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sit in my car and doomscroll for half an hour, take an unreasonably long shower, binge watch the same show i’ve seen eight thousand times until i fall asleep around 5am.
trailer park boys ? lol
This is going to sound so weird, but mine is always M.A.S.H. Something about it turns my angry laughs into sad laughs, and brings back the empathy. Makes me feel like a real person again.
I too repeatedly watch M.A.S.H. Hawkeyes fucked up sense of humor is the clincher, but I usually skip THAT ONE episode because it's just too many feels. I also relate to radar so often it's just honestly kind of sad.
Yeah, that episode is the nuclear option. I won't watch it unless I need to shed tears. That and that one Futurama episode.
Sidenote: Hawkeye has the best martini order I've ever heard. "I need a drink, a drink so dry that it needs a drink."
M.A.S.H. is comfort food for sure, it reminds me of drifting off to sleep at my grandma's house as a kid 🥰
Oh man, either that or the Tonight Show horns
Watched an episode at 2 o'clock this morning when I got home after shift. Immediately felt better.
lol it tends to cycle between criminal minds, law and order, the office, and the west wing.
Seasons 3-7 on repeat
Mine is Community
American dad, it's always sunny, Futurama, south park , and once in a while I love Lucy.
Futurama is such a good wind down show that there’s a subreddit just for people who fall asleep watching it 😂 solid list as well
Im trying so hard to just get in my car and leave but the doomscrolling is getting out of hand lately haha
i do it when i’ve already gotten home and parked. once i’ve been sitting down for the 5 minute drive home it’s so hard to make myself stand up to walk inside.
Mine is either King of Queens, American Dad, or IASIP.
5am? Damn you get off early. Lol
How I Met Your Mother
I have a yellow umbrella tattoo for this reason. Hope I find it.
I hope to find the same thing. One day. Hopes for everyone to do the same.
Yep recently rewatched now, now rewatching/ playing in the background Everybody hates Chris
I don’t remember writing this, but I must have
Fuck dood, add a couple of surges with Rick and Morty and that describes my last 2 months too a t
r u me?
Bruh
Smoke a joint, buy things i dont need from targeted ads, make food, look at memes, fall asleep at 5 am, wake up wondering why there's less money in my bank account, etc etc
Went to buy a new phone case today and saw Amazon took me right to the one I wanted. Turns out it was in my history bc I bought it last night. Oof. Oh well at least it's getting delivered today instead of tomorrow haha.
Having a J or smoking a bowl is always the correct answer because what else are you meant to do, go for a drink at the bar and see other people? Nah, smoke a bowl in my PJs thanks
My life. Clean bar>go home>smoke angrily>pajamas
Hey. Don't call me out. That's not fair.
God I hate this reality you have bestowed upon me
By make food do you mean order Ubereats?
Eh everything but like McDonald’s and Denny’s is closed still at that hour since Covid. Actually my wallet is pretty stoked about that. My frozen food budget is more effective than my overpay for frozen shit to be delivered budget
One of my friends call it "black out Christmas" so awesome.
sleep
Come
Big glass of water, silence, stretch, sometimes smoke weed. Go to bed with cellphone plugged in another room.
sleeping with your phone out of reach is huge
I'm trying so hard to be the kind of person that stretches after a shift but I just race to bed and suffer the next day instead.
Sometimes ill just lay backward in bed and have my feet against the wall going upwards. Very nice and relaxing lazy leg and lower back stretch.
I just dont sleep good if I dont stretch at all. The lat stretch is huge too.
You're an inspiration. I should really start taking care of myself and my mental health. Thank you for sharing.
Let me know if I can help you. I am currently bartending at a major hotel/casino full time. I do Saturdays at the main bar and its ridiculous high volume. When its your turn to spend the night pumping for the 4 bar cocktail servers... fucking painfull man. Printer goes brrrrRrr and its pouring.
Sit in my car outside my house staring into the void for 20 minutes. Followed by laying on my foam roller staring into the void for 20 minutes
Stare at the wall for awhile, pet my cat, watch a movie or video, smoke a lil, have a nightcap and hopefully pass out for the whole night.
Really the breadth of (lowlife) humanity in this thread, ya love to see it
Yeah this definitely made me feel better about not doin shit lol
I chose this life and I wonder why, but here we all are.
Used to love shopping at 3am but now stores are not open.
I miss late night stores, it was so great not meeting anyone while doing my shopping.
