G'day Keith,



05 Oct 96 19:18, Keith Richardson wrote to Rod Speed:



 RS>> And I dont believe the claim on health even with shift work. You

 RS>> can in fact make a case that someone who naturally prefers to go

 RS>> to bed after midnight and get up sometime around midday and who

 RS>> works say starting at 1pm thru till say 9pm may very well find

 RS>> that better for his health than being forced to get up at say 7am

 RS>> when thats not his natural habit.



 KR> tell us rod, have you ever worked long term shift work. no need for

 KR> fancy answers, just a simple yes or no.



 KR> if the answer was yes, then your experiences would be welcome, if it

 KR> was no, then you are talking through your arse.



It isn't often that I support anything RS says, but in this case I

tend to agree with him 100% ...   I am one of those people that simply

cannot come to grips with mornings ..

I've been this way for as long as I can remember  (well, at least 25

years), and MANY of my jobs were afternoon/nightshift for this very

reason.  I used to consider it a 'joke' that not only did I get to

work the hours I prefered, but I actually got paid more for doing it.

I would have gladly worked the same hours for the same (or even less)

pay than my dayshift counterparts...  IOW, I feel/felt that any extra

allowances paid for shift work should go to those poor buggers that

had to get up at the ungodly hour of 7am.



 KR> if you can find half a dozen who would happily work odd hours for no

 KR> extra pay, and can fix computer related equipment, the we can make

 KR> some good money between us for introducing them to eager employers.

 KR> even those who would require extra pay would be welcome.



Start the introductions. I'm interested.

One thing that really pissed me off when I got into the electronic

feild was that no matter how hard I looked I simply could not find an

employer that offered an afternoon or night shift.



 RS>> Yep, and there is no reason why we cant in the current

 RS>> employment situation just tell them that thats the job, take it

 RS>> or leave it, without the penalty payment, and still get plenty

 RS>> of takers.



 KR> yes rod, if you want skilled workers to work out of hours, you'll get

 KR> them queuing at your door i dont think.



I'll be first in line.



 NS>> It does have an effect on your social life too.



 RS>> That depends entirely on your social life Neil. Some people do in



 KR> theres an odd thing with most married couples that i know, they like

 KR> each others company, those that dont dont usually stay married, thus

 KR> they generally prefer to have the same times and days off. there can

 KR> be times when people find it convenient to do these things short

 KR> term, but rarely long term.



Another reason why Gaelyne and I tend to get along so well, because

like me, she too is an afternoon/night type person. If she were

'normal' (ie, gets up before 9am and goes to bed before midnight) we

would have hardly seen each other while she was here..   and this

isn't/wasn't a matter of one or the other of us changing our routines

to match the other - ever since we first 'met' on the echos we were

fully aware that we both prefer late starts in the morning (or

afternoon), with a much after midnight bedtime.



 RS>> Pigs arse I havent, some people PREFER to work those hours

 RS>> for a variety of reasons, like the child care one I mentioned.



 KR> yep, probably ammounts to at least 0.5% of the population.



I agree that we would be in the minority, but I doubt that it would be

as low as 0.5%



Cheers,

Rod



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