# Crap crap crap. I did NOT want to work tonight! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 21, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444 "2004-01-21T09:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444/1 "2004-01-21T09:07:27Z")
I’ve had 2 phonecalls already that I screened to come in and work a graveyard shift – I dodged them cause I hate night work. I just got another call saying the guy they did find to work just broke his foot and went to the hospital. So I took it as fate and agreed. But I’m gonna be incoherent tomorrow morning! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444/2 "2004-01-21T09:10:30Z")
Bugger. ☹ I take it you haven’t had much chance to sleep? ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444/3 "2004-01-21T09:20:19Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > Bugger. ☹ > > I take it you haven’t had much chance to sleep? Well, the normal amount. Which is to say I didn’t sleep in so I’ll be pulling an all nighter. Ah well, uni starts in a month so I’d better get used to them! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444/4 "2004-01-21T10:51:10Z")
Well, maybe you can play hocky on the roof, or something… /me hates that for you ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444/5 "2004-01-22T01:27:21Z")
I’m not even supposed to _be_ here today! I hope you squeezed some kind of compensation out of them, like a free meal during the shift, or a day off later this week, or something. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444/6 "2004-01-22T05:26:28Z")
Jeez that sucks **Silentgoldfish**. Hope you enjoyed some employee ‘perks’ whilst working yourself into the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444/7 "2004-01-22T05:49:50Z")
Well, I worked then slept. Now I’ve got to work out how to sleep tonight for my shift tomorrow morning! 🙂 It’s on of the advantages and disadvantages to working in a hospital. I like it that there’s more than someone’s bank account at risk if they can’t get enough staff but it does mean I feel obliged to work when I don’t want to sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444/8 "2004-01-22T05:53:19Z")
May I be the first to recommend large amounts of caffinated beverage - for after you have grabbed all the sleep you can NOT before. Good Luck 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444/9 "2004-01-22T05:55:22Z")
Which hospital BTW? I seem to recall you are based in Brisbane, Australia, I recently visited Ipswich General’s Emergency Dept and was very impressed with the clerical and nursing staff there (not so much the doctors). ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444/10 "2004-01-23T06:55:40Z")
> [@leechbabe](#): > > Which hospital BTW? > > I seem to recall you are based in Brisbane, Australia, I recently visited Ipswich General’s Emergency Dept and was very impressed with the clerical and nursing staff there (not so much the doctors). My girlfriend’s from Ipswich and I go there occasionally, but I work at the Wesley, a private hospital 5 mins out from the middle of Brisbane itself. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-crap-crap-i-did-not-want-to-work-tonight/225444/11 "2004-01-24T00:57:46Z")
Cool I know the Wesley well. Mum used to go there alot when her MS got bad, as I recall it was a really nice hospital. Have you caught up on your sleep yet?