Mintona
Established Member
In my experience at least, early shifts are generally shorter and there hasn’t been as much time in the day for things to go wrong so you usually finish on time.
I’m 13 years on the railway this year and I’ve not got used to earlies yet. I booked off at 23.52 Saturday just gone and was in at 03.15 on Monday (that’s a 01.30 alarm for me). As a result I’ve been struggling all week. Thankfully I have a day off tomorrow.
With regards to alarms, I set two on my phone, five minutes apart, the first 1 hour and 45 minutes before my book on time. I always get up within ten seconds of the first going off, I don’t need the second. It’s just a backup for if I somehow cancel the first one without properly realising.
If I had a light that came on gradually or an alarm the other side of the room that took me 45 seconds to switch off I think my wife would leave me.
I’m 13 years on the railway this year and I’ve not got used to earlies yet. I booked off at 23.52 Saturday just gone and was in at 03.15 on Monday (that’s a 01.30 alarm for me). As a result I’ve been struggling all week. Thankfully I have a day off tomorrow.
With regards to alarms, I set two on my phone, five minutes apart, the first 1 hour and 45 minutes before my book on time. I always get up within ten seconds of the first going off, I don’t need the second. It’s just a backup for if I somehow cancel the first one without properly realising.
If I had a light that came on gradually or an alarm the other side of the room that took me 45 seconds to switch off I think my wife would leave me.