Rise and Shine - Page 2

lookout123 · 08-02-2005, 08:44 AM

everyday is different. today i'm up early because i have to lead a seminar on a specific area of estate planning. Yippee! gimme my coffee...

Queen of the Ryche · 08-02-2005, 09:31 AM

Ooohhh... a seminar... you're so lucky.......30 people show up for free donuts and coffee, and you'll get one $1000 IRA.........

Sorry. One of those mornings. I'm up at 4:30 during the week (PST, but the biz is based on EST); 6 or 7 on weekends (2 year old doesn't sleep much past then). I know - cry me a river. I actually like it - I'm more of a morning person.

lookout123 · 08-02-2005, 09:54 AM

nah, most of my seminars are ok. i have 8-20 people show up mostly established clients, guests are only allowed by referral. i usually do $25-30K in business on seminar mornings. not because i'm a brilliant salesperson, but because the ones who are clients already tend to wait until seminar morning to conduct business, rather than calling 2/3 days before or 2/3 days after. usually the business i get is directly tied to the last seminar topic, so it is a nice way to annuitize my business.

wolf · 08-02-2005, 11:05 AM

I leave for a camping trip tomorrow. I have been trying to switch my sleep schedule around to match the rest of the world, since I have to be at the gathering point at 9AM tomorrow, which is about an hour's drive away from where I live.

That may not sound like a lot to you guys ... but it's brutal, I tell you!

I don't know what's worse ... "going" to bed at 11pm and then staring at the ceiling and the walls for the next three hours, or having the alarm clock go off RIGHT after you've gotten to sleep?

melidasaur · 08-02-2005, 11:24 AM

I've been trying to get myself on a normal schedule for about 3 months. Now that I no long work in Residential Living and am no longer surrounded by college students who keep odd hours too, I thought it would be a lot easier... oh no. I go to bed about 12 and get up at 9. 10 or 11 is just way to early to go to bed... there so still so much that can be done during those two hours.

Actually, come to think of it, I'm not on a normal schedule - I just think I am... I live in CST now, not EST.

I need a 10-7 job.

Bullitt · 08-02-2005, 11:42 AM

I used to work from 2:30pm-midnight 5 days a week in Jo-Ann's Eastern US Distribution center, I was in charge a Unit which was a 4 story structure with a line running through it getting orders filled inside the warehouse, but only the top two levels had motorized lines. And my job was to keep the line moving as about 12 other people filled orders by taking items off the stock shelves and loading them into boxes on the line. I had to then keep these SKU's of about 50 or so boxes all together and moving, all while more orders for the next SKU, or two, or three, were being loaded by my impatient coworkers and placed on the line out of order. So my job was to keep all this crap flowing by running up and down the 4 stories of stairs jockying boxes around and praying that I didn't miss any, otherwise I'd get chewed out by my supervisor because the whole line to the loading dock would have to stop while they sorted out the misplaced order into it's correct SKU. Plus there was the damn bander on the 4th level which I had to take boxes that were too small off the line and around it and place back on the motorized line because if a box that was too small went through, the bander would get a plastic band bound up inside of it up and I'd have to shut down the line, open the machine up, untangle it, reload the spool, and start it back up again; all while people are waiting for the line to move and putting more out of sync orders on the line all three floors below me.

It was hell in a warehouse...

I did this the entire night, every night 5 days a week with overtime on Saturdays if they needed stuff done. My previous position was just loading boxes into the trailors at the loading dock, but after this Unit had gone through 3 other guys who couldn't handle the job, they decided hey lets send in the kid.. I pretty much went to work at 2:30pm, came home around 12:30am, slept until noon the next day, ate breakfast then got ready for work again.

Pretty much the most miserable job/sleep cycle I've ever had.

elSicomoro · 08-02-2005, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You've never worked shift work. The bio clock changes, if it didn't you couldn't move to CA or Japan.

Please reread my post...a body can get used to a time zone change (though it has to adjust a bit when going west), but has a hell of a time dealing with working 3rd shift. In addition to the research out there, I speak on this with personal experience as well.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-02-2005, 05:48 PM

Wait a minute, since I was born and raised in the Eastern time zone my body temperature will drop according to the Eastern Time zone morning no matter where I live?
Personally I'd rather work third shift and sleep days. I've done it for stretches of a few months to a couple years on 6 or 7 different occasions. Never had a bit of trouble adjusting to it. Matter of fact, I prefer it. I've worked third with people that couldn't stay awake if their lives depended on it, though.

elSicomoro · 08-03-2005, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Wait a minute, since I was born and raised in the Eastern time zone my body temperature will drop according to the Eastern Time zone morning no matter where I live?

