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The Art of Napping at Work

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trmiv said:
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Need a shelf!!!!
 
I have a co-worker that does this occasionally, just leans back and passes out, he's just as productive sleeping as he is awake though so it really doesn't make much of a difference.
 
I never sleep during the day, I'm strictly monophasic. I feel less tired once I've digested my lunch and can't sleep during the day anyway.

I don't understand how you can not be allowed to sleep at lunch.
The lunch break is your own time, so if there are decency rules in the office, just eat a sandwich, drink a coffee and go do a power nap in your car instead of wasting time in self-service restaurants.

I suggest reading this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_nap

In my country they're doing a heavy promotion of the caffeine nap to reduce the driving accidents happening because people are tired.

Basically if you drink a coffee, then sleep 15 minutes, then you wake up with an alarm or something, you don't go past the initial phase of sleep so you don't feel groggy (sleep inertia), and the caffeine has effect only 30 minutes after the coffee, so you wake up rested and active despite having slept just 15 minutes.
 
I'm at home full time and still can't just sleep during the middle of the day. Even when I played games till 1am.
 
At one of my old jobs I used to routinely take a power nap at lunch. I cleared it with my boss before hand, and surprisingly learned that he did the same thing.

And if someone doesn't make a parody thread "art of fapping at work" I will lose all faith in ATOT.
 
Sho'Nuff said:
At one of my old jobs I used to routinely take a power nap at lunch. I cleared it with my boss before hand, and surprisingly learned that he did the same thing.

And if someone doesn't make a parody thread "art of fapping at work" I will lose all faith in ATOT.
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Mannnnnnnnnnn.....:colbert:
 
Sometimes I would go out to my car and sleep. Staying at my desk during lunch meant people would come bother me since I worked in a cubicle of my own amongst a sea of other cubicles and people took lunch whenever they wanted.

The lack of any private space in office settings is annyoing as hell. There should be rooms in the building where people can be by themselves and make a phone call or focus on a particular piece of work without being bothered.
 
sixone said:
I used to do that, when I worked two jobs.

The Boss took me to lunch last week. On the way back to the office, I said I needed some caffeine to keep me awake after that big meal. He said, "Take a nap if you need one, I don't care."

He's awesome. :thumbsup:

Once in a while, I go into the other office, which doesn't have any exterior windows. It's dim, but I can still hear if someone knocks on the outside door, which is locked.
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What do you do?
 
We're a weird society. Studies show that a nap increases productivity and health but we bend over for the clock. Stupid humans.
 
OverVolt said:
Sleep at any time gets you fired eh?

I put my head down and tap my fingers so people know I'm not asleep if I need to close my eyes.
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i have to look up if anyone passes by my door anymore, if im leaning forward reading files or prints i guess it looks like im asleep from outside. so, i look at whomever is passing so i dont get shit for nodding off. ive accidentally blanked out before, i hate it. one time iwas working in autocad and deleted half a screen of elements while nodding off.
 
rasczak said:
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I'm the office drudge. Our industry is suffering from federal government regulations, so it's a full-time job with part-time responsibilities. Hopefully, that will change soon, but realistically probably won't until a R is in the White House.
 
It's actually a good policy and is one of the things that Europe does better than the US--mid day nap.

Workers that can manage a minimum of even 15 minutes of solid REM sleep tend to be far more productive and effective throughout the day than the typical drone that the US system encourages.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22914520
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100221110338.htm
http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20445820,00.html
http://health.usnews.com/health-new.../11/15/why-power-naps-at-work-are-catching-on
 
I work for a small graphic design company and we actually have a little nap room with a comfy couch for people that need a rest.
 
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