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Kind of a silly question, but I've been wondering for some time now. do you have enough time, is there a rule preventing it, do you try to limit fluid intake because you don't have enough time to go to the bathroom?
I drink a cup of coffee or tea during our huddle and drink water throughout the day. Sometimes I'll make a Starbucks (we have one on campus) run around 10:00 if I need an extra strong cup. Gone are the days where I wouldn't drink and become dehydrated because I didn't have time to use the bathroom. Unless it's an emergency everything else can wait.
30 plus years of night shifts, never learned to appreciate the taste. Which is a pity because I'm always cold (and coffee is not only hot but free), my drink of choice is Coke, although in the last 10 years I've switched to diet stuff.
Some nights are so frantic that taking time to go to the bathroom seems impossible, but seriously? If it isn't a code or a trauma, you do have time to duck out to go. Smokers certainly manage to find time~
ixchel
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I aim for my 12:00 coffee every single shift, and if I don't work again the next day/night, I'll have another closer to the end of the shift. I have one on the way in, and if I'm feeling it, I might have another after that. I just love coffee so much. It is the glorious, glorious nectar of the gods. My life would cease to exist if ever coffee and I parted ways.