Napping At Work [modified]
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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'.
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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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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).
There has been plenty of research into it, pull some together and present it to the powers that be. I could never nap, I don't really know how to fall asleep at all, I only suggested it at work cos I would have got 50 quid if they implemented it.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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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.
Christian Graus wrote:
One assumes a nap room is needed when people pull all nighters, not for an 8 hour work day ?
My average work day is 14-16 hours. Come home, shower, eat, party, sleep only if necessary, then back to work. Sleeping during the week is just a habit. You can break it if you try. :laugh:
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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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.
Wow, I'm certain I would die in under a month on a schedule like that. If I am going to get less than 4 hours of sleep on a given night, I usually just stay awake until the next day and then crash for 10-15 hours the following night (my record is somewhere around 17 hours of sleep).
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Christian Graus wrote:
One assumes a nap room is needed when people pull all nighters, not for an 8 hour work day ?
My average work day is 14-16 hours. Come home, shower, eat, party, sleep only if necessary, then back to work. Sleeping during the week is just a habit. You can break it if you try. :laugh:
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
I have a friend who claims that meditation is something like 5x more effective than sleep and says he should be able to get by on 2 hours of meditation a day. I'm not entirely sure I believe him.
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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.
Actually, studies show that a 10-15 minute nap is a real performance boost for an 8 hour work day. Of course, it varies between individuals. Some need it, some don't. To pull a 12 hour work day, a short nap decides if my last 2 hours are going to be productive or not.
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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I have a friend who claims that meditation is something like 5x more effective than sleep and says he should be able to get by on 2 hours of meditation a day. I'm not entirely sure I believe him.
AspDotNetDev wrote:
...and says he should be able to get by on 2 hours of meditation a day...
Seems like a stretch to me. I was of course lying thru my teeth in my previous post. I sleep at least 4-6 hours a night. Since I've never meditated, I have no clue how it might serve as a replacement for sleep. But I'd bet your buddy is dozing off during his meditation sessions. ;)
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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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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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 ...
___________________________________________ .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
_Maxxx_ wrote:
Now, if they had a bonking room ...
There's no need for one, my Missus and I have done it at 3 of my last 5 work places. Need to cross this current place off the list so I am at 80%.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Guilty! I mean, er, infected. Uh, symptomatic?
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Actually, studies show that a 10-15 minute nap is a real performance boost for an 8 hour work day. Of course, it varies between individuals. Some need it, some don't. To pull a 12 hour work day, a short nap decides if my last 2 hours are going to be productive or not.
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
Somewhere I read that the human body was actually designed to sleep twice a day albeit one of those periods is an hour or so after noon. The problem is that society has driven us with a work ethic. At an internal development workshop I went to I learned that sleeping on the job is considered insubordination. Looks like I'll have to be more careful when I work through lunch. I'm a 1:00 AM to 7:00 AM sleeper but if I can grab a nap at lunch in my car I do it even though I'd rather be reading a technical book (or a comic.)
I'm not a programmer but I play one at the office
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No nap-room here. Although, cubilce is fairly large so I can doze off if I want to, but I generally don't.
Hmm, Bedroom is approx 3ft from the office...