You know you work nights when.......

Tievoli · Aug 17, 2006

OOOO i thought of another ................

you know you work nights when all your live chat friends are in the oposite hemesphere cos they are the only ones awake on your days off LOL.

Medic/Nurse, BSN, RN · Aug 17, 2006

When you have aluminum foil covering your bedroom window (the BEST way to really block the light) and the neighbors report you to the police for "suspicious activity" at that "house" over there!

And then getting to explain to the nice officer that you are a night nurse and DO NOT do anything suspicious!

Oh (like what), like manufacture meth, grow weed, etc.

No, I have to give drugs legally! No crime, but pays less too! :eek:

If it had not been so pathetically funny, I think I'd have just been mad as H***! :angryfire vs. :)

sprout · Aug 17, 2006

when you ask your patient to tell you what day it is to check their orientation and you have to stop and think about it.

banditrn · Aug 17, 2006

:welcome:
When you realize you have fallen asleep in the parking lot of the liquor store waiting for them to open... Then go buy your bottle of wine looking like last nights left over drunk....LOL:lol2:

Now, that's bad!! :lol2: :lol2:

cherex74369 · Aug 17, 2006

You're found doing your weekly shopping @ 2AM in the local "WallyWorld" 24 HR Supercenter!!!!!

traumamomtx · Aug 17, 2006

when it is 3 a.m. and you are talking about the next night you have to work and say something like "tonight she gets the medications" and you have to figure out how to word so people understand if you mean the actual night it is or the next up coming night

nursemike, ASN, RN · Aug 17, 2006

when you ask your patient to tell you what day it is to check their orientation and you have to stop and think about it.

I've had to go back and tell them, "I'm sorry, you were right--it is the 16th."

weezer123 · Aug 17, 2006

I always wanted Bacon , eggs when I got up at 5pm... my husband and son wanted pork chops or something else, I would think how could you eat pork chops at 5pm? I always wanted MY breakfast and they got really tired of it.Also I would think Why the heck do the stores open At 10am? I wanted to go shopping at 8:30..

elthia · Aug 17, 2006

Why the heck do the stores open At 10am? I wanted to go shopping at 8:30..

I have fallen asleep in the parking lot of Kinko's waiting for them to open.

Your postman dreads having to ring the doorbell. UPS just does the "ring once and dash off leaving the package on the porch" routine.

You've debated changing your Sam's club membership from a personal to a business membership just so you can shop there after work versus having to wait until 10:00 am.

The Sears repairman has to shake you awake to sign your invoice because you fell asleep on the couch waiting for him to finish fixing your dishwasher. :lol2:

KellyLynn · Aug 17, 2006

When:

It's winter in Wisconsin. Grandpa needs to be taken to local clinic because of a badly swollen knee.

I am sitting in the Doctor's clinic, half lit waiting area and gently lean back into the chair. Covering up with my coat.

Soon I feel someone shaking me awake.

It was one of the office nurses....asking if I was homeless.

texas_lvn · Aug 17, 2006

You're found doing your weekly shopping @ 2AM in the local "WallyWorld" 24 HR Supercenter!!!!!

I was soooo there this morning at 2! People are happier there at 2 am!

fantasie · Aug 17, 2006

I started a parent-teacher conference with "please give me your home numbers so I can call you at 1 or 2 am just to chat about my son's grades" "No? then please do not call me before 3 pm as I have requested on all of the records sent home for me to provide my home phone number. "

I also remember stumbling outside in my jammies at noon and asking the operator of a jack-hammer if his construction company wanted to relocate me to a hotel or him to a hospital. Keep 'em coming, these are great!