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[senoritafish]

Well, runsamuck survived his first graveyard. This is going to take some getting used to, by both of us. However, once he's done training, he's only going to have three days a week, because the other, senior, night guy asked for an additional day. Which is actually ok, for now.

And this is how tough it is right now - if he'd quit, as he was considering, there's already a stack of applications an 1½" high of people waiting to take his place; people with college degrees, coming in in suits to fill out an application.

The commute is pretty tough, and this really wouldn't work out if he didn't have the bike. I was a bit worried this morning because it was raining - the first rain in a long while, which makes things slippery, but he made it fine.

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[tikistitch.livejournal.com]

Dunno if this is of interest, but a family friend has been working graveyard for over a decade (he's a chemist) and adores it. He had to be reluctantly dragged kicking and screaming into the day shift a few months ago because it was the only way to get a promotion.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Hey, you're always interesting.

What was really getting him down was commuting twice as far for only half the pay he was getting where he last worked. And the surprising amount of work involved in a convenience store for the middle of the night. However, he thinks he's ok with it now; at least it's a way to get his toes back in the job market, that still allows for someone to be around when the kids get home from school.

My brother actually does alternating graveyard/day shift for three weeks at a time - he's a network admin for the power company back in Ohio.