I went the other way, from years of being a mon-fri, to being a shift worker but that’s a few years ago now. I don’t agree with you about the shops, M&S and Tesco on any day of the week at Handforth Dean is crammed, so is John Lewis and Sainsbury’s. Either go first thing or late is the only way to beat the madness.i used to have a shift pattern of 4 on 4 off, 11.5hrs a day,cant beat it, i now work monday to friday and i fucking hate it,having only saturday and sunday off is wank, more traffic,more people in the shops,and a lot less time to wander the rivers and canals fishing, weekend fishing the canals far too many boats
give me 4 on 4 off any day of the week, its the only down side to my new job, but i knew the score when i signed up i suppose