No...once your body gets familiar with your surroundings, it'll act according to that time zone. So, if you go to Alaska, your body will eventually get used to functioning on Alaska time if you stay there awhile.

Some people can deal with 3rd shift just fine...I personally can't, though I don't mind working those particular hours. Hell...I've been back in St. Louis for a month now, and I'm still having problems with adjusting to the time change. And that was only an hour difference.

We should talk to a real expert on this...Jag?

lookout123 · 08-03-2005, 12:34 AM

your answer will have to wait until he returns from the hinterlands.

08-02-2005, 08:44 AM	#16
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	everyday is different. today i'm up early because i have to lead a seminar on a specific area of estate planning. Yippee! gimme my coffee... __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-02-2005, 09:31 AM	#17
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	Ooohhh... a seminar... you're so lucky.......30 people show up for free donuts and coffee, and you'll get one $1000 IRA......... Sorry. One of those mornings. I'm up at 4:30 during the week (PST, but the biz is based on EST); 6 or 7 on weekends (2 year old doesn't sleep much past then). I know - cry me a river. I actually like it - I'm more of a morning person. __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

08-02-2005, 09:54 AM	#18
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	nah, most of my seminars are ok. i have 8-20 people show up mostly established clients, guests are only allowed by referral. i usually do $25-30K in business on seminar mornings. not because i'm a brilliant salesperson, but because the ones who are clients already tend to wait until seminar morning to conduct business, rather than calling 2/3 days before or 2/3 days after. usually the business i get is directly tied to the last seminar topic, so it is a nice way to annuitize my business. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-02-2005, 11:05 AM	#19
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I leave for a camping trip tomorrow. I have been trying to switch my sleep schedule around to match the rest of the world, since I have to be at the gathering point at 9AM tomorrow, which is about an hour's drive away from where I live. That may not sound like a lot to you guys ... but it's brutal, I tell you! I don't know what's worse ... "going" to bed at 11pm and then staring at the ceiling and the walls for the next three hours, or having the alarm clock go off RIGHT after you've gotten to sleep? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-02-2005, 11:24 AM	#20
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I've been trying to get myself on a normal schedule for about 3 months. Now that I no long work in Residential Living and am no longer surrounded by college students who keep odd hours too, I thought it would be a lot easier... oh no. I go to bed about 12 and get up at 9. 10 or 11 is just way to early to go to bed... there so still so much that can be done during those two hours. Actually, come to think of it, I'm not on a normal schedule - I just think I am... I live in CST now, not EST. I need a 10-7 job. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

08-02-2005, 11:42 AM	#21
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	I used to work from 2:30pm-midnight 5 days a week in Jo-Ann's Eastern US Distribution center, I was in charge a Unit which was a 4 story structure with a line running through it getting orders filled inside the warehouse, but only the top two levels had motorized lines. And my job was to keep the line moving as about 12 other people filled orders by taking items off the stock shelves and loading them into boxes on the line. I had to then keep these SKU's of about 50 or so boxes all together and moving, all while more orders for the next SKU, or two, or three, were being loaded by my impatient coworkers and placed on the line out of order. So my job was to keep all this crap flowing by running up and down the 4 stories of stairs jockying boxes around and praying that I didn't miss any, otherwise I'd get chewed out by my supervisor because the whole line to the loading dock would have to stop while they sorted out the misplaced order into it's correct SKU. Plus there was the damn bander on the 4th level which I had to take boxes that were too small off the line and around it and place back on the motorized line because if a box that was too small went through, the bander would get a plastic band bound up inside of it up and I'd have to shut down the line, open the machine up, untangle it, reload the spool, and start it back up again; all while people are waiting for the line to move and putting more out of sync orders on the line all three floors below me. It was hell in a warehouse... I did this the entire night, every night 5 days a week with overtime on Saturdays if they needed stuff done. My previous position was just loading boxes into the trailors at the loading dock, but after this Unit had gone through 3 other guys who couldn't handle the job, they decided hey lets send in the kid.. I pretty much went to work at 2:30pm, came home around 12:30am, slept until noon the next day, ate breakfast then got ready for work again. Pretty much the most miserable job/sleep cycle I've ever had. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass. Last edited by Bullitt; 08-02-2005 at 11:44 AM.

08-02-2005, 05:48 PM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wait a minute, since I was born and raised in the Eastern time zone my body temperature will drop according to the Eastern Time zone morning no matter where I live? Personally I'd rather work third shift and sleep days. I've done it for stretches of a few months to a couple years on 6 or 7 different occasions. Never had a bit of trouble adjusting to it. Matter of fact, I prefer it. I've worked third with people that couldn't stay awake if their lives depended on it, though. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-03-2005, 12:34 AM	#25
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	your answer will have to wait until he returns from the hinterlands. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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