SURVIVING THE CALL CENTER
Do you work in a call center? This is for you. First, the good news. You ' ve probably been hired not just for your faux North American accent, facility of speech or patience. More than those qualities, you ' re working there because you ' re young and physically resilient. Second, the bad news. If you ' ve been getting graveyard shifts for the longest time and if you haven ' t called in sick, you will. The body can take only so much abuse. And you ' re no Superman who can ' t be bothered with the common cold, sore throat or even the flu. In fact, if you are getting these often enough and you see everyone around you with the same sickness, you might even think it ' s normal. It ' s not. Now one of the main causes of chronic sickness is deranged sleep. This means several things: You may be suffering from lack of sleep, interrupted sleep, delayed sleep, inability to sleep and restless slee...