Since November I have been working overnights at my wonderful job at KSL in Salt Lake City. This has been a great experience and when some people say everyone should work in the food service industry I feel the same applies to a night shift. It is such eye opening time. Even if you call yourself a night owl and stay up studying, partying, or exploring there is something different about it being your work shift. Let's start off with some of the great things about working nights shifts.
Traffic. There is none!! When I do drive into work on the freeway if I have to use my brakes for anything more than catching up to a State Trooper I'm surprised. Coming back there may be a few more cars, but when I look across at the other side of I-15 dead stopped going into the city I'm very grateful. While I'm not a complete fan of Utah they also have a pretty effective public transportation system that gets me to and from work. With the shifts I work the amount of people on the train is few compared to different times of day as well.
People. You will not meet or see the same type of people on the normal morning commute as you will on an evening trip into town. So if you are into people watching like me you get all types of wonderful stories from these different people each with their own unique story. And I'm not talking about just the ones people think are weird like Steve a punk rocker that loves to paint.. but also a Veteran ended home from staying late at work.
There is also something about the peace and quiet from walking through empty city streets at night. It gives you sometime to think to yourself about the day and how it went as you get ready to work.
Now the cons do get you. The hours can kind of mess with you especially if you try to have a normal weekend because then you have to reset your sleep schedule all over again. Yes that was a rough day at work. For my job in particular not a lot happens news wise which makes it tough to do my job , but that challenge also makes it fun.
While I won't be on night shift forever this is will be a growing experience. I would like to hear other people's thoughts on working overnights as well. Let me know what else you want to talk about. I feel a political post coming along very soon. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to equally offend everyone ;)
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