years before Sydney won the hosting bid of the 2000 Olympics, i was contract working for this fairly large family owned mesh making company in that area of Homebush. it was summer and i was staying with family in Sydney not too far from the site. i was on nightshift and had to try and sleep during the day and if you know summer, it gets hot and stuffy without aircon, so i was a rightful mess going to work.

i was the assistant to the main operator on a particular machine and he was resetting the guides on the machine or something and while i was idling there i just told him im gonna go hit the can for a ****. so i did my thing after only five minutes and felt the cold breeze in there and thought yeah.. i'll just prop my head up close my eyes for a few minutes and relax a bit.

long story short i fell asleep sitting on the can for seven hours straight and only woke up because a nearby overhead crane was moving stuff around and they had to use the loud horn to alert the nearby workers to be aware.

i lost my job that night but it was the best damn sleep i had had all summer. yes, the company had to relocate too. XD

Then there's the grave yard shift. 10pm to 6 am
Guy working over from 2nd shift takes a 5 minute break at 2 am and next thing he knows, it's 4am.

12 hour industrial shifts mate. further down the employment track i was technically oblidged to sleep half the shift by my coworkers. half on / half off split 12 hour night shifts. varied who went to the warmed crib first though. was doing work i wasnt payed to do (read more complex) but was taught to handle / do so. too many cut throats there though even if the pay was excellent so i left. did my first set of hacks there though, everything was on the same network just restricted by eprom checks. i got into the employers employee records on the request of one of my colleagues on the machine puter for a pie and a cold can of cola. heheh.