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I may have worked my last night shift
April 12, 2019
Jim Reeves 9-1-1, commentary, Personal 911, 911 overnight, day shift, dispatch center, dispatcher, night shift, retirement Leave a comment
After 24 1/2 years, almost all of them on night shift, Monday begins the next rotation, to day shifts. I’m not looking forward to it.
My first three months, way back in the summer of 1994, were on dayshift during my training. Once released (yes, three whole months of training back then), I went to swing shift, 5pm to 3am. I stayed there, with a couple of switches to graveyard (9pm to 7am), until October of 2017, when we began our new 12 hour shifts. That put me on days, 6 am to 6 pm. After six months of that mess, my team rotated to nights. Now it’s that time again, and back we go to days.
But why may I have worked my last night shift? Because by the time we rotate back to nights, I hope to be retired!
July or September, depending on a few things. But regardless, I hope to be out of there before we rotate back to nights.
That also means I’ll never work in a new dispatch center. By the time one gets up and running, I’ll be long retired. Sigh.
Oh well.
Road trip!
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