It's hard working nights, please be nice to us!

I'm writing about nightclub work, but obviously this applies to anybody who works at night. My Boyfriend works nights too - on alternate days to me which is so not ideal. It's hard but you've got to earn a living! 

So I work 4 nights a week - 5 during the bank holidays. My days off aren't consecutive which really doesn't help the sleeping pattern. I usually work 9:30/10-4/5:30 depending on the night. And you can't come in and go straight to bed, you have to eat or stay up for some downtime first. This means I'm not sleeping until 7/8/9 o clock in the morning. So don't expect me to up before 3 - and that's still probably less sleep than I should be
getting.

I love the mad rush to get Mcdonalds before it turns to breakfast time. I've bumped into most of our staff in there. At half 4 in the morning, there's the masses of drunks in need of salty foods and the bar staff that have had to serve them. You can tell which ones are bar staff as they have the look of "fuck off" towards the drunks. You're allowed to do that look out of work, and it feels great.

I'm a regular student as well, so the late nights and early mornings are a pretty crappy mix. What some other students fail to realise is that some people work and don't just lay around all day. So no, I'm not free to 'meet up to do some work' whenever! I'm free when I've had some sleep - would you like to meet up at 4 in the morning because I'm up for that!

My only friends are work mates, which suits me fine! We see each other all the time at work, so it's nice to have a few drinks together sometimes, to be on the other side of the bar.
Saying please and thank you, obviously!

I wouldn't want to be anywhere else though. I love bar work, even though all I do is complain about people. It can be hard work but it's worth it if you enjoy it.