be accustomed to it quickly and i think music is a good thing, if you have a pc available then download daoc video's

 

[tris-]

ez, i didnt have a fucking clue when i looked at my pc this morning. i fell asleep watching family guy and woke at 4.30am to see you had msgd me. lol, i was like wtf is going on here and u said u have been playing D&D havent you! but i hadnt the monitor did blind me though and ive had a head ache since, even though i went back to sleep.

 

[Jeriraa]

I played Civ4 till 4am last night... that game keeps me up for hours after hours.

I used to work nightshifts in a hotel years ago. There are 2 important things:
1.) Make your bedroom totally lightproof. Sunlight is the natural enemy of sleep. (But your body needs it anyways. Get as much as you can after work.)
2.) Reorganize your day and stick to the new schedule. For example if you start work at 10pm, sleep from 1pm to 8pm. Do NOT go to bed straight after work. You don't do that after a daytime job do you? If you do it after a nightshift you screw both, you're biorythm and your awakeness at work. Don't switch to 'dayshifts' on free days for the 1st few weeks. That only makes it harder to adapt.

 

[Rediknight]

24 Pro Plus, 2 Litres of Mega Jolt Cola, packet of £6 worth of flying saucers from pic n mix = awake aaaaaall night

Worked for me when i used to go clubbing days on end - sleep? I couldn't even blink...

 

[Bahumat]

24 Pro Plus, 2 Litres of Mega Jolt Cola, packet of £6 worth of flying saucers from pic n mix = awake aaaaaall night

Worked for me when i used to go clubbing days on end - sleep? I couldn't even blink...

haha i can picture you in the corner of a clubbing foaming at teh mouth from all the sherbert.

flying saucers are teh r0x0xr

 

[Chronictank]

haha i can picture you in the corner of a clubbing foaming at teh mouth from all the sherbert.

flying saucers are teh r0x0xr

rofl rep

 

[Kalgarn]

I work in 3 shifts,morning,evening and night shift changing every week.don't think you can really train it,you just get used to it.
and about spending the time,just read a good book allways keeps me busy

 

[old.Tohtori]

...where has this place gone to?

Nobody mentioned the cure for all of freddyshouse. Three M's of life.

Masturbate,
Masturbate and...
Masturbate.

Then masturbate some more, try a bit of masturbation and then go for a masturbation. If you need, try a little masturbation to get rid of the masturbation, then masturbate some more if it fails.

You could ofcourse masturbate, but then again masturbation is good also. My doctor said that masturbation is a good way to masturbate, but you should train it at home before masturbating at the office.

In any masturbate, masturbate by masturbate is the way to a masturbated masturbation.

Hope that helps.

 

[Thorwyn]

Imagine an entire smurf episode with....

ah.. nevermind.

 

[Jeriraa]

...where has this place gone to?

Nobody mentioned the cure for all of freddyshouse. Three M's of life.

Masturbate,
Masturbate and...
Masturbate.

Then masturbate some more, try a bit of masturbation and then go for a masturbation. If you need, try a little masturbation to get rid of the masturbation, then masturbate some more if it fails.

You could ofcourse masturbate, but then again masturbation is good also. My doctor said that masturbation is a good way to masturbate, but you should train it at home before masturbating at the office.

In any masturbate, masturbate by masturbate is the way to a masturbated masturbation.

Hope that helps.

Wanker!

 

[Zegas]

I work nights, though I have problems sleeping anyways, my sleeping patterns are quite strange

I not tried what teh seel says but it sounds like a good idea

 

[Conchabar]

Stare into nothingness and once u attain a certain level you will be able to do this effortlessly much like cats or you could meditate thats decent xd

 

[Dandare]

i advice against caffeine pills:< they make u buzzing for a bit yes... but then u feel even worse after

I agree pro-plus are not good, neither is redbull. After 4am and onwards you will feel jittery and lack concentration, then you do feel really worse come the end of the shift.
I work evil shifts 2 day shifts (14 hours with travelling)
Then day after st8 onto 2 Nights.
Best advice I can give you Ez is eat regulary on nights, don't sleep st8 after a shift make yourself stay up, and do different things while not busy at work, i.e read a book for 2 hours, trawl FH, or talk crap to co-workers.
And even if you can't sleep after a shift, make sure your body is resting and just chilling out.
My best trick was coming home getting my crafters to lgm(boring the tits of me), skinning up and laughing to myself before going into a deep sleep.

But your a good girl so that don't apply

But in the summer I'm afraid you will develop violent mood swings to the guy that kicks his petrol mower up next-door at 9am cos the sun is out

 

[Krait]

2.) For example if you start work at 10pm, sleep from 1pm to 8pm. Do NOT go to bed straight after work.

Thats the best advice for night work there is..........helps to go to the pub at lunchtime as well,for a couple before bed

 

[Ezteq]

*climbs off blow up bahumat*

Wanker!

:worthy: :worthy: lmao

thanks for all the advise guys, im going to try some tonight (lol just woke up and am having brekkie atm) i managed to stay up till 7am this morning, personal record \o/


Oh and Tris man you were hillarious this morning dude i was like Hmm whats he still doing up and assumes you were test driving new game so thats why you didnt answer and when you did answer loooooooooooool could just picture you all bleary eyes lmao.

 

[Jeriraa]

But in the summer I'm afraid you will develop violent mood swings to the guy that kicks his petrol mower up next-door at 9am cos the sun is out

I used earplugs. ´They work nicely and are cheaper than shot shells anyways.

 

[Rediknight]

I used earplugs. ´They work nicely and are cheaper than shot shells anyways.

So you can get 12 guage ear plugs now?

 

[Jeriraa]

So you can get 12 guage ear plugs now?

Earplugs you put into your ears. The .12 gauge you put into your neighbours lawnmower.

 

[old.Tohtori]

lawnmower.

So that's what they call ze arse these days.