I've realized half of my perception problem was not realizing how much of nurses' jobs are not in front of me. They have a shit-ton of stuff to do that patients can't see.

Although I do think hospitals could make it more of a staff priority to deal with all the alarms, even when they aren't actually urgent. Annoying!

My one overnight stay in a hospital was near the desk, and it was slamming drawers, loud gossip, and heavy footsteps in an otherwise non-active section of the hospital.

One of the hospital buildings here is old and not in the greatest repair, and you can find yourself in dim hallways where you think "this is right out of a horror movie," especially when you realize you are on the way to the morgue.

Creepy!

In general, I think I've never been in a workplace of any kind that got dark at night. The hall lights are always on!

I find bright, empty hallways to be very creepy, especially at night. It takes away your ability to pretend nothing's there. Which sounds stupid when compared to "empty", but if the monsters don't have shadows to hide in, neither do you.

I got yer dark workplace.

Oddly I always think the Kaiser I go to feels like a movie set because there's so much constant foot traffic, like a pack of extras used to make it look busy.

and it's all due to the staff who don't give a fuck that there are patients trying to sleep and are miserable.

I admit that I am sensitized to this topic right now, but I need to defend hospital staff. I was so moved by how kind and caring and respectful all the staff were to my sister. She wasn't an easy patient, but they were all very patient with her.

Hospital hallways are never as deserted as they are in horror movies, either (shocker). They do dim the lights at night, but nothing is ever completely dark.

None of the hospitals I've stayed in with my parents even dimmed the corridors near their rooms. The therapy rooms and lounge areas might go dark, but all the working hallways stayed lit up with those ghastly flourescent lights at full strength.