Napping At Work [modified]
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Straw poll: how many of you have a nap room or take naps at work? 5-vote this post if there be sleeping at your work, 1-vote this post if there's no :baaaa!: for your cow-orkers. When I worked for a startup company, we had a nap room, and it was glorious. Now that I work for a bigger company, it seems like something like that wouldn't fly (instead, I just doze off at my desk after lunch). Though, I have a fairly large cubicle, so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket. EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
modified on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 4:51 PM
Once, at military school in 10th grade, I fell asleep in Military Science class. I had to stand for the remained of the class. I have never fallen asleep on duty since. Get more sleep at night, your getting paid to work.
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One assumes a nap room is needed when people pull all nighters, not for an 8 hour work day ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Take for example yesterday and today. I stayed yesterday until 8PM (not exactly an all nighter). I didn't get to bed until midnight (and woke up at 7AM). After having lunch, I'm sleepy and dozing off. This would be an opportune time for me to take a nap. I'd feel better and would be able to focus on work better. I also like naps in general even when I get 9 hour of sleep, though not everybody is built the same way, and some days there's no chance I would be able to nap. Ping pong has a similar work-enhancing effect. After I play ping pong, I am perfectly content to sit in my chair and work for a few more hours. If I don't do something physical like ping pong, I get antcy and it's hard for me to focus. Since we already have a ping pong table, one down and one to go. :)
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket.
You won't get any decent sleep people will just bug you unless you hide said cot somewhere.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut occasionally. http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] [My Site]
People don't usually bug me, though I might get a few spectactors. I could probably put it under my desk.
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People don't usually bug me, though I might get a few spectactors. I could probably put it under my desk.
Hey if it ain't broke don't fix it.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut occasionally. http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] [My Site]
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Once, at military school in 10th grade, I fell asleep in Military Science class. I had to stand for the remained of the class. I have never fallen asleep on duty since. Get more sleep at night, your getting paid to work.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost
I would probably be more productive if I got a nap in. And I'm not great at controlling my sleep patterns. When I worked from home, it was fantastic... I could nap when I wanted and I still got work done. I was paid by the hour, so I didn't count naps. I'd probably stay longer each day at my current job too if I were to take a nap.
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Straw poll: how many of you have a nap room or take naps at work? 5-vote this post if there be sleeping at your work, 1-vote this post if there's no :baaaa!: for your cow-orkers. When I worked for a startup company, we had a nap room, and it was glorious. Now that I work for a bigger company, it seems like something like that wouldn't fly (instead, I just doze off at my desk after lunch). Though, I have a fairly large cubicle, so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket. EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
modified on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 4:51 PM
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Straw poll: how many of you have a nap room or take naps at work? 5-vote this post if there be sleeping at your work, 1-vote this post if there's no :baaaa!: for your cow-orkers. When I worked for a startup company, we had a nap room, and it was glorious. Now that I work for a bigger company, it seems like something like that wouldn't fly (instead, I just doze off at my desk after lunch). Though, I have a fairly large cubicle, so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket. EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
modified on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 4:51 PM
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You need to work in a country where a siesta is the norm. :zzz:
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
I agree!
Some Japanese offices have special rooms known as napping rooms for their workers to take a nap during lunch break or after overtime work.
And I thought I invented the nap room. :doh:
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Straw poll: how many of you have a nap room or take naps at work? 5-vote this post if there be sleeping at your work, 1-vote this post if there's no :baaaa!: for your cow-orkers. When I worked for a startup company, we had a nap room, and it was glorious. Now that I work for a bigger company, it seems like something like that wouldn't fly (instead, I just doze off at my desk after lunch). Though, I have a fairly large cubicle, so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket. EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
modified on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 4:51 PM
I voted 5 because although I have never worked anywhere that there was an official 'nap room', in several lives I have been the designated first-aider and the first-aid room, to which I had the only easily accessed key, had a doctors couch and was therefore my own personal 'nap room'.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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Straw poll: how many of you have a nap room or take naps at work? 5-vote this post if there be sleeping at your work, 1-vote this post if there's no :baaaa!: for your cow-orkers. When I worked for a startup company, we had a nap room, and it was glorious. Now that I work for a bigger company, it seems like something like that wouldn't fly (instead, I just doze off at my desk after lunch). Though, I have a fairly large cubicle, so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket. EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
modified on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 4:51 PM
Were you the one that got a ping-pong table at work? I don't know of a company that would ever allow naps on the job; at least a publicly traded company that is. You should have switched the voting parameters around...you wouldn't have gotten so many one votes. ;P
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Were you the one that got a ping-pong table at work? I don't know of a company that would ever allow naps on the job; at least a publicly traded company that is. You should have switched the voting parameters around...you wouldn't have gotten so many one votes. ;P
Slacker007 wrote:
You should have switched the voting parameters around...you wouldn't have gotten so many one votes.
