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I swear people who’ve never worked nights talk about it like they’ve got it all figured out.

What’s one thing someone said that made you think, “Yeah, shut up, you clearly don’t get it”?

A lot of shift work conversations focus on getting through the shift itself, but I honestly think the commute on bad sleep is one of the most underrated parts of it.

For some people, it’s the drive in after failed pre-shift sleep.
For some people, it’s the drive home after pushing through the whole shift.

Either way, that half-awake, brain-fogged state where you’re technically functioning but not really feeling fully there can feel way riskier than people talk about.

What part feels worst to you on low sleep — before work, during work, or the commute?

I feel like this is one of the most frustrating parts of working nights.

You can be completely wiped out, know you need sleep, finally get the chance to lie down… and then your body just won’t cooperate.

Or you fall asleep for a little while, wake up too early, and never really get back into it.

It’s such a weird kind of misery because from the outside it sounds simple — “just sleep when you get home” — but for a lot of people it really isn’t.

What usually gets you more: not being able to fall asleep, or waking up too early and not being able to get back to sleep?