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I loved working nights. No dealing with stupid customers, no managers bitching at you, and you can basically do whatever you want - as long as your work gets done.
I worked as an overnight doughnut fryer for about 5 years, and life was never better. "Work" was just 8 hours of hanging out with my buddies (the rest of the night crew was awesome), smoking, and eating pizza. Life, and work, couldn't have been better.
The sleep issue was never a problem. For me, it gave me a chance to a) never see the woman and b)take care of the dog during the day. I know plenty of guys that have kids that say it's the best - they get to send their kids off to school in the morning, and then sleep all day without being bothered. Basically, night work is just reverse life.
I never noticed a "rhythm" change - on my days off, I'd sleep 'normal' hours (bed at 2am, sleep until 10). That was partly because of the way I slept. I'd come home at 6:30am, sleep until 10:30, do errands and such, sleep from 3 to 7:30, wake up and have dinner, and go to work at 10pm. I never got 8 hours of sleep in a row, but I was never tired or felt like I missed out on anything. Plus, I always got to have my drunken friends come visit me at 2:30am after the bars closed.
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"I've made only one mistake in my life. But I made it over and over and over. That was saying 'yes' when I meant 'no'. Forgive me."
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