I thought about that, but I didn't want to make it seem like I was after reputation points. :)
Slacker007 wrote:
Were you the one that got a ping-pong table at work?
Kinda. I had the idea, I paid for half of it, another coworker paid for the other half, another coworker got his truck to pick it up, and yet another coworker brough in power tools to help assemble it.
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I voted 5 because although I have never worked anywhere that there was an official 'nap room', in several lives I have been the designated first-aider and the first-aid room, to which I had the only easily accessed key, had a doctors couch and was therefore my own personal 'nap room'.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
Good man.
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Take for example yesterday and today. I stayed yesterday until 8PM (not exactly an all nighter). I didn't get to bed until midnight (and woke up at 7AM). After having lunch, I'm sleepy and dozing off. This would be an opportune time for me to take a nap. I'd feel better and would be able to focus on work better. I also like naps in general even when I get 9 hour of sleep, though not everybody is built the same way, and some days there's no chance I would be able to nap. Ping pong has a similar work-enhancing effect. After I play ping pong, I am perfectly content to sit in my chair and work for a few more hours. If I don't do something physical like ping pong, I get antcy and it's hard for me to focus. Since we already have a ping pong table, one down and one to go. :)
Wow - 7 hours of sleep and you're dozing off ? Have you thought about seeing a doctor about your sleep issues ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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I once lay down on the grass in the park at lunch time and woke up about 6pm with a bad case of sunburn. It took some explaining.
I'd have gone with "some numbskull increased the power to the tanning bed." That or the truth; the humor alone may have gotten you forgiveness, and the sympathy over the burn wouldn't hurt. :)
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Straw poll: how many of you have a nap room or take naps at work? 5-vote this post if there be sleeping at your work, 1-vote this post if there's no :baaaa!: for your cow-orkers. When I worked for a startup company, we had a nap room, and it was glorious. Now that I work for a bigger company, it seems like something like that wouldn't fly (instead, I just doze off at my desk after lunch). Though, I have a fairly large cubicle, so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket. EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
modified on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 4:51 PM
I put an idea into the suggestion scheme at work to have one, but it was denied. Power naps are very good for you, and having a power nap and a coffee can boost mental performance by quite a lot. Power napping can also undo the damage of a disrupted nights sleep. I've worked with quite a few old fellas who doze off at their desks after lunch. And a girl I know who is a journalist, there is a bloke in her office who every lunchtime gets out a sleeping bag and goes to sleep under his desk for half an hour, feet sticking out and everything.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Wow - 7 hours of sleep and you're dozing off ? Have you thought about seeing a doctor about your sleep issues ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
No I haven't. That is just the way I have always been (at least as far as I can remember). I usually need about 9.5 hours to feel fully rested. If a few hours is taken off that, I drag through the day.
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Wow - 7 hours of sleep and you're dozing off ? Have you thought about seeing a doctor about your sleep issues ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
In college, I had a teacher who only slept 3-4 hours a night and that was his version of a full night of rest. Sure would be nice to have all that extra time in the day.
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I put an idea into the suggestion scheme at work to have one, but it was denied. Power naps are very good for you, and having a power nap and a coffee can boost mental performance by quite a lot. Power napping can also undo the damage of a disrupted nights sleep. I've worked with quite a few old fellas who doze off at their desks after lunch. And a girl I know who is a journalist, there is a bloke in her office who every lunchtime gets out a sleeping bag and goes to sleep under his desk for half an hour, feet sticking out and everything.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
I agree, power naps are probably very good for one's health. A shame they are not more accepted (at least in the US they aren't).
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In college, I had a teacher who only slept 3-4 hours a night and that was his version of a full night of rest. Sure would be nice to have all that extra time in the day.
When I was at school I generally only slept for 1 or 2 hours a night, and then would crash for 12 hours straight at the weekend. Even now I tend to sleep for at most 5 hours a night, often less, had just two Sunday night. My missus on the other hand could happily spend half her life asleep.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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I would probably be more productive if I got a nap in. And I'm not great at controlling my sleep patterns. When I worked from home, it was fantastic... I could nap when I wanted and I still got work done. I was paid by the hour, so I didn't count naps. I'd probably stay longer each day at my current job too if I were to take a nap.
If you're in a salaried position where you can work autonomously most of the time, then there should be nothing wrong in taking naps (or long lunch breaks, coming in and leaving when you want to) as long as the work allocated to you gets done in the required timescale. It's a trust thing, though. Especially in larger companies, they worry as some people would certainly take advantage by napping all day, partying all night, then fighting against dismissal by claiming it was encouraged by the company having a nap room. Now, if they had a bonking room ...
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