- Feb 1, 2008
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Neighbor of mine that works graveyard hours has been very upset he was called into duty duty.
I never see this guy during the daytime.
He comes home @ 6:30-7am and then sleeps all day.
He even mows his yard far into the evening hours simply because he sleeps all day.
And he sticks to that same upside down schedule on his nights off simply because he claims he can not flip flop between night living to day living.
It screws him up too much when his night hours come around again.
This makes sense to me. If one normally sleeps all day long, then should stay up all day long on their the day off, the body is naturally going to need sleep in the night time just when their night shift rolls around again.
He says going into work tired lacking sleep is like going into work drunk.
Got me to wonder why people that routinely work nights are not given the same respect they deserve as people working and living a normal daytime schedule?
Can you imagine an entire courtroom, lawyers, judge, jury, all expected to get up and show up for a full days work starting at 1am? 2am?
But no such consideration was ever given that graveyard worker.
They are expected to just "do it".
To show up in what amounts to be the middle of their night.
I really think laws should be designed to protect and support people with fixed nighttime work hours, and especially these graveyard workers that must and typically sleep during the day.
If one can prove they actually and routinely work graveyard, and must sleep during the day, then an exception should be granted from not only jury duty but from and legal activity requiring disruption to their nocturnal living schedule.
Night workers especially welcome to chime in here....
I never see this guy during the daytime.
He comes home @ 6:30-7am and then sleeps all day.
He even mows his yard far into the evening hours simply because he sleeps all day.
And he sticks to that same upside down schedule on his nights off simply because he claims he can not flip flop between night living to day living.
It screws him up too much when his night hours come around again.
This makes sense to me. If one normally sleeps all day long, then should stay up all day long on their the day off, the body is naturally going to need sleep in the night time just when their night shift rolls around again.
He says going into work tired lacking sleep is like going into work drunk.
Got me to wonder why people that routinely work nights are not given the same respect they deserve as people working and living a normal daytime schedule?
Can you imagine an entire courtroom, lawyers, judge, jury, all expected to get up and show up for a full days work starting at 1am? 2am?
But no such consideration was ever given that graveyard worker.
They are expected to just "do it".
To show up in what amounts to be the middle of their night.
I really think laws should be designed to protect and support people with fixed nighttime work hours, and especially these graveyard workers that must and typically sleep during the day.
If one can prove they actually and routinely work graveyard, and must sleep during the day, then an exception should be granted from not only jury duty but from and legal activity requiring disruption to their nocturnal living schedule.
Night workers especially welcome to chime in here....