In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > George Shirley > wrote:
> >
> >>> I wish I could sleep. I'm doing good if I get a solid 4 hours per day.
> >> There are some statistics out there that suggest that if you work the
> >> same shift all the time your body and you mind adjust much better than
> >> they would on a swing shift.
> >
> > I've been working it for nearly 5 years now. I used to work swings
> > (afternoons).
> > My sleep patterns sucked then too.
> Swing shift in the hydrocarbon processing industry is days then
> evenings, then midnights. It's hell on the system. My first shift job we
> shifted backwards, graveyards, evenings, days. Didn't make it any better
> but after fifteen years I got used to it. I really preferred evenings,
> go to work at 1500, off at 2300. Had time to get a good sleep in, eat
> breakfast, get things done around the house, see the kids off to school,
> visit with wife, eat a good meal, then off to work.

How well did you sleep?
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It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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