INGO: After midnight.

[foszoe]

Shift work. Ugh.

Lights at the end of the tunnel though. After days are over week off!

 

[churchmouse]

Lights at the end of the tunnel though. After days are over week off!

I have no idea how you guys do the shift thing. It near killed me.

 

[Xwalker1014]

I have no idea how you guys do the shift thing. It near killed me.

I did 6P-6A for two years at Pendleton. Talk about a gauntlet…

 

[churchmouse]

I did 6P-6A for two years at Pendleton. Talk about a gauntlet…

The prison…..?????

 

[foszoe]

I have no idea how you guys do the shift thing. It near killed me.

I've never worked anything else. I usually work 3 weeks of shift and take 2 or 3 weeks off depending on if I have training

 

[churchmouse]

I've never worked anything else. I usually work 3 weeks of shift and take 2 or 3 weeks off depending on if I have training

I tried it way back in the day my body rejected that life style.

 

[Xwalker1014]

The prison…..?????

Yessir. Made some great friends working there. Heck of an experience. Would do it again 100 times. Especially to put on a resume. Would I recommend it? No. Am I glad I left? Yes. It wore me down. We had multiple OFFICERS commit suicide last year and we lost a Lieutenant to a stabbing in Indiana State… I’m sure some here heard about that.

 

[churchmouse]

Yessir. Made some great friends working there. Heck of an experience. Would do it again 100 times. Especially to put on a resume. Would I recommend it? No. Am I glad I left? Yes. It wore me down. We had multiple OFFICERS commit suicide last year and we lost a Lieutenant to a stabbing in Indiana State… I’m sure some here heard about that.

The Company I worked for in the mid 80’s Han the contract for 4 facility’s to maintain the Refrigeration equipment and Pendleton was 1 of them. One of the most interesting places I ever worked. Never felt threatened as I was basically teaching a few inmates to do some of that work. Ate with the brass Nd made some friends. That was when they grew beef and fed themselves. I think they stopped doing that. Not sure. Contract stayed with us for 2 years.

 

[churchmouse]

Have had a few friends that did stints as guards.

 

[Xwalker1014]

The Company I worked for in the mid 80’s Han the contract for 4 facility’s to maintain the Refrigeration equipment and Pendleton was 1 of them. One of the most interesting places I ever worked. Never felt threatened as I was basically teaching a few inmates to do some of that work. Ate with the brass Nd made some friends. That was when they grew beef and fed themselves. I think they stopped doing that. Not sure. Contract stayed with us for 2 years.

And that’s honestly the most surprising part of working there. As long as you aren’t a hard ass, they are pretty down to earth. You begin to see that many (not all) of them made a mistake or some bad decisions and ended up there. But they’re still just people. That’s what we always had to ingrain into the newbies because a lot of them would want to go in there and terrorize these guys and think they were super troopers. Doesn’t prevent you from being on high alert all the time, though, which is a feeling I DO NOT miss. And yeah, they phased out the milk and meat making in the mid 90s… I believe? They’re contracted through Aramark now for food products. Which is now the number one source of trafficking outside offenders and their families…

 

[churchmouse]

And that’s honestly the most surprising part of working there. As long as you aren’t a hard ass, they are pretty down to earth. You begin to see that many (not all) of them made a mistake or some bad decisions and ended up there. But they’re still just people. That’s what we always had to ingrain into the newbies because a lot of them would want to go in there and terrorize these guys and think they were super troopers. Doesn’t prevent you from being on high alert all the time, though, which is a feeling I DO NOT miss. And yeah, they phased out the milk and meat making in the mid 90s… I believe? They’re contracted through Aramark now for food products. Which is now the number one source of trafficking outside offenders and their families…

Yes it was a learning experience. The inmate crew I worked with in the power house were good guys and earned those spots. They respected me and I returned that respect seeing as 2 were multiple murderers and the other 2 were violent offenders
They admitted there crimes and were very much. At ease discussing their mistakes and such but all 4 were lifers. Some of the other crews at facilities were a bit more edgy but I had no issues.

 

[foszoe]

Well....one more hour until Family Ties

 

[churchmouse]

 

[Mikey1911]

Too much caffeine in the iced tea tonight . . .

 

[actaeon277]

Looks like I have 19 midnights left.
Unless there's some overtime I can't predict.

 

[foszoe]

Looks like I have 19 midnights left.
Unless there's some overtime I can't predict.

Then you are retiring?

 

[actaeon277]

Then you are retiring?

End of the year.

Well, officially end of January. So I can take vacation.
But my last day worked should be in 71 days.

 

[churchmouse]

Insomnia is a bitch

 

[actaeon277]

Insomnia is a bitch

Sorry to hear that.

I'm worried about if I'll be able to sleep normally after retirement.
I've never worked day shifts.
So it might take a BIG adjustment.

 

[churchmouse]

Sorry to hear that.

I'm worried about if I'll be able to sleep normally after retirement.
I've never worked day shifts.
So it might take a BIG adjustment.

With time you will adjust.
Or not.