Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The company I keep

It's hard to make friends with this lifestyle. I go to bed when the average morning person is stumbling to the coffee pot. Living this way, you learn to appreciate 24 hour gas stations and diners. Dennys and IHOP's bottomless coffee pots keep me alive, and the graveyard shift gas attendants keep me company.

The average person doesn't actually sit down to have a conversation with these convenience store heroes. However, when it's 4 in the morning on your day (night) off, there really isn't much else to do other than drink coffee, smoke cigarettes, and shoot the shit with the few people still awake. The local Mobile seems to be a meeting place for anyone looking to kill time in those long hours between night and morning.

My job offered to move me to days, but I've grown too comfortable of this lifestyle. Though it may not be healthy, I love 90% of my co-workers and 30% of my bosses. The situation would be much different if I were to move to days, and I would have considerably less seniority. Rather than being noticed for the good things I do, I would merely become another pawn to be spat upon regularly. I don't plan on staying forever, but I like where I'm at right now.

12 comments:

  1. Last graveyard job I had was just basically me sitting on my ass reading books all night long and getting paid $23 an hour to do it.

    Fitted in perfectly with my current sleeping pattern as well. Win win situation really.

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  2. I wish I had a job like that...

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  3. I have a shit job, but a job is a job and a student can't complain...

    Have a look at my 3 blogs for an insight :)

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  4. $23/hr is nice for a cushy job, I would kill for that.

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  5. Sounds pretty good, man. I wouldn't mind hitting up a graveyard shit if I didn't do so much evening stuff.

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  6. I loved working the over night shift, the nights off were a bit of a bother though.

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  7. If you get used to it, it could surely work nice. I just have trouble to sleep when it's light outside.

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  8. I've worked graveyard for years. Get paid to surf the web and do whatever you want. But yeah, you have to work that much harder to have a social life.

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  9. Be thankful for what you have, you are in a great spot.

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  10. I'm nocturnal by choice as well, & love nightshift work! More pay, less dealing with people, more independence! Viva la nightshift! Following!

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  11. I wish I had a job like that... [2]

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