To wonder why people would choose to work night shifts

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Surely it’s much better for the body to work day shifts and doesn’t the body shut down at night usually like urine production stops etc

Whe I was on shifts I actually preferred nights .

I'm a night owl. And the pressure was off because you can't contact people at night . Plus it was far more interesting on nights than days .
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It's part of some jobs. I've worked night shifts as a nurse. I actually loved night shifts but it took me so long to get back into 'day mode' that was the bit I didn't like! I also couldn't eat much or I'd get bad heart burn.

I used to prefer nightshifts over days - for one thing, you are generally doing 13.5hr shifts in the NHS, so 3 shifts and you are done for the week.

Secondly it is usually quieter, and thirdly when it isn’t quieter, the stuff you are doing actually needs to be done, unlike sitting in endless meetings or phoning round chasing up scans.

And finally you are then off during office hours, so can get to the shops/pay bills/get your life admin done before you go to bed, and still have your weekends free. Not possible if you are working 8am-6pm.

This made me lol so hard. 😂

inexplicable query, OP.

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NHS staff fall in this category. I sometimes do 4 or 5-night shifts in a row depending on staff levels. I work in ICU but all patients need care and attention.

Part of the hospital where I did my training dated back to the 1940s and at night you could hear a child running down the corridor and all sorts of strange noises. A side room felt particularly cold and uncomfortable, even in the summer. I had a friend from the Caribbean and she refused to go in there at night. We were told it was the old pipework but I was glad when I moved off that ward.

For those of you who know me by ( my MN poster name ) I apologise in advance as I am going to say something that I thought I couldn’t possibly say again.

“Just When You Think You Have Heard It All , this ridiculous post appears “🫣
To wonder why people would choose to work night shifts??

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It'll turn out to be some joker on a night shift.

I want to alter the lyrics to the Commodores to accommodate being unable to pee at night 😂 but I'm too tired.

Am guessing you have never been pregnant op!

This is the stupidest post I've ever read. Why do you think?!!

Because I like it better than day shifts

Be ajar unfortunately, people need ambulances 24/7 so I don't get much choice

Also, I get paid more ✌🏻

@EmmaH2022

Do you mean 1) Night Shift
or 2) Slippery when wet

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I worked night shifts when younger, it was expected in hospitals some of the time. It wasn’t great at all. Some appreciation by others in society wouldn’t go amiss!

In about 2012, I worked in a hospital in Welwyn Garden City that was closing down. It was a glorious building, built in the 1960s. Amazing architecture if you like the Royal Festival Hall etc.

Anyway, most of the wards were shut and locked, but the orthopaedic ward and rehab wards were still open, and they had a minor injuries unit open, so they needed a cardiac arrest team overnight in case somebody ill turned up there in error instead of the proper A&E up the road (which did occasionally happen). Me and a medical SHO basically had nothing to do between 9pm and 8am. So we used to wander around trying to find somewhere to nap. It was ridiculously creepy - like being in the Shining or the Kingdom.

This is such a ridiculous question. I work in healthcare in a palliative ward. People who are going through end of life care don't just have needs during office hours.

I used to prefer night shifts, as I got to spend time with patients, and also because I was able to just rest for a few hours the next day.

The older I got, though, the harder I found it to just shrug off the affects of being awake all night.

I think that, on the basis of such a daft question, that you should write a letter to Santa and ask him how he copes.

More money, quieter work, and a lot less office politics to deal with.

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not heard of the second one tbh but how funny!

I used to LOVE night shifts (international law enforcement) pre children and would readily volunteer for them. More money, more time off. Often more interesting jobs would come in and you have more autonomy in dealing with them (EG was one of first UK response officers for Asian tsunami). If kids hadn’t come along I’d still be doing them quite merrily now…

Childcare reasons for me

I was an immigrant and that's all there was.

And yes, they aren't very good for you.

Money. I can do 5 nights at the same wages as 7 days. I can work when my daughter is with her father. I can not find a job which will pay the same as a single parent. Most of us go it through necessity, not choice.

I'm self-employed but I quite regularly work through the night because I have two SEN DC, and this is the only quiet time I get.

If it's any help, I can confirm that I'm still able to have a wee when needed. My body's ability to urinate doesn't vanish when the sun sets.