Not really Insomnia
I was again transferred to the night shift just last month and I am still adjusting to my schedule. I forgot how hard it is to sleep during the day - 6 months of almost in the morning shift and then they suddenly transfer you to the opposite schedule that they can think of. Sigh.
To be honest, this is the only call center that I know (well, everyone knows it’s my 3rd call center, if YOU have been reading my posts, hehe) who makes a lot of changes to the schedule and the only one who sends the schedule EVERY WEEK. We live in the fear that next week, we may have a different schedule altogether. Really. Seriously.
From 530am-3pm, I was transferred to the 9am-630pm schedule then on the next week, my team and I got transferred to the 8pm-530am shift. Argh.
YES. I have a shift later and I’m already awake. I slept at around 11am today and awake now at 4 in the afternoon. The apartment next door is being fixed by the carpenters and they have been hammering away since this morning. I texted the landlord to see if they can stop the noise as I am trying to sleep and they did. Only for me to wake up after a few hours coz they started again.
Went out, didn’t even brush my hair nor left my pillow, only to ask if they can stop it, and they said they can’t because they have to finish it right away. They were removing the tiles of the sink that’s why it’s so friggin noisy - it’s like they brought a whole slew of trucks over this small apartment where they’re bulldozing everything. Grrrr. Better yet, imagine a construction worker using a jackhammer. I wanted to scream at them!!
Me being the understanding person, I just said,
"Okay po… sana po matapos na agad, di ako makatulog po eh. May pasok pa po ako mamayang gabi."
My goal was to make them guilty about it. Hoping that they’ll have pity and STOP. That was around 30 minutes ago. They’re still at it. !@#$%!!!!
I wanna sleep. When you’re on this kind of job (call centers), small joys like SLEEPING is the best gift that you can give to yourself every-friggin-day.
Pano pa ako magiging productive mamyang gabi kung wala akong tulog?? (charing!!)
ZZzzzzzzzz…..
Joan Said:
on October 25, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Hahaha. Couldn’t agree with you more. Well in my case, the time slot that I am in right now is 6:00am-3:30pm. Now, this was the schedule I had before when I was held up. So you can just imagine the fear that I have to endure every time I go to work. Actually, it’s more of paranoia. Inside the jeepney, I tend to eye my co-passengers from head to toe and then I get the urge to jump into them and slit their throats!
A couple of days ago, over lunch, my sister raised this concern and asked about the ever-changing work schedules that I have now compared to my previous contact center, which changes schedules every 6 months. I didn’t answer her coz I dunno what to say. I can’t even cook up something rational to explain the helluva work shift that I have. Deadpan expression. Tuloy sa pagkain ng tinola. She was clueless. Looking back, I also want to say to her, I am as clueless as you are, ate…
Pahabol:
when I had a bout with insomnia before, I used to eat/drink dairy products such as milk or tinapay with butter/palaman. in short lamon. result; i was getting bigger by the minute.
so be careful…:-) Joan
Joan Said:
on October 28, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Naku! kaloka naman itong comment kong ito! Don’t you think it is foretelling? Imagine, after 3 days, nangyari na yung ke Tiny!
Guess, I have psychic abilities na.
If only I could predict what would come out in the 6/45 lottery draw, hay…. Joan
Yanni Said:
on November 13, 2007 at 3:28 am
that is so true! to anyone’s concerned, one of our officemates got held up near our office and was even stabbed!
as of now, I heard she’s recuperating and is OK. thank God she is. it was scary what happened to her, but it was an eye-opener to the office security because they started *really* guarding the place.
last night, however, i heard about another incident at the office.
scary because — tis the Christmas season again, that people assume that we all have money.
be safe everyone!