Old coworker told me to never take a job with a 6 am start time, took one anyway last month in Phoenix

Nathan Murray · 2026-09-07T11:00:05.624348+00:00

So this guy Gary who drove for the same company for 15 years always said 'if the shift starts before 7, the parking lot drama starts before 6.' I thought he was just being dramatic because he hated mornings. Then last month I took this dispatcher gig in Phoenix that started at 6 am. First week I showed up and two drivers are fighting over a dented fender in the lot, another guy is screaming at the supervisor about a route that got cut. By 7:30 someone almost got fired over a coffee spill. Gary was spot on. Has anyone else taken a job ignoring some old timer's advice and instantly regretted it? What was the dumb thing they warned you about?

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