Do people think you live in the Twilight Zone?

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Specializes in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, Tele.

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If you work night shift, you are used to living in another time zone from most of the rest of the folks in your zipcode. Your "days" are their "nights". But you learn to live with it. Because of your working schedule, what are some of the things you do that get questioning looks from others?

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Going out for breakfast and a beer after work.....at 8 am.

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I worked at a large hospital that had a bar across the street that catered specifically to night shift nurses.

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Specializes in Critical care, ER, stepdown, PACU, LTC.

I always got a lot of odd looks when I walked into work at 7PM and said "good morning." I always told them hey, it's morning in MY world!

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Telling the oncoming day shift to "Have a good night"

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Telling the oncoming day shift to "Have a good night"

Kind of like saying "You too" when the ticket guy tells you to enjoy your movie.

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Going out for breakfast and a beer after work.....at 8 am.

It is a like a dinner for me.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.
Going out for breakfast and a beer after work.....at 8 am.

That late? 0715 and first round is poured.

My friends and I used to hold BBQs at my house after our long stretches on. Always turned into an all day pool party/food/drinks session. Man those were fun

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

My first date with my DH was a beer and breakfast after a night shift!

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Specializes in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

Haha...I think this goes for anyone who works nights. I was just thinking I needed to get my partner a beer ready for when she comes home at 0600 tomorrow to kick off her weekend. I mean, it's her dinner time, right? For me, living this way is preparing me for what is to come when I am willing and glad to work nights. You just learn that time is a suggestion and you have to make the most of what you have and do what you need to do when you need to do it, daylight be damned!

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

It is our dinnertime. Our happy hour so to speak.

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Going out for breakfast and a beer after work.....at 8 am.

That late? 0715 and first round is poured.

My friends and I used to hold BBQs at my house after our long stretches on. Always turned into an all day pool party/food/drinks session. Man those were fun

Yeah....I was supervisor and I have to "see" the morning upper administration and "give" report....which consisted of the OT I had to grant to cover....LOL

The others already had first rounds and erre shooting pool....LOL

Gosh I miss those guys. Sigh.

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Specializes in Hospice.

I recently overheard my adult daughter telling my other adult daughter, "She slept our life away." It was a joke but...sigh.

I choose night shift so we didn't have to do daycare and I never missed an in-school program.

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