Sandwich ideas?

The problem is Ace, if you are doing 12 hour shifts...let's say the ideal roster...2 days (6am to 6pm) followed by 2 nights (6pm to 6am) - on day shift you will probably have a bite for breakfast before you leave...then you may get some mornos...lunch is then bought or brought...then dinner when you get home. Night shift first night - you won't get any sleep during the day...so normal food intake, dinner before you go...hungry sometime after midnight..something bought or brought...go home, fall into bed...toss and turn...then repeat for next night...when that 4 day block is over, take 2 days to readjust, but because of staffing issues, yu are back after only one day off...:D

I hated 12 hour shifts..:eek:

Mick you guys do extended shifts with no notice?



No sambo's then.

Not normally mate - that word that can only be whispered by men in cloaks in darkened halls - "overtime" - is what stops that !!!

They would rather run a car short or a man less in the pit than pay for someone to come in on a day off or extend someone's shift...:mad: and they call that good management :bat:

Pesto and cheese or sun-dried tomatoes and cheese, either swiss or parmesan. Also helps if the bread is Italian Pane Di Casa. Takes no time at all to make, and don't need butter, etc.

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Originally Posted by MickS

I give you 6 months Ace :twisted: Half price Maccas at 1am when you are in the pit is just too easy an option...:Rolling:Thank god for velcro!! :D

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mate its pretty appealing now, but i have never been much of a fan of maccas and to be honest there isnt much i like. I much prefer KFC but its not open late and buying it on a regular basis becomes expensive.

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Originally Posted by MickS

1am when you are in the pit

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why do they call it the pit? Do you get to put the lotion on your skin whilst you get the hose again?

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Originally Posted by dobbo

as I eat last nights dinner for breaky at 0745am I am amazed at the theory behind a healthy eating shiftworker. After 10yrs of this crap I have yet to see one person who practices what they preach.

Welcome to the dark side....

I give him 3months before he's a ein addict..



choices are Nicotine Protein or Caffeine


take your pick you'll be addicted to at least one

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I hate coffee, so thats off the list, have never smoked and never will so i guess im gunna be a protein addict :D

Im still in my first 6 weeks so dont actually count as a number yet, i am 3 up in the truck for the next 2 weeks, once im off that i will get all the extra shifts no doubt cause a probie is cheaper to pay overtime than a senior officer.

So far my blocks of shifts have been a bit all over the place. My first block was normal, 2 days 2 nights, then i did 1 day and 3 nights and have just finished another block of 1 day and 3 nights, now i am off till the 8th of October, race week :cool:

As far as shift work goes i actually dont mind it. I have been having a big dinner before i go and then another meal at around 1am like you said. outside of that time i just take some apples and bananas and snack on those. I bought some museli bars and some K-time bars and some snack sized mars bars and stuff to snack on to stop my buying to much junk food. But i fear as you have said i will fall into the trap and just start buying junk each shift, trying to resist that as much as i can by seeing what sorts of yummy stuff i can take to resist the temptation of saying yes when people ask "do you want anything from maccas" :cool::D

Night shift is the killer mate....what I would do - each time you the missus makes a batch of spaghetti bolognese...make extra, freeze some, and take that...also, those pre-perpared salad kits from Coles are easy, cheap and quick to prepare...add some fruit with that and it will keep you off the junk...for a while at least...those coooold winter nights in Lithgow...everyone's eating burgers and fries and you're eating lettuce...:Rolling::Rolling:

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Originally Posted by MickS

Night shift is the killer mate....what I would do - each time you the missus makes a batch of spaghetti bolognese...make extra, freeze some, and take that...also, those pre-perpared salad kits from Coles are easy, cheap and quick to prepare...add some fruit with that and it will keep you off the junk...for a while at least...those coooold winter nights in Lithgow...everyone's eating burgers and fries and you're eating lettuce...:Rolling::Rolling:

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yeah, thats it. I have been doing that, but you get sick of spag bol after a week or so, just trying to add a few more things. Fortunately im stationed in bathurst so the weather isnt as cool, but not far off.

Burgers and stuff dont so much get me when everyone else gets some and i dont, but the smell of KFC drives me crazy :D

I don't use them but have been told that half way through your shift go and get a protein and glycerol thick shake, most health stores or gym's have them. Apparently they are hard to digest initially but as time goes by you get to enjoy the taste. They smell ordinary and look like porridge.

There is a laymans term for it but I cannot remember it.