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Recently, a colleague and I waxed theoretical on possible sources of Night Shift stress for two-year employees. In such a short time with the company, what would cause Night Shift interruptions characterized by screaming in bloody terror? K.Lo hasn't witnessed anything particularly horrifying in the course of her career, no company firings, no gory motivational training videos. She does sometimes jump up from her desk and run skittishly at the sound a bus or a garbage truck, or outbursts from The Canine Staff, so maybe she dreams of these.
Last night, I believe I discovered one true source of K.Lo's workplace anxiety. Midway through her shift, she woke up screaming and ran into the Executive Suite for assistance. Shift interruptions such as these are lately much less frequent, but occasionally Management does relent and allows the troubled employee to stay in our office for the rest of the night. K.Lo tossed and turned a bit, as two-year employees are prone to do, but what caught my attention was her words, uttered insistently in a deep sleep:
Have it? Have it? Have it?
Office supplies. She is worried about office supplies, getting them and keeping them, and making sure Management doesn't take them away. Amazing that stress in the workplace starts so early, exists even in a relatively undemanding job.
ahhhh...you got the lilypies!!! glad that maybe you are having some insight into the waking. our employee came to bed last night at 4:30 with me and kept squirming until i turned my back on the employee...at 5:30 he decided sleep was a good thing and snuggled up and went back to sleep. however, in this time frame when my body was completely ready to go back to sleep the employee in utero decided that she wanted to audition for the rockettes...sigh... you need to put out a book on how to have two kiddos....sigh...