I did my 10 x 12s around dangerous mining equipment! Don’t worry, I almost got flattened by a 400 t mining truck only once!

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    4 months ago

    Don’t forget that night shift customer-facing jobs also have to deal with the night creatures that are said customers.

    Things get real weird from 11PM-3AM. These people didn’t need IT support, they needed a psychiatric counseling hotline.

    For me, my body literally couldn’t take the constant “biological darkness” (no UV). After three weeks, I experienced moderate dysphoria, anhedonia, and could no longer achieve restful sleep. Perhaps more-so than the average person, I am a slave to my circadian rhythms and absolutely depend on a normal clock to function.

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      4 months ago

      Hah. That’s just my default operating software. Fortunately a little pill (patch update) fixed most of this shit for me.

      Glad you noticed it and did something to rectify

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        Thanks. I knew I was in for a wild ride when a co-worker quoted MIB:

        The company keeps us on Centaurian time, standard thirty-seven hour day. Give it a few months. You’ll get used to it… or you’ll have a psychotic episode.

        Management was very accommodating in making the switch back to 2nd shift. I noped outta there and went on to much greener pastures soon thereafter.