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Reading the Burning the Candle at both ends got me to thinking about a person's shift they once worked.
I worked in the Concrete business for 23 years.
I'm sure some of you know the term *continous pour*?
Well, It wasn't supposed to be but; My Longest shift was in about 1979.
I started work at 0530 Monday Morning &
I clocked out at 0745 Wednesday.
I followed that 50 hr 15 minute shift by sleeping for 15 hours solid.
I returned to work Thursday at 0600.
I saw the sunrise 3 times & saw the sunset twice ....consecutively.
What is the longest shift you have worked for someone else ?
I worked in the Concrete business for 23 years.
I'm sure some of you know the term *continous pour*?
Well, It wasn't supposed to be but; My Longest shift was in about 1979.
I started work at 0530 Monday Morning &
I clocked out at 0745 Wednesday.
I followed that 50 hr 15 minute shift by sleeping for 15 hours solid.
I returned to work Thursday at 0600.
I saw the sunrise 3 times & saw the sunset twice ....consecutively.
What is the longest shift you have worked for someone else ?
Laughing Gas
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From: New England
Started at 4:30am (left the house at 3:30), finally parked the bus at 10:00pm, drove home, got home at about 11, my wife got home at 11:30, we did some non-FTE-appropriate things (use your imagination...we generally do), I fell asleep around midnight.
Not the longest I've been awake, but definitely the longest shift at a single job. I slept until 10:30 the next day.
Not the longest I've been awake, but definitely the longest shift at a single job. I slept until 10:30 the next day.
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From: Central Kali
Hmmmn......I was working from 10 pm to 6 am. I needed to get to a site on top of a mountain. By 2 am, two of us were stuck in the snow. The snow kept coming and the main road was closed. It took until 3 pm for some other guys to get to us in a snowcat.
Another time I was working days and got stuck on a problem that lasted most of the night and I just worked the next day. But I cheated and got some sleep. You got me beat Dennis.
Another time I was working days and got stuck on a problem that lasted most of the night and I just worked the next day. But I cheated and got some sleep. You got me beat Dennis.
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From: Marysville, Wa
On 9-11 i manned some sort of weapons post from 8 am till around 11 am the next morning. That was my longest shift. We armed up and secured the area around the ship until we got underway at 9:34 and then i manned 50 caliber machine gun mounts until the next morning.
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From: Montana Territory
I worked for the Boy Souts of America a few summers ago, sarted that day at 6:00 am (same as every other day), around 10:00 pm a large storm moved in, spent all night clearing roads and treating injuries, with a run to the hospital around 5:30 AM after a tree fell on a camper, I was allowed to sleep when I finished for the day at 6:00 PM, returned to work at 6:00 am. thats 36 hours awake, and 24 hours of hard physical labor straight.
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longest ive worked (and im 17 so i dont have a full time job) was from 630am till 9pm replacing a ceder-post barbdwire fence along some land for a guy who had just bought the land. i only had to work 5 hrs the next day
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From: Trussville, Alabama
Mine is minimal compared to some...
Left home approx 7:00 am. Got home approx 3 PM the next day. It was 1.5 hrs drive each way, so it amounts to working from 8:30 am until about 1:30 pm the following day.
Just so happens it was on my Birthday.
Funny thing though, I didn't go to bed until about 11 pm and woke up the next morning around 6:30 (normal time).
Left home approx 7:00 am. Got home approx 3 PM the next day. It was 1.5 hrs drive each way, so it amounts to working from 8:30 am until about 1:30 pm the following day.
Just so happens it was on my Birthday.
Funny thing though, I didn't go to bed until about 11 pm and woke up the next morning around 6:30 (normal time).
Last edited by BrianA; Jan 18, 2004 at 08:35 PM.
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From: PNW
The longest shift I got paid for was about 36 hours and there's been too many 20-30 hour shifts to want to remember.
The longest shift I didn't get paid for was my wife's 54+ hour labor with the first kid. The labor for the second kid was nearly as long. She definitely didn't go by the textbook.
The longest shift I didn't get paid for was my wife's 54+ hour labor with the first kid. The labor for the second kid was nearly as long. She definitely didn't go by the textbook.
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For years I was on call 7/24. If a computer system was down and the locals could not fix it, I was on the next plane. Usually I would just work until it was fixed, but I learned that there is a fatigue point where it is unwise and unsafe to continue. Many times a problem would have me stumpted and I would catch a few hours sleep, then come back and fix it quickly.
