Worked the night shift at an Air Service one summer. Spent most of my time wasahing airplanes and filling the fuel trucks. Only one or two planes would come in between *8PM and 4 AM.
Note to Mike: Parties are not the same as all-nighters. All-nighters are when you study all night, not party. Of course, Mike is not much for that studying thing, it’s no wonder he gets the terms confused.
For many years, I was the Night Manager for several resorts and high-end hotels. I found that the people I hired as auditors, night desk, night security, maintenance, etc. pretty much all had one thing in common – they were self-starters and preferred to work with a minimum of supervision.
It wasn’t just the higher pay to work graveyard shifts that attracted them, it was the sense of freedom to do their work without feeling they were _under the microscope of management and the public.
That’s what I did when I started college. We were called night stockers, stocking shelves and pricing and repricing all the items in the store (the price was on each item back then). Made it hard to stay awake in chemistry class.
Lynn’s Comments: When I did the strips about Michael working in a supermarket, I made up the name “Megafood” thinking it was unlikely that any grocery store would take a name like that. I was wrong. There IS a chain called Megafood!
Lynn Johnston is incorrect. There is a food supplement company called Megafood. I found no grocery store chain with that name.
snsurone76 6 months ago
Doesn’t that store ever close?
mugsisme 6 months ago
One more year of college? Did they skip 2 years?
Doctor Toon 6 months ago
I’ve been night crew stocking for over 20 years
It’s not easy work, but I like it
Worked days running the dairy department for a few years
Stocking around customers is no more fun than it is trying to shop around stockers
azrael2000 6 months ago
I love the names she uses for things… anyone else notice “Kimballs Soup”?
French Persons Premium Member 6 months ago
This is journalism a four-year degree? Or did he just skip two years?
cj7ole 6 months ago
Journalism, such a useful degree.
Watchdog 6 months ago
College loan paid by taxpayers
Willywise52 Premium Member 6 months ago
Night shift sucks.
ctolson 6 months ago
Worked the night shift at an Air Service one summer. Spent most of my time wasahing airplanes and filling the fuel trucks. Only one or two planes would come in between *8PM and 4 AM.
CultofFarley 6 months ago
Ooga Farley
Booga Farley
Googa Farley
Wooga Farley
wolfgang73 6 months ago
Seems like he just started college last fall
The_Great_Black President 6 months ago
When is Michael going to be told the truth about Farley?
[Unnamed Reader - bddb15] 6 months ago
I thought Michael was in his 1st year!
Kenneth Books Premium Member 6 months ago
One more year? Do Canadian colleges grant degrees after just one year? That’s about how long he’s been there.
rushfan200 6 months ago
I worked 20 years third shift for a pediatric hospital in Seattle.
howtheduck 6 months ago
Note to Mike: Parties are not the same as all-nighters. All-nighters are when you study all night, not party. Of course, Mike is not much for that studying thing, it’s no wonder he gets the terms confused.
Linguist 6 months ago
Night workers are a breed unto themselves.
For many years, I was the Night Manager for several resorts and high-end hotels. I found that the people I hired as auditors, night desk, night security, maintenance, etc. pretty much all had one thing in common – they were self-starters and preferred to work with a minimum of supervision.
It wasn’t just the higher pay to work graveyard shifts that attracted them, it was the sense of freedom to do their work without feeling they were _under the microscope of management and the public.
Cactus-Pete 6 months ago
That’s what I did when I started college. We were called night stockers, stocking shelves and pricing and repricing all the items in the store (the price was on each item back then). Made it hard to stay awake in chemistry class.
Daltongang Premium Member 6 months ago
When college and the real world meet.
fourteenpeeves 6 months ago
Megafood—-where careers go to die.(Liz ended up working there on Michael’s recommendation)
pheets 6 months ago
Most larger grocers restock, manage deliveries and clean over night.
kleanerz 6 months ago
One more year? He just left for school.
asrialfeeple 6 months ago
Gonna be a long night. Gonna be all right. On the night shift.
WaywardWind 6 months ago
There’s a reason it’s called the graveyard shift.
howtheduck 6 months ago
Lynn’s Comments: When I did the strips about Michael working in a supermarket, I made up the name “Megafood” thinking it was unlikely that any grocery store would take a name like that. I was wrong. There IS a chain called Megafood!
Lynn Johnston is incorrect. There is a food supplement company called Megafood. I found no grocery store chain with that name.
mzpogo Premium Member 6 months ago
Didn’t he just leave for college last fall? Are Canadian colleges 2 years?
Patriot Dissenter 6 months ago
Wait. He’s only in his first year.
j.l.farmer 6 months ago
I’m sure his parents won’t be too happy if the partying interfers with his grades?
demorve 6 months ago
I’m confused, Michael said he has one more year of college, Didn’t he just start college this year?