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Any Sainsbury's night shift workers on here?

30 replies

Bsmirched · 15/01/2021 14:21

Please settle an argument! My husband has just got a job on the night shift. His hours are midnight until 8am and he starts next Friday. I've just commented to him that by this time next week, he'll have completed his first shift and he's argued that Friday means midnight Friday night.
Who is right? This is a lighthearted question and obviously we'll make certain before next week!

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dementedpixie · 15/01/2021 14:28

I would say he would be starting at midnight next Friday so Friday into Saturday morning

dementedpixie · 15/01/2021 14:28

But I'd double check first

CrazyFoxLady · 15/01/2021 14:29

Midnight Friday night means exactly that. Not Thursday night/Friday morning! I would've thought that was obvious so I'm with DH on this one. Unless of course Sainsbury's use a different time system to the rest of us.

PistolKnight · 15/01/2021 14:31

Friday means Friday night so into Saturday am, he's right.

WaxOnFeckOff · 15/01/2021 14:35

My friends husband works constant night shift, they start at 11.30pm probably half to stop this issue.

It's the midnight start that causes the confusion but in the case, if he starts on Friday, I'd expect that to mean he finishes on Saturday morning even if that means that technically the shift takes place entirely on Saturday, it becoming Saturday at midnight.

I'd still clarify expectations with the store manager, embarrassing to turn up a day early but devastating to turn up a day late...

AngusThermopyle · 15/01/2021 14:41

I agree with the above replies. Starts midnight Friday finishes Saturday morning.

BarbaraofSeville · 15/01/2021 14:53

I'd check the information very carefully, but I would have expected this to be at the end of Thursday, not the end of Friday, but it's a common mistake to make, people miss flights etc because of it.

If his shift says 00.00 to 08.00 on 22/1, that's Thursday night/Friday morning, not Friday into Saturday.

smoothchange · 15/01/2021 14:59

Midnight Friday night means exactly that. Not Thursday night/Friday morning! I

Midnight Friday IS just after 11:59pm on Thursday though?

Thursday ends at 11:59om and Friday starts at 00:00 which is also known as midnight.

BrokenCircle · 15/01/2021 15:00

Actually, I think he starts at midnight Friday morning, so finishing at 8am on Friday.

WaxOnFeckOff · 15/01/2021 15:30

Its confusing stating at midnight, they'd be better starting at 11.55 or 12.05 to stop confusion.

WaxOnFeckOff · 15/01/2021 15:33

People still refer to the early hours of a day as if it was the previous night though, if you go out on a Friday night and get home at 3am, you still talk about coming home Friday night etc

BarbaraofSeville · 15/01/2021 15:36

@WaxOnFeckOff

Its confusing stating at midnight, they'd be better starting at 11.55 or 12.05 to stop confusion.
Well that would be confusing, because those times are in the middle of the day.
smoothchange · 15/01/2021 15:36

@WaxOnFeckOff

People still refer to the early hours of a day as if it was the previous night though, if you go out on a Friday night and get home at 3am, you still talk about coming home Friday night etc

Sainsbury's are a huge employer though. Not people on a night out. You would expect them to know how to tell the time.

Thursday 00:00 - 11:59pm, Friday 00:00

BexR · 15/01/2021 15:44

That's a head bender. I would say Friday evening cos night shift would follow the day shift.

PugInTheHouse · 15/01/2021 15:44

Officially midnight is the start of a new day however if casually someone said midnight on Friday I would probabyl assume they meant late Friday night.

SendHelp30 · 15/01/2021 15:47

Your DH is right. So he will be getting ready to start, this time next week.

Original poster
Bsmirched · 15/01/2021 15:47

Well I'm glad it's not just us that are confused!

Thank you everyone. He has an induction at some point so he can clarify.

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WaxOnFeckOff · 15/01/2021 15:52

Well that would be confusing, because those times are in the middle of the day.

Don't be a smart arse, you know what that meant! :o I should have added pm and am...doh!

WaxOnFeckOff · 15/01/2021 15:55

Sainsbury's are a huge employer though. Not people on a night out. You would expect them to know how to tell the time.

Huge employer or not, they are giving themselves an unnecessary headache due to how people interpret midnight. It's far simpler to remove the dubiety by starting the shifts either side of the hour.

smoothchange · 15/01/2021 15:57

@WaxOnFeckOff

Sainsbury's are a huge employer though. Not people on a night out. You would expect them to know how to tell the time.

Huge employer or not, they are giving themselves an unnecessary headache due to how people interpret midnight. It's far simpler to remove the dubiety by starting the shifts either side of the hour.

I don't disagree.

Chanandlerbong01 · 15/01/2021 15:58

I think you are right if it is written down becagse the dates and times would be exact for payroll so if they say Friday 00:00 then surely that’s when it would be?
But if it was a boss saying oh yea you are working midnight Friday then assume it’s the Friday pm

EileenGC · 15/01/2021 16:10

If his shift is Friday 22nd January 00:00-08:00, then that's Thursday night into Friday.

My parents were friends with this family who always went on holiday to the same country. There were only 2 flights a week from our local airport during summer.

This flight would always depart at some strange time in the middle of the night such as 00:15 or 01:00. So their ticket was for Thursday 7th August, departure at 00:15, arrival at 05:55 or whatever. Every single year they would arrive at the airport 2h before their flight, at 22:15. On the Thursday Confused And every single year, airport staff kindly informed them that their flight had departed the previous night. Cue outrage by these adults who couldn't understand why the airline didn't make it clear on the ticket that they had to turn up a day in advance. For them, the day started with the morning alarm. Anything before 5am was the previous day. And date Grin

I took them several years to stop doing this. Every year my dad had to get out of bed and pick them up at midnight so they could get back home. By the time they were all rebooked on the next flight (after arguing that they shouldn't pay the change fees, but deserved an upgrade if anything), no more buses were running. This family provided great entertainment throughout the years!

VeniVidiWeeWee · 15/01/2021 18:04

@WaxOnFeckOff

Well, every day's a school day.

I've never come across "dubiety" before.

WaxOnFeckOff · 15/01/2021 18:16

[quote VeniVidiWeeWee]@WaxOnFeckOff

Well, every day's a school day.

I've never come across "dubiety" before.[/quote]
I love "dubiety". There are loads of brilliant words out there.

We have one that is almost exclusively used in Scotland (apart from my colleagues south of the border who have adopted it) Outwith. As in, I didn't test those cases as they were outwith the sample, or I rejected the application as it was received outwith the required dates.

Anyway, I digress...

BrokenCircle · 16/01/2021 12:39

I was hoping we’d know by now 🤪