napping at work

[SKYWHUFFO 1]

I am freaking exhausted and need a nap. anyone have a creative way i can pull this off and still look like i am working? The door to my office is all glass so i can't just shut the door. My fellow skydivers are the most creative people, give me some ideas.

[CanuckInUSA 0]

Just don't do what this guy did in a very public place.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/01/22/snoozing-ttc.html

BTW ... past jobs I had, had some great hiding places. But my current office has nothing good (outside of the bathroom and who can sleep on the shitter, not me). So napping at work for me is currently a "do not do it" thing.

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[Andy9o8 2]

These may or may not work for you, depending on your circumstances.
1. Put some "work" in your lap, then turn your chair away from the door, and power-nap. (Your eyes need to not be visible from profile view). Done right, you'll look like you're "studying" the "work" in your lap.

2. If you have a multi-stalled men's room, take a quick power nap while sitting on the pot, with your head against the wall of the stall.

3. Can you sneak out to your car & sit in it for about 15 mins. undetected?

Make sure you set your cell phone alarm for about 15-20 mins, but on vibrate.

4. Go to speaker's corner & join a gun thread. It will stimulate you past your fatigue twice as well as caffeine.

[jdthomas 0]

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I am freaking exhausted and need a nap. anyone have a creative way i can pull this off and still look like i am working? The door to my office is all glass so i can't just shut the door. My fellow skydivers are the most creative people, give me some ideas.

How about taking a long lunch and taking a nap in your car?

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[airathanas 0]

I used to have this "egg chair" in my office- It's a chair with a hood. I would curl up inside and take cat naps when I really needed it. Here's a picture:

http://www.inmod.com/retmodeggpod.html

The egg chair is no longer in my office (Not because I was caught napping in it )

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[Niki1 1]

Go to the restroom and throw some cold water on your face. Then, jog up the stairwell and back down again. Put some more cold water on your face and go back to work. You're probably allowed a break so use it to WAKE UP. Trying to "sneak and goof off" just is not right.

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[lostNspace 0]

It was in a movie, though someone will have to remind me what it's name was. The man behind the check in desk at a motel had eyes painted on his eyelids.

[BillyVance 34]

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These may or may not work for you, depending on your circumstances.
1. Put some "work" in your lap, then turn your chair away from the door, and power-nap. (Your eyes need to not be visible from profile view). Done right, you'll look like you're "studying" the "work" in your lap.

2. If you have a multi-stalled men's room, take a quick power nap while sitting on the pot, with your head against the wall of the stall.

That might work, until you start snoring.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[theonlyski 8]

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These may or may not work for you, depending on your circumstances.
1. Put some "work" in your lap, then turn your chair away from the door, and power-nap. (Your eyes need to not be visible from profile view). Done right, you'll look like you're "studying" the "work" in your lap.

2. If you have a multi-stalled men's room, take a quick power nap while sitting on the pot, with your head against the wall of the stall.

3. Can you sneak out to your car & sit in it for about 15 mins. undetected?

Make sure you set your cell phone alarm for about 15-20 mins, but on vibrate.

4. Go to speaker's corner & join a gun thread. It will stimulate you past your fatigue twice as well as caffeine.

Any nap that takes less than 30 mins will not do anything but make you think you're more awake.

It has to be >30 mins before you actually get anything out of it and make a dent in your sleep debt.

The army has done the research!

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[LadyDoc 0]

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/48139

check that out!! naps make you smarter!

If you disbelieve everything because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much-what as wisely as he would not use his legs, but sit still and perish because he had no wings to fly.-JL

[riddler 0]

Time to switch careers! Ironically, the only job I can think of where it's being discussed to take a nap seems like the most dangerous one:

airline pilot

I think if they want to allow pilots to take naps, they should require them to announce it during flight.

"From the flight deck, this is first officer Junior Birdman, taking over for the Captain, who will be napping for the next 30 minutes. Feel free to sit back, relax and take a nap with us."

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[skyrider 0]

Whats the worse thing that can happen if you nap at work?

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=47332

[FlyingJ 0]

I guess I'm lucky that I just go into the dorm at the station and crash out on a bed.

Do you have a laptop? Turn your chair away from the window with the laptop on your lap? Really only works if you aren't a head bobber. Might give your co-workers a good laugh if you if you are though!

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