Tweaker Hours

[CapLock]

Man started a job last night in the Cherry Creek Mall. We're allowed to work from 10:30 at night till 6:00 in the morning. Got home made the kid lunch and taking him to school. I can't wait to get back home and go to bed. I hope this is the first and last time I ever work nights. I have about 2,000 more brick to lay. Maybe two more nights.....ehh don't like these tweaker hours. I take my hat off to you guys who work shift work. I prefer to rise and fall with the sun.

[Pancho Villa]

I was security guard, did overnight for like a year.

(Then there was that month+ where my schedule was: 7a-3p, 11p-7a, 3p-11p, reset. I think I had 2-3 days off in that period. It was crazy but I made a ton of cash.)

It can be rough. Roughest are when you get into a nocturnal cycle and you go get your groceries at 1am.

[fitz19d]

Midnight till 8am. Love it...... (sarcasm)

[StagLefty]

Worked security guard shift from 7 p.m.-3 a.m. for awhile. Talk about screwing up the body clock

[Monky]

The funny part.. I spent 10 years working 1a-10a.. then went to a regular 8-5ish.. I don't think I woke up ONCE in the first 4 weeks w/o having about 3 different alarm clocks set... work was understanding to a point..

So you guys who did security.. are you going to regale us with stories of the stuff that security can do..

[DD977GM2]

So you guys who did security.. are you going to regale us with stories of the stuff that security can do..

Yeah lets hear some neat security guard stories

[Clint45]

So you guys who did security.. are you going to regale us with stories of the stuff that security can do..

I've done security jobs in the past and have a few friends who are doing it now. The best part about graveyard shift private security is that you pretty much have complete autonomy and can do whatever you want with that time. A lot of guys try to "make money while they sleep," but they usually don' last long. The most screwed up thing about security is that, typically, the cops hate you. If you run into a problem and call local law enforcement for assistance, dispatch either will not send anyone or will flat out tell you "don't call us anymore." Seriously, that is a real problem.

While working in another state as a night watchman, I saw a tweaker trespassing on a construction site at 0300 to steal metal. When I approached him, he threatened me with a pistol. I backed off and called local law enforcement and they said they'd send someone right over . . . a half hour later the tweaker got in his car and left. The cops still hadn't showed up so I called them again with the car's description and plate number. They never called back or showed up.

Just a couple weeks ago, a friend who is a supervisor at a site near DIA had a problem with a naked screaming guy hiding in the bushes who started chasing him. He got in his car, drove a safe distance away, and called law enforcement. "You're not in immediate danger, and we don't want any more calls from that site" the dispatcher told him.

Oh . . . and with most private security jobs the client does not want to pay extra for or risk the liability of having an armed guard (which typically doubles their cost), so you do not have an issued sidearm and are told not to detain or arrest anyone, just to call police if you run into a problem . . . whereupon the police tell you to go to hell.

It is a great job aside from the no money and no respect thing. You get paid to show up on time, walk around a few times, and write a report. A retarded chimpanzee can do that . . . but you might be surprised how many new hires get fired within the first month for failing to do the bare minimum expected of them. Easiest job in the world. You can lift weights, talk on the phone, and read books most of the night. It is a lot better than collecting unemployment when you are between jobs.

[TFOGGER]

I did graves in the winter of 99-2000, working at Kmart from 2200 to 0600, then going to my day job here from 0700-1800. Go home, sleep a few hours, rinse and repeat. You do what you have to to make ends meet, but it was easier then...

[Ronin13]

Worked night shift in the TOC in A'Stan, 1900-0700- a lot of times it would run over well into 0900 if we had outgoing patrols that I had to brief. Then when I did BDOC ECP ASOG (whew that's a lot of acronyms) I worked from 1430-0030, now that will really mess up your clock!

Glossary:
ASOG- Assistant Sergeant Of the Guard
BDOC- Base Defense Operation Center
ECP- Entry Control Point
TOC- Tactical Operations Center

[DD977GM2]

I miss working nights. I like it beacuse you can get things done during the
day you normally couldnt if you worked normal hours.
I also loved that the boss wouldnt bother you and leave you to your own motivation
to get work accomplished. I even slept better, I would go to bed around 0900-1000
and get up on my own around 1700 and go to work at 1830 until 0500

The "Witching" hour from 0300 to 0430 was the absolute worst. It drug out and that
was when Id get sleepy if it was a slow night. I was on night from 2001 to 2004.