Comments on: 7 Ways to Nap at Work

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:16:01 +0000

My dad always like to tell the story of when he found an employee napping on the work floor. He passed by her a couple of times over a ten minute period to be sure, but when he approached her she just said “Amen” and started working again. He got such a kick out of it that he never took any disciplinary action, and I’ve probably heard the story 20 times to date.

By: Serrinatta

Serrinatta — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:44:31 +0000

I admit that I work two jobs with a hour break in between, however I lack the skills to fall asleep that fast! The most tempting shift to fall asleep on is the 7am-11am shift on Saturdays at the newspaper. I’m only there for driver emergencies, and, after 10am for customer calls. It gets to be a very long 4 hours. Usually I take my car blanket inside, prop my jacket on teh corner of the desk for a pillow, pull over the nearest second chair for a foot stool and kick back. Downfall is neck pain though. Still trying to figure that one out.

By: alowe

alowe — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:03:14 +0000

At work, I always used to get really sleepy after lunch around 2pm. If I got 10 to 20 mins power nap I’d be fully rested for the rest of the working day, otherwise it was a 3 to 4 hour struggle against sleepiness until clocking off. Our work didn’t allow sleeping so I’d jam my thumbs into my eye sockets to make it look like I was rubbing my eyes and concentrating while actually I was avoiding my head nodding forward. With a 10 min nap I’d easily do 10 times more work than if I was fighting sleep. Power naps = much more productivity!

By: Josanne

Josanne — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:12:59 +0000

As for Tom and snoring, if your job isn’t a driving one, you can always put a box of tissue next to you, so everyone thinks you’ve got a sinus infection BAD. Be sure to wrinkle several tissues first, and leave them sprawled about.

By: Don Carney

Don Carney — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:22:28 +0000

After lunch around 130 I call forward my phone, turn down the computer speakers, close the door and turn off the lights to my office. There’s a gap between my desk and the wall/window. I lie on the carpet with a copy of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure under my head, which is the perfect height (I’m a lawyer). Kick off my shoes, three deep breaths and I’m out for 20 minutes and wake refreshed. Its great not being in a cubicle. Napping makes me very happy.

By: francesca

francesca — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:39:25 +0000

In my opinion have a nap during the work day is the most stupid thing I have ever heard becouse you can’t think of sleeping all day!!!!!!

By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:31:06 +0000

I can’t stop looking at the Sleep Safe Tape..I think the eyes are following me.

By: Thorn

Thorn — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:04:22 +0000

I nap every day at lunch hour, I go to my car in our lot. Lock the doors and I cover up with a throw blanket I bought just for the occasion. I wanted to get one the same color as my seats so I would blend in better just so people wouldn’t hassle me and I wasn’t sure how the company would feel about it (for example think I was lazy or something). But sadly I couldn’t find a cheap one.

Sometimes I even cover my head with the blanket, I am sure if people do look in they think I am a freak but that’s cool by me as long as I don’t get fired.

Now you might be wondering how I wake up in time to make it back in an hour. I just do. My natural clock for some reason makes sure I am up. Only twice have I been late getting back in a year and a half here. Once by 20 minutes and once by around 10.

I do have an iPod touch with an alarm clock app I could use but my own body does just fine and that is kind of cool and freaky at the same time.

By: Witt Sullivan

Witt Sullivan — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:31:22 +0000

I always took quick cat naps while I was operating my forklift at work. I would align my lift and doze while I hit the lift button. When the forks got to their maximum height, it would wake me. Then I would pick up my load and back the lift away from the rack and then doze while the forks were coming down. One day, the HR manager “caught me”, but she didn’t say anything. Hours later, she caught up to me and said,”Gosh, it’s so impressive how you guys can do that, especially when the shelves are 35 feet up in the air.” I impressed her with my lift driving skillz and I was asleep nearly the whole time. :)

I DO NOT recommend taking naps with the cruise control on relying on the bumpie things on the side of the highway to wake you up. I woke up driving on the other side of the breakdown lane in the grass doing 80.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:27:41 +0000

LOL the “crap nap” is hilarious, but I have a story about that sort of experience.

When I was in college I worked 3rd shift at Wal-Mart, and one night I had a customer walk up to me and tell me that he went into the menâ€™s rooms, and someone was making loud noises in there… So, being the good employee that I am, I walk into the menâ€™s room and I hear the noise too, so I knock on the stall door and ask if everything is OK in there… The noise stops and I they person responds that everything is fine… So, I walk out and start “stocking” aka standing as close to the bathroom area as possible without being obvious, and sure enoughâ€¦ another Wal-Mart employee walks out rubbing his sleepy eyes…