# People who have worked shifts other than the typical 9-5, M-F shift. What was it and what did you do

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**Created:** [September 9, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-worked-shifts-other-than-the-typical-9-5-m-f-shift-what-was-it-and-what-did-you-do/821034 "2018-09-09T01:42:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-worked-shifts-other-than-the-typical-9-5-m-f-shift-what-was-it-and-what-did-you-do/821034/61 "2018-09-17T17:32:37Z")

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When I worked in food service, the earliest I would go in was about 10:30 to open the restaurant for 11. Some days I’d put in a 12 hour day with both lunch and dinner, some days I would go in at 4 for the dinner shift and work 6-8 hours. My favorite was probably when I was a bartender at a chain restaurant. I worked the lunch shift Tuesday-Saturday and waitressed Saturday night, sometimes bartending Saturday night if one of the regular night bartenders needed the night off. I made an ok base rate as a bartender, got tip out from the servers and still made my own tips from people lunching at the bar. Most days I was in at 10 and out by 5, and on Saturdays, I made extra cash waitressing. I still got one weekend day off. It was great.

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