The risk of an accident grows with each successive night shift, so that a worker is twice as likely to have an accident on the fourth night shift in a row as on the first.

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On that day, before her waitressing shift, she and a co-worker went to visit a pagoda in Siem Reap.

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You name it, I applied for it, including positions as a pet store receptionist, Kentucky Fried Chicken shift worker, pizza delivery boy and cleaner.

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