On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 07:44:54PM -0400, Skip Gundlach wrote:
> Everyone has a watch schedule which works for them, not necessarily well for
> others.
>
> Our practice is that one stands watch until unable/needy. ═If the other is
> sleeping, watch stander wakes the other after making a pot of coffee, and
> immediately on relief, goes below, brushes their teeth and gets into bed
> (presumed needed because asking for relief).
Skip, you and I agree on a lot of things - but from where I sit, this
one looks like a recipe for serious trouble. Here's why: if I push
myself to the point of "unable", then I will literally *be* unable to do
anything useful. If the other watchstander then manages to disable
themselves - whether via some (even small) accident, or by being short
of sleep/energy/whatever, then we have an instant emergency, with both
of us incapacitated.
A schedule provides a shared mental model of the necessary work to
everyone involved, so people will almost always make an effort to
reserve the resources ("sorry, can't stay up drinking all night - I've
got work to do tomorrow.") Relying on "the other guy" without explicit
communication about it is just begging for problems.
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