Peace. Abundance of time. Think, read. So much time. His hands trembled as he sipped his tenth strong coffee. Anyone who guarded long enough knew isolation gets to you. As the clock ticked, shift change was imminent.
It was agonizing to think of being home, of sleeping while wracked and disoriented with exhaustion. Risking job loss, he shut his eyes for a second. Waking with a start, the clock read 01:00. Six more hours! No! Shaking, confused, he poured more coffee. Somehow this seemed to have happened before. Impossible!
If he didn’t know better, this would be the perfect personal hell.
Your story really brought home the undeniable difficulty of shift work. Well done!
Thanks a bunch. I worked as a security guard for 15 years. I did get in a lot of reading though.
Intriguing!
Urghhh shift work without free WiFi is hell. And it’s worse when you’re not allowed to touch your phones. This story is beautiful
Thanks so much!