I work the night shift at a 24-hour convenience store.
We are not quite as busy during this time compared to the day shift, but we still have a steady trickle of customers throughout the night.
My first concern when taking up this job offer was safety, but I think we live in a town that has a low crime rate. I don’t think I would have taken this job in more dangerous neighborhoods. Because of the small amount of customers, the job is quite peaceful, if not a little boring. I often find myself doing a little bit of work here and there when I am not needed at the register, not because I am particularly interested in making the day shift people’s lives easier the next day, but because there’s little else to do. A few nights ago, something quite upsetting had happened. The air conditioning unit entirely gave out during the shift before mine. As you may have guessed, we were not able to call out an HVAC technician until the following day. This, of course meant that me and the other person on the night shift would have to suffer with no air conditioner for the entire shift. Perhaps this would not have been so hard to do were it not the middle of July! The evenings high was 79 degrees and there was a lot of humidity! I never realized just how comfortable our air conditioning unit kept us during the shift. That was pretty much the most miserable shift I’ve had at this job so far, and I was quite thankful when the air conditioning unit was repaired by my next evening shift!