Drove to work today. Parked. Walked all the way in. Badged through the employee entrance and was halfway to the locker room when it hit me that I'm not on the schedule until Thursday.
I've worked four nights in a row so my brain just put me on autopilot. The security guard watched me turn around and didn't say anything, which somehow made it worse.
I bought a coffee from the cafeteria so it wouldn't be a total loss. What's the dumbest autopilot thing you've done after a long stretch? Please tell me I'm not alone in this.
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Post replyI put a sticky note on my steering wheel after a long stretch that just says 'are you working today?' Sounds dumb, but it has stopped me from pulling out of the driveway more than once.
This is what happens when they schedule four in a row and call it 'giving you a long weekend.' Our manager keeps doing it and then acts surprised when people make mistakes on night three.
Did the badge actually let you in? Ours locks us out of the staff entrance if we're not scheduled, which has saved me from this exact situation at least twice.
I laughed, but also, you drove there on full autopilot without realizing it. After four nights I don't trust myself behind the wheel at all. My husband picks me up after the last shift of a stretch now.
Been there. The coffee purchase is the most nurse thing about this whole story.
Not alone. I once tried to badge into my own apartment building with my hospital ID and stood there confused for a solid ten seconds wondering why the door wouldn't open.