Where did the name Grave Yard Shift come from.?

Answer 1

I believe because most graveyard diggers do their work at night, when people aren't around to see it being done.

Answer 2

In England when the grave yard got full they would dig up the old graves and put the bones in the church basement. When they opened some of the coffins they found scratch marks. Some people had been burred alive. To prevent this they would put a string in to coffin for the dead person to pull if he was to awake. The string was attach to a bell. ( Saved by the bell ) People took turns staying up sitting in the grave yard to hear the bell ( grave yard shift )

Answer 3

Current popular explanations for the origin of the phrase "graveyard shift" reference the 19th century problem of accidentally burying people who were still alive.

To prevent this from happening, the story goes, caskets were equipped with a bell-ringing device enabling a waking "corpse" to notify the world that they were no longer dead. The graveyard attendants who remained vigilant throughout the day and night worked the graveyard shift.

Answer 4

The name graveyard shift is a term used in BPO's and call centre industry.The shift is called as graveyard shift because the shift starts at 12 a.m. midnight and continues till wee hours of morning.