Nobody was ever allowed to say 'boy this shift has been quiet' or 'I hope this shift is quiet' when I was working as a clinical nurse. It was the kiss of death as far as having anything that ever even remotely passed for a quiet shift happening.
It has been awhile. I got my first chickens seven years ago. Believe it or not, our original hen is still living. A leghorn. The indomitable Miss Dora. She no longer lays and she’s fickle as heck, but still active.