Don't you feel like a kid when your beds are put down by ten at ni

[Gingee]

Don't you feel like a kid (or a senior in a nursing home) when your bed in the train is put down by ten at night? I know the workers want to go to bed but still I feel like "I don't want to go to bed yet". Sometimes I read in bed but..................

 

[the_traveler]

I usually set them by myself! It's not that hard.

 

[haolerider]

Don't you feel like a kid (or a senior in a nursing home) when your bed in the train is put down by ten at night? I know the workers want to go to bed but still I feel like "I don't want to go to bed yet". Sometimes I read in bed but..................

Just tell the attendant not to put them down........it is not that difficult and should not be a big deal!

 

[guest]

Don't you feel like a kid (or a senior in a nursing home) when your bed in the train is put down by ten at night? I know the workers want to go to bed but still I feel like "I don't want to go to bed yet". Sometimes I read in bed but..................

No, I don't.

 

[OlympianHiawatha]

If I'm traveling solo in a Viewliner, I like to sleep in the upper which leaves the seats in place for use during the night-just watch the headroom when you go to stand up

 

[Cho Cho Charlie]

Don't you feel like a kid (or a senior in a nursing home) when your bed in the train is put down by ten at night?

I just got back from a cruise, and they turn down the beds in the cabins while you are having dinner, which means around 6 or 7pm.

Just because your bed is turned down, and there is a chocolate on your pillow, doesn't mean you have to go to sleep right then OR ELSE!

 

[Oldsmoboi]

When I get on in Pittsburgh it is already midnight and I go straight to bed.

When I get on in Chicago, I have to be in bed early for my 5am arrival into Pittsburgh, so I ask the attendant to turn my bed down while I'm at dinner.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

Don't you feel like a kid (or a senior in a nursing home) when your bed in the train is put down by ten at night?

Take a look around. Most of the people in sleeper compartments are kids and seniors. Working age folks don't typically have the time or money for a land cruise.

 

[trainman74]

Working age folks don't typically have the time or money for a land cruise.

Hmm, I'm a working-age folk -- but because I get up and go to work relatively early, I generally go to bed between 10:00 and 11:00 on "school nights" (although I admit I don't always make it). Having my bed down by 10:00 is just fine with me.

 

[pennyk]

Ten is LATE for me. :lol: And... I do not consider myself a senior even though AARP does.

 

[Oldsmoboi]

Don't you feel like a kid (or a senior in a nursing home) when your bed in the train is put down by ten at night?

Take a look around. Most of the people in sleeper compartments are kids and seniors. Working age folks don't typically have the time or money for a land cruise.

I used the sleepers for overnight travel to Chicago and back. It allows me a full day of work in Chicago without the hassle of air travel and also removes the need for a hotel at the beginning of the trip.

 

[the_traveler]

I'm not as old as some people (Penny

), but the strange thing is that when I'm at home, I usually am up until 2 or 3 AM and sleep until 10 AM. However, when I'm on a train, the easy rolling usually knocks me out cold by 9 or 10 PM and I'm up by 6 AM with no problem!

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Ten is LATE for me. :lol: And... I do not consider myself a senior even though AARP does.

Same here!

 

[GG-1]

so I ask the attendant to turn my bed down while I'm at dinner.

Aloha

I always tell the SCA to change the beds while I am at meals, at bed time I go to the lounge until I am ready to sleep.

 

[Bierboy]

Don't you feel like a kid (or a senior in a nursing home) when your bed in the train is put down by ten at night?

I just got back from a cruise, and they turn down the beds in the cabins while you are having dinner, which means around 6 or 7pm.

Just because your bed is turned down, and there is a chocolate on your pillow, doesn't mean you have to go to sleep right then OR ELSE!

Apples and oranges, my friend. On a cruise, I RARELY spend time in the cabin other than for sleeping (or other "activities"). But, when I travel by rail in a sleeper, I spend a LOT of time there...

 

[had8ley]

At home I go to bed with the chickens and wake them up in the morning...now on a train I try to take a nap after lunch and usually make midnight lights out. But then I'm up at 4:30 which almost guarantees a shower spot and early breakfast.

 

[Guest]

Don't you feel like a kid (or a senior in a nursing home) when your bed in the train is put down by ten at night? I know the workers want to go to bed but still I feel like "I don't want to go to bed yet". Sometimes I read in bed but..................

Be a grown-up and tell your SCA what time you'd like the bed made up. Then, you won't feel like a kid.

I'm sure they will be happy to accommodate your preferences.

 

[amamba]

I also tend to go bed at 10:00 pm during the week - regardless of if I am on a train or not! So no, a 10 pm bedtime does not make me feel like a kid or a senior.

 

[reefgeek]

I looked for my SCA on the LSL at 10:00 (when I had asked to have my bed made up), and SHE was asleep...and out of uniform...

 

[me_little_me]

At home I go to bed with the chickens and wake them up in the morning...now on a train I try to take a nap after lunch and usually make midnight lights out. But then I'm up at 4:30 which almost guarantees a shower spot and early breakfast.

I sleep in my own bed. I'm henpecked enough as it is! :giggle:

 

[dlagrua]

Its hardly ever before midnight when I go to bed at home but when we are on a train 10 PM seems like the ideal time to lie down and relax or go to sleep. There isn't that much else to do at that hour. I used to have trouble sleeping on the train until I discovered a very effective herbal sleep aid called Dream Time. I've tried other herbal sleep aids but that formulation is the only one that works for me 100% of the time.

 

[Big Iron]

Don't the SCA's go off duty at 10:00? When I rode the CL in early 2010 the SCA asked me when I wanted my bed turned down but it had to be before 10:00 as she went off duty. The SCA was the lovely Brenda, one of the best SCA's on the rails, so I had a tendency to belive what she said

 

[Gingee]

Interesting everyone. I hate to have to attendants stay up longer just for me.

 

[Long Train Runnin']

All depends on the attendant some really prefer to have all the beds done around ten, but others are flexible enough to accommodate your requests. I know the first night on the CZ the attendant made up our bed around 11pm, and still had more to do.

 

[Bob Dylan]

Interesting thread! I know the Union Contract allows SCAs 4 hours of sleep/rest per night but AFAIK there is no written policy that requires them to be "Off Duty" @ 10PM. Ive had lots of SCAs that asked when people wanted their beds put down, some say they do if up to 10PM, others as previous posters said are still working @ Midnight especially on a Full Sleeper! In the case of Middle of the Night Stops often times the Conductor will cover a Sleeper for the SCA and I do know that they Trade off with each other so they get at least a Little rest/sleep!

It's not an easy job, putting beds up/down and changing linen is hard work when you consider there are 13 Roomettes, 5 Bedrooms and the Family and H Room to take care off! I often think that lots of newbies dont realize just how much there is to do, of course there are Slackers and MIA SCAs, weve all seen a few of those types! The Good, the Excellent and the Outstanding Far Out Number the poor!