Dayshift vs Nightshift mentality

This is my first hospital where I’ve seen such a strong day shift vs. night shift mentality. I’ve worked both shifts before, and while the workflow may be different, both shifts can be equally busy and stressful.

What I don’t understand is why there seems to be so much tension between the two. I constantly hear complaints about things like a half-empty water bag, or someone left equipment on the unit or how someone didn’t give the “perfect” report, and etc. I also hear people complain about who they’re receiving report from or giving report to, whether it’s day shift talking about night shift or vice versa.

I do understand leaving a piece of dirty equipment on the unit can be annoying to a lot of RTs and it shouldn’t happen often. But sometimes both shifts happen to leave at least one piece of dirty equipment but no one in my dept acknowledges that. I know it’s not on purpose. But the other stuff I mentioned I feel most of these things seem pretty minor and easy to fix. Is this kind of day shift vs. night shift conflict common in healthcare? What do you think causes it, and how do you deal with it