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I promised myself I'd never do this again

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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

Work nights smiley - yawn But rent has to be paid.

Goodnight all smiley - zzz


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Sho - employed again!

but the bestest thing in the world is going to bed off a night shift smiley - smiley


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Baron Grim

I promised myself I'd never work retail again. Let's hope I can keep this promise. If not...

I can't even consider the prospect.


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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

That's what I'm telling myself, BG, that and restaurant work. I never want to do that again, despite virtually my only area of expertise being beer.

You're right about that Sho, but conversely there are few things as unsettling as getting up after a nightshift sleep, at the wrong time of the day, and having not had a decent sleep... the last of which being something I know a little too much about for my own comfort.

One other good thing though - there's no early morning rush to get up, get breakfast and get to work. I hate that about jobs that begin earlier than 10am. I like to have a leisurely breakfast, and I like to have it at least an hour after I get up. The only thing about this nightshift is that breakfast is going to be dinner, maybe. I haven't quite figured out how I'm I'm going to work meals around it yet.

When I did night work before it was almost like having a (very) late night because I could often get home before the dawn, and that was very important because if you go to bed before it starts getting light it still feels like yesterday. Once the sun starts coming up it feels like tomorrow, and that's where your mind starts getting messed up. You also start seeing the earliest workers of the day (cleaners, bread delivery drivers etc) beginning or going to their jobs, and that further makes it feel like you've slipped over into the next day without having slept. I could often get to bed around 4am or 5am, and that meant I could also have a little snack before I went to bed smiley - drool

But this one's not going to allow that - it starts at 1am and ends at 9am, so I'm leaving for work at normal bedtimes and coming home in the tail end of the rush hour, with the sun well and truly up.

On the plus side, I don't actually see the dawn because the spot where I'm working is hidden from the outside wall of the building by banks of fermenters that are full of cider smiley - cidersmiley - cheers That's also a big help because seeing the dawn happen also messes up my brane more than walking into a place when it's dark and walking out again when it's light. I can't stand seeing the dawn. Not since that one time I couldn't possibly talk about. And also before then.


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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

If I have breakfast now (6pm), am I going to be hungry enough to eat dinner before I have to set off for work around 11.00pm? I usually have breakfast around 9am and then don't eat again until dinner at 6pm.


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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

Oh, and this going to completely kibosh my regular drinking routine. Now, when I see 'Cask night with next Thursday' listed for my local bar, I'm going to have to resist the urge to reach for my diary smiley - sadface


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Sho - employed again!

I never did a regular nightshift where it was night after night after night, so I never really got into a routine. I think I've written elsewhere often enough about our mental Army shift patterns so I don't need to rehash that.

One thing though - when I get up what I really need for breakfast is something energy giving and coffee. So that's what I have when I get up whatever the time, yoghurt fruit and granola or porridge. And coffee. And fruit juice.

Conversely, that means that I've often eaten a roast dinner at 5am and then worked until 8 and then gone to bed at 9am. But having been at boarding school sharing a curtainless dormitory with 20 other girls, I learned pretty early on how to sleep whatever the light or noise.


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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

This job isn't going to be full time, at least for a while. I've got five shifts this week because the pasteuriser broke down last week and there's a backlog that needs to be taken care of. So I get home Sunday morning, then I have to work Monday night, then nothing again until the 17th, 18th and 19th, then the place shuts down for Christmas for a week.

But on those days off I might be doing other work for them, making these http://www.austineastciders.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/glasses.jpg out of these http://res.cloudinary.com/ratebeer/image/upload/w_250,c_limit,q_85,d_beer_def.gif/beer_158311.jpg


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Post 9

Baron Grim

Ooh! Dangerous work with sharp glass and flames!smiley - cool


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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

Ah, if only. Dangerous work with sharp glass and a tile-cutting saw and grinding wheels. Every prospect of losing a digit smiley - ok


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Baron Grim

I figured you'd take a blow torch to the glass rims as a final step to smooth them out.


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Post 12

There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

Also, I must look into getting a Thermos. It's not natural for a British person* to go this go without tea.

*Yes, I know I'm an American now. You know what I mean.


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Post 13

Baron Grim

Yes, I do... You meant "go this far". smiley - winkeyesmiley - rofl

smiley - tea


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Post 14

There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

Oh fer cryin out loud smiley - facepalm

Well, I've got a bloody good reason for things like that now - lack of sleep and sleeping at the wrong time of day. The first night, Tuesday, I didn't manage to sleep before work, so when I went to bed at 11am I'd been up for 27 hours, then I woke up again five hours later at 4pm. Second night, last night, I got home at 10.30am, went to bed at noon, and woke up about 45 minutes ago, after about four hours kip smiley - yawn


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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

And I meant "go this long" smiley - nahnah


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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

And not only a Thermos, something to put into sandwiches too. Not cheese. Something's flesh, I think... preferably smiley - flyingpig


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Baron Grim

The moment after I hit post I knew you meant "long" rather than "far", but I also realized that by getting it wrong it was funnier.

Also... how can you eat smiley - flyingpig!?

http://youtu.be/Y8b9EckGPx0


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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

Three down, two to go.

I got home at about 10.30 this morning, made a cuppa, and wound down enough to go to bed around 11.30. Next thing I know the radio alarm has come on, it's 6pm and it's dark smiley - cdouble At least I got plenty of kip.

It's a goof thing I'm not doing this full-time and for a long period - I'd need to start taking vitamin D supplements cos I've no idea when I might see the currant bun, especially at this time of the year smiley - sadface Boy, I'm really looking forward to Sunday morning smiley - bigeyes

I think the plan has to be to take a short, maybe four- or five-hour, sleep once I get home, so that I don't wake up at 6pm like I did today, and then stay awake until around 2am Monday and get up late on Monday morning, because I have to work Monday night. That way I shan't have been up for 24 hours by the time I get to bed on Tuesday morning smiley - yawn


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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

That's the third time in a few days I've typed goof instead of good, but the first time I haven't noticed it. What I have noticed in the past year or so is an increasing tendency to hit the key either side of the one I want. For instance, I just typed increading instead of increasing. It all began when the battery holder for this wireless keyboard broke and I had to use my wired backup. That keyboard had a slightly different feel to it so my fingers kept going to the wrong spot. You'd think that now I'm back on the usual keyboard after fixing (and washing) it that things would be back to normal, but no, alas.


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Post 20

Baron Grim

Hah, didn't even catch it. smiley - laugh


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