Comments on: Blogs by night shift workers?

Question: Blogs by night shift workers?

jayder — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:35:04 -0800

I am looking for blogs written by low-wage, night-shift employees (such as convenience store clerks) who use their blogs to chronicle interesting experiences from their working lives. Any suggestions?

By: bim

bim — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:58:53 -0800

This woman who drive a NYC cab is pretty good.

My all time favorite was a cab driver who used to write for SFgate. I believe he stopped driving, but night cabbie's archives are still on the web.

By: acoutu

acoutu — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:45:16 -0800

A bunch of employees at a Vancouver coffee shop recently quit their jobs and posted a Dear John letter in the window. It created quite a stir in the local blogging community for a few moments.

By: Airhen

Airhen — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:47:36 -0800

A waiter

By: trinarian

trinarian — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:57:00 -0800

not quite [mid]night-shift... but i wrote this last summer working at a rehab clinic after graduating college. It's short. I'd start from the beginning.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:28:25 -0800

i no longer do that for a living ... but i did for a total of 15 or 16 years

you are absolutely right that night shift workers have very interesting experiences ... anything from hilarious to horrifying

hmmm ... maybe i should write something about that ...

By: mediareport

mediareport — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:53:11 -0800

True Porn Clerk Stories made the rounds a couple of years ago but is still worth a look and has some night shift stuff.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:14:23 -0800

A couple of years ago, jonmc had the greatest domain name idea evar! for a site that woulda aggregate stories like those: nametagnation.

Nothing came of it, sadly, but I thought that it was brilliant. Here's an amusingly circular link (it references MeFi and that phrase) that has some resources and an old MeFi thread started by jonmc.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:20:12 -0800

Convenience store.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:47:10 -0800

People who hate their jobs. You should be able to find a few blogs after searching for 'night shift' here.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:50:36 -0800

Oh, also: not blogs, but the SA forums have frequent, often hilariously funny threads where goons tell their stories about their McJobs. I don't know if you can read the GBS forum there without paying for membership these days, but if so, it's worth a look.

By: fvox13

fvox13 — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:59:54 -0800

Well, it's not quite what you described, but the Acts of Gord describe the interesting events of a video game store owner.

By: jedrek

jedrek — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:14:25 -0800

When I saw 11 answers, I was sure I was too late, but to my surprise, no one has mentioned the very popular customers_suck, bbv_drones (Blockbuster Video employees), and coworkers_suck communities on LiveJournal. The people who post there do like to complain, and a lot of entries are just normal bitching about work, but there are a few gems now and then.

By: jedrek

jedrek — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:16:04 -0800

Of course, after waking up and re-reading the title of this post, please disregard the BBV link in my previous answer -- the rest of links are still good though.

By: polyglot

polyglot — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:07:30 -0800

Nee Naw and Random Acts of Reality (both London Ambulance Service & found here on mefi) are decent - they describe a whole section of society I'll never see. Definitely read the Porn Clerk Diaries linked above too.

By: bim

bim — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:51:29 -0800

Airhen's mention of "Waiter"made me think of "Bitter Waitress." It's not exactly a full out blog, but it IS interesting.

And I love the shitty tipper database and such.

By: konolia

konolia — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:02:36 -0800

I didn't blog about it but I used to be a third shift Waffle House waitress...oh the stories I can tell!

By: JanetLand

JanetLand — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:14:38 -0800

No longer written, but the hilarious archives are still there: Operators Standing By, by a night-shift answering service employee.

By: KathyK

KathyK — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:47:19 -0800

Clublife is a blog written by a bouncer at a New York nightclub.

By: GaelFC

GaelFC — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:34:55 -0800

Again not a blog, but one of the most interestingly weird books I've ever read is the self-published "11 Years, 9 Months, 5 Days," so titled because that's how long its author worked at a fast-food place he calls "The Burger Store." Seriously, it's like "JIm's Journal" in book form. So bizarrely awesome!

By: bigmusic

bigmusic — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:41:32 -0800

These are some really interesting blogs.