I think when I was winning before I expected to keep winning, because winning doesn't affect the chances of your next session, just because you won nine of your last ten sessions doesn't mean you'll lose the next one. And then I went crashing back to earth with a thud. Reality bites with venom.

As far as shifts go at my local casino you run into the same people no matter what shift you work. There is not really any way to avoid recognition. It's pretty much the occasional deliberate error, judicious rat-holing and playing a small amount of -EV games (we have SLOOOOW low-minimum single zero roulette) when the count on your table is really bad. It really doesn't eat very much into one's theoretical EV.