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i also work nights and it never ceases to amaze me how many people don't get it. and i am not the kind of person who can just go back to sleep. once i'm up, i'm up for at least a few hours if not the entire day.
my family will wake me up for damn near anything--asking if i want something to eat to seeing if i'll run some errands for them (since i'm "off" during business hours and they have to work).
but i think the most absurd for me comes from my co-workers. i get calls in the middle of the day asking if i'll pick up a shift--ummm, hello? i worked last night and am trying to sleep, now is not the time to ask me for a favor.
the absolute worst though, came from one of the managers at the hospital where i work. staff regularly has various training we are required to go through per hospital policy. the new manager on my old unit scheduled all of her night shift staff to attend a particular series of training that lasted a full week with 8 hour days on top of working their regular full-time hours. day and afternoon shift staff were rotated (they couldn't work the floor while in training). when night shift objected to having class from 8 am to 5 pm and then reporting to work for a 12 hour shift at 7 pm, the manager was really confused why they refused to do it. when they pointed out they would have less than 2 hours off, she replied "well, you'll be in class all day. i'm not asking you to actually work that many hours." when asked when they were supposed to sleep (and i'm not making this up) she said, "what do you mean? don't you sleep at night?"
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