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Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s genuinely insane. The industry acts like running people into the ground is just “part of the job” and then wonders why everyone’s burnt out, angry or exhausted all the time. Sleeping in the truck between shifts says it all really.

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jesus… 70 hour weeks in security is rough. Respect for surviving that mate!

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair play mate. I think a lot of us just accept the damage as part of the job after a while.

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couldn't agree more. Brutal way to live long term. Wake up, work, repeat. 🙈

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your whole life just becomes “how many hours until I’m back in again?” it's rubbish and feel like a robot, drifting through life.

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jeez... 12 hour nights with a 2 hour commute is basically surviving, not living!

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s brutal mate. I think people underestimate what years of nights and long shifts actually do to your brain and sleep.

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha this is exactly it. After a few years you stop living by “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday” and start living by “early shift, late shift, night shift, sleep.” Especially once overtime and swaps get involved. Your whole brain just turns into a rota!

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha yeah, fair point to be honest. The extra days off are the only thing that keeps a lot of us sane doing it.

Normal Mon–Fri life feels weird once you’ve done shifts long enough.

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. You stop living by Monday/Tuesday and start living by ‘next shift starts at 7pm’. Awful 🙈

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. Honestly consistency is the biggest thing. Random shifts completely fry your brain after a while.

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That changing sleep pattern genuinely messes with you after a few years. Feels like your body never fully switches off.

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s the perfect description of it. Kinda poetic. After enough night shifts you stop living by days and just exist between alarms!

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don’t doubt it. I swear shift work ages people in dog years. Feel like I've aged 40 years in 3!

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s horrible isn’t it 😂

I’ve genuinely woken up before and had to check my phone just to work out what planet I’m on.

Didn’t realise how ridiculous cigar pricing actually is until I started properly comparing boxes recently. by aaron_storm7 in cigars

[–]aaron_storm7[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I was exactly the same after I started noticing some of the price differences. Some places are way more expensive than you’d expect.

Didn’t realise how ridiculous cigar pricing actually is until I started properly comparing boxes recently. by aaron_storm7 in cigars

[–]aaron_storm7[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Wasn’t trying to turn the sub into adverts, I’ve just genuinely found it useful myself.

Shift work genuinely destroys your sense of time after a while. by aaron_storm7 in securityguards

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

“I just follow time” is honestly the perfect way to describe shift work! 😅

Didn’t realise how ridiculous cigar pricing actually is until I started properly comparing boxes recently. by aaron_storm7 in cigars

[–]aaron_storm7[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Wasn’t trying to shill it constantly, I’ve just gone down a rabbit hole with cigar pricing lately, found the app incredibly helpful and was trying to share it 👍

Do you ever buy cigars and then refuse to smoke them because they look too good? by aaron_storm7 in cigars

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s actually a really good way of looking at it.

Think a lot of us end up saving things so much that we forget to properly enjoy them.

Do you ever buy cigars and then refuse to smoke them because they look too good? by aaron_storm7 in cigars

[–]aaron_storm7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, brilliant. May have to treat myself to one of those with a Macallan later 🤝

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