you know... changing from a 7am - 7pm schedule to starting at midnight or thereabouts.
i just had to switch to get a load heading homeward. i just tried to stay up an extra 12 hours (about 30hrs total, iirc) then sleep until it was time to hook up. was hoping the total exhaustion method would work but i still woke up after only about 5 hours of sleep. walked down the street to get a full belly (14" crawfish po-boy mmmmm...) and that helped me fall back asleep for another hour or two.
the first day of driving (starting at midnight) i ended up having to take a quick nap around 7am, man i was going crazy sitting behind the wheel, wanting to stretch my legs and stuff. after a 30min nap i was refreshed, but still pretty tired.
then, of course, i start my home time at noon the second day, having been up for 16 hours already... i stayed up til about 11pm to get my schedule back to normal, but for the last couple hours there my brain was useless.
i don't think my job will require it more than a couple times a year, but how do you guys handle switching shifts?
what's the easiest way to switch shifts?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by punkinhed, Dec 30, 2008.
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