It is hard Waking up ... especially when your work is the night shift?

I think it's all about self discipline. Though I must say it's really hard to wake up especially if your working on a night shift. I used to work night shift too, but If there's a need to wake up early I can wake up early.

It is obvious that your brother does not like his job and it is clearly shown by the way he reports to work. Your mother and you have already exerted efforts to make sure that your brother is awaken at the right time and the result still is a failure. Show him tough love now and no longer bother to wake him up. Let him come to his own senses and hopefully he realizes the importance of work, time and affection you both have shown :)

Well, he will very likely lose that job soon if he is very late and then maybe he will get one with better hours. The computer can be very addicting and it seems like your brother might have an addiction to it since he is allowing himself to have sleep problems and is not getting enough sleep because he can not pull himself off of it. It is hard to be on the night shift. Hopefully he will eventually learn that if you don't get up for work on time you will lose your job.

Some people are really like that but it doesn't have to be always! He is mature enough to let himself wake his body if he has work. It is already his decision on what he will do in order for him to wake up early. We are all grown ups. Our family is not always there to wake us up. You should tell to your brother that wake up and change his attitude! Also time management is important especially he is working.

Maybe you can talk to him, when he is not sleep about what he really want to do his job either on time or late. If he wants to go to work on time, you can ask him what should you do to wake he up cos you and your mother has tried many efforts but it fail.

It's really hard to work in night.. because we are having habit like sleep at night and working at day time only. So, If we missed one hour sleep, it can't be refill it again, so that only, who are working in night shift. They will had deep sleep in the day time.That what your brother do like this................

Maybe your brother is just really lazy.

It would definitely be not much of a problem if you wake up and engage in activities at approximately the same on most days. Even if you lie down for sleep at night quite late ,you would wake up at the right hour if the habit of early rising is adhered to.

good day chiyosan, working in the night shift is quite difficult. as your body clock will really adjust that much. with regard to your brother, perhaps, his body clock does not adjust that much. as a result, no matter how hard you try to waken him up, still, he is so sleepy. especially he is working on a night shift. and being at this schedule is not so easy. as i have mentioned, your body clock will really really need a big adjustment.

haha..good thing is he don't get mad at both you and your mom for waking him up. Some people they really hate others to wake them up and will get mad to them. I hope he never kicked you while waking him up! If its me I will only called him to get up once to twice then it is up to him to get up or just continue sleep. He need to take responsible for it. If he is still not get up after you are trying so much to do so then what else to do. Just do nothing..he should change his routine and let his body adapt to his working hours. Since he is going to have night shift it is not a good idea for him to stay in front of the computer. He should get enough sleep and break.(^^)

Let me guess, after work he is still using the computer at home for entertainment? If so, I think you and your mom really have to confront him and tell him his habits is not good. Tell him that he has to sleep at this time and wake up at this time especially if he's the breadwinner. If else then let him have his way, besides he will be the one losing his job not yours... Sunlight and loud sounds might also be affecting his sleep so it is also best to have thick curtains in his room to block the light completely, avoid talking too loud or turning the radio on, and maybe let him wear night eye mask, the ones that people wear when they sleep.

It's a tough job working at night shifts, I myself during my early 20s worked in the night shift and came to know the disaster behind it, you don't get good sleep, it's a tough life to have one, night sleep is what is natural and if we try and alter it it will go against us. It's difficult to get up no matter you put on the alarms or not seriously, it's a tough ask to wake a guy up who has come from the night shift.

I think, as for me, the best thing you could and your mother do to him is, never help him. He's old enough to handle and manage his time. He should know his responsibilities and consequences as a working individual. Try doing it for 1 to 2 days without waking him up. If he really needs and loves his work, he will not rely on you but, decide to change. It is for his own good. Hope you'll try it! :)

I agree with our Mylot friends here, that your brother needs to develop his personality, time management and professional discipline! Tell him to "wake up" now before it is to late!

Some people just seem to "die" when they go to sleep. My brother was a heavy sleeper when he was a kid too. There are times where I sleep very heavily too, especially when I'm very tired. But I've never been tired enough to be moved or even touched without noticing. Is your brother the youngest in your family? It may be that he's just a bit spoiled and lazy lol. He won't think a job so trivial when he has to depend on it for clothing, food and shelter.

Yeah, there are really people who sleep deeply as your brother. This is also the problem I'm having with my two daughters. My eldest is a nurse who prefers night duty, that's why she sleeps during the day. And even if she's not night duty, she still stays late in the night, and sleeps in the early hours of the morning already. And it's really hard waking her up. But that's not so much a problem to me, as she wakes up if she knows she has to. But my problem is with my youngest daughter, (they're only two). Even if she sleeps early, she still wakes up late and it's so hard waking her up. She's still seventeen, and you know how these teens sleep. Although, she's got an alarm clock too, but often she doesn't seem to hear it. She only wakes up when I'm already so furious and star banging hard her door. But of course,I don't always want to do that...And the problem is, she's always late in her school. I think we have the same problem...