I miss going in after my Thursday night shift and following the guy stocking produce and getting the best fruits and veggies
I used to do my shopping at 3 am. It would free up my days off.
I get off and drive home windows down blasting whatever I’m feeling. Get home stretch, eat, shower, and relax for a little then go to bed.
I’ve found that if I want to work A LOT and still have a life, I have to really plan my days out and take care of myself.
Proud of you for stretching
Literally stretching behind the bar right now 😂 bouta close errrr down
Drugs
That’s not only after the shift though…
Used to share a flat with two other bartenders and we used to smoke up watch bar rescue. Most of the time it's funny as fuck but sometimes after a rough shift it can be too much
I ever see John taffeter or whatever his name is I am walking the other way
Are you mad?! And miss an opportunity to trigger him? I'm gonna troll the fuck outta him!
they never miss a chance to blame workers for poor morale and make them look bad. I work in a small town and everyone would watch and when they make me look unemployable, I'd never find a job
That's a hot take and I respect it! I live in the UK so it's never occurred to me he might just pop up with a film crew one day 😅. FYI I think John is honestly a fucking idiot, we mostly laughed at him tbh and sometimes the unhinged shit the employees did
My fave thing to do is just fall asleep, which literally never happens.
My habitual thing to do is have an edible and a snack, play candy crush while watching a show I’ve seen hundreds of times until my brain finally shuts off 1 1/2 hrs later.
Weed gym Waffle House
God I miss waffle house. only thing you can go to that's still open 24 hrs and actually sit ur ass down. I moved north like a year ago and I miss it dearly
God I miss waffle house. only thing you can go to that's still open 24 hrs and actually sit ur ass down. I moved north like a year ago and I miss it dearly
This is the way
I lay down on top of the picnic table in my back yard smoking a joint surrounded by silence and the stars and my dogs.
3am is my favourite time of the day
Decompress in the kitchen for ~1 hr before I shower, go to bed, and do it all over again.
Smoke a blunt and go to Waffle House
Bruh. Some cats from my neighborhood Waffle House came to my bar when they got off and knew me. If there's ANYONE you want at your back, it's these motherfuckers.
Hell yeah. Gimme that sausage & egg hash brown bowl smothered, chunked, peppered, diced, & country!
Hit up Wawa for a freshly made sub. Go home and smoke and get in a hot bath and eat the damn thing right in the bathtub: lights off, in the dark and quiet. Collapse into bed, warm, clean, relaxed and with a full belly after running around 12+ hrs with no food 😊
Weed and videos game until 5 or 6 am.
I used to be a barback/doorguy at a local dive bar while in college, while I was technically allowed to leave right when the bar closed at 2:00, I would always stay and help the bartender clean up (they’d usually comp my food from during the shift, and pour me a shot after we’d finished closing). Then I’d head straight to the waffle house down the road where I had become a regular at that time of night and they’d start making my food right as I walked in. Man I miss those days
Crack a beer, down some shots, light a fire and stare at the stars while my pup runs around the yard.
Really none of you do a little coke and then go to a bar that’s open til 4? I guess those guys are still at work right now.
Watch silly YouTube videos, cook, video games.
Go the fuck home.
Smoke weed, watch tv or a movie, maybe play a game… fall asleep.
Feeling called out and accepted by the replies here
Deflate. Just sit and let go of all the stress and anxiety. Forgive myself for everything I have done wrong since the last time I did this. Small glass of milk, hot black or green tea, and a medium glass of nearly frozen water with no ice.
24-hour diner.
I used to live in Silvertown in London. There's a bridge that connects to the island where you can see London City Airport. I'd just lean there and watch the early morning flights take off and land for like half an hour, then head home and either run a bath and set alarms for 30 minutes so I don't fall asleep. Or I'd have a quick shower and just faceplant into my bed
I smoke a J and put on an episode of Bob Ross.
I used to go grocery shopping because before covid it was 24 hours, but now… Edibles and Netflix until I can’t keep my eyes open.
OMG I bring this up alot. I used to cook way more too because i could think about anything I wanted to eat all shift and still cook it if i went to the grocery store after work
A lot of you decompress by staring into the void. I thought I was weird for that.
"Time to kick back, drink some beers, and smoke some weed!' - Jay
Drink
Drink and then sit at my kitchen table and scroll for an hour before speaking to anyone
weed, shower, law & order