Would you nap at work?

Sabre0001 · 26-07-2017 11:43AM #1

A write-up from the Irish Examiner points to studies that say napping can make us more productive, better thinkers, and happier. Plus it ticks a box for corporations who like to emphasise work-life balance (though in many cases this seems to be for show).

The article talks about how naps could be the new caffeine...but it also goes on to mention that we could just be more alert during the working day by sleeping better.

So, would you take a nap at work? Or, if you do already, do you find it makes a difference?

I do enjoy a good nap, so I'd be very tempted, but I'd say for the first while it would be tricky to drift off and then there are timing issues - not at the same time as all your team...or the snorer!

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Tom Mann Centuria · 26-07-2017 11:44AM

Take a nap every lunchtime, try and get at least half an hour. Even if I don't sleep I close the eyes and relax.

seamus · 26-07-2017 11:45AM

No, I don't nap. Can't do it, never have.

Dial Hard · 26-07-2017 11:47AM

seamus wrote: »

No, I don't nap. Can't do it, never have.

Same. Wake up feeling like I've a hangover without fail. Besides, it's bad enough having to get up once a day!

Boom_Bap · 26-07-2017 11:53AM

Nope, if I'm feeling tired at work I go for a glass of water and a walk.

I'm like a demon after waking up from a nap, nobody needs to witness that.

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Shenshen · 26-07-2017 11:56AM

I don't do naps, never did.
My mother swears by them, I remember she used to try and force me to take naps when I was little, but I never could much as I tried.

I do take a good break at lunchtime, though. Usually either going for a walk or (if the weather is bad) reading a book for about 30 minutes.

Malari · 26-07-2017 11:57AM

seamus wrote: »

No, I don't nap. Can't do it, never have.

Me either. I have tried the odd time, when I'm really exhausted but it never works. I never fall asleep during the day.

Ubbquittious · 26-07-2017 11:58AM

I am napping now at work this very minute

26-07-2017 11:59AM

I'd always be in bits after a daytime nap.
When I was on work experience from college in a Cork pharma plant one of the lads there (must have been 60 odd at the time) had a snooze in his office every lunchtime.

26-07-2017 12:02PM

If we had a nap room i totally would

McMurphy · 26-07-2017 12:04PM

Only if I have worthwhile material.

Edit. Sorry I thought the title said fap.

Greentopia · 26-07-2017 12:06PM

I work at home and yes I nap every day. I have a siesta after my lunch. Love it. Have definitely been more productive and alert in the afternoon since I started napping.

valoren · 26-07-2017 12:07PM

I get out of the office and walk for 45 minutes to an hour (or go for a run) instead.

hairyslug · 26-07-2017 12:07PM

Nope, I would wake up groggy and more tired than what I would have been before the nap.

lawred2 · 26-07-2017 12:08PM

seamus wrote: »

No, I don't nap. Can't do it, never have.

same... simply wouldn't fall asleep no matter how tired I was

somesoldiers · 26-07-2017 12:11PM

From our company Employee handbook, Rule 345: No napping, no fapping

heroics · 26-07-2017 12:13PM

hairyslug wrote: »

Nope, I would wake up groggy and more tired than what I would have been before the nap.

Trick is to set alarm for 15-20 mins. I do it the odd time.

One of the lads in here does it all the time you can hear him snoring across the office.

redcup342 · 26-07-2017 12:15PM

Went for a kip in the car once, was up at 4.30am, had a flight in at 6amand went straight to the office after working until 9pm the day before.

Was sitting at my desk and my eyes were so heavy I thought I might bang my head :pac:

andekwarhola · 26-07-2017 12:16PM

bluewolf wrote: »

If we had a nap room i totally would

This. Would love a facility like this at work although I assume it'd be hard enough to get a free one.

Tabnabs · 26-07-2017 12:21PM

Business hammocks, if only there was a place to get such a thing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IujLD7nSf8Q

Tom Mann Centuria · 26-07-2017 12:31PM

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Where?

We used to have a staff member who would sprawl out over her desk and sleep - in an open plan office - it really looked so unprofessional.

Theres nowhere I could nap at work (I definitely would if I could) - except my car but youd mostly be cold out there.

Car, always make sure I park at back of car park, in summer windows down, listen to to the birds in the bushes, winter zip up me coat.

Aglomerado · 26-07-2017 12:39PM

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Jaysus I've seen some strange stuff but nothing like that!!

(Our desks are only about 4' wide with partitions between them so not exactly comfortable...)

I'd love a nap today (cat woke me up last night at 4am barfing up a hairball) but I'll just have to settle for a walk at lunchtime....

Badly Drunk Boy · 26-07-2017 12:47PM

Due to very little sleep on Monday night, I nearly fell asleep a few times yesterday. I'm in an office by myself where you have to swipe in, so I tried to fall asleep with head resting on my hand (elbow on the desk, with arm upright). If anyone came in, I'd hear the beep and come to life. I was really just resting my eyes.

At one stage my manager came in to ask about a job he couldn't do, so for the first few groggy seconds, I was down to his level of incompetence.

angeldelight · 26-07-2017 12:50PM

Thread title reminded me of a crazy lady I used to work with. She took her sleeping tablet too late one night so was still majorly zonked when she arrived into work (retail). She sat down in the back for a minute, fell asleep and slept for a good hour and a half - she was a complete wreck the head so I was much happier with her asleep so I left her to it. Her mortification when she woke up was also quite enjoyable

seamus · 26-07-2017 12:51PM

heroics wrote: »

Trick is to set alarm for 15-20 mins. I do it the odd time.

That would be 15-20 minutes of me lying there with my eyes closed, thinking about the stuff I could be doing right now.

It just doesn't work. If it's not bedtime, my brain won't shut down and sleep.

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Beasty · 26-07-2017 12:55PM

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Take a nap every lunchtime, try and get at least half an hour. Even if I don't sleep I close the eyes and relax.

Pretty much do the same. Does me the world of good into the afternoon/evening

RiseToMe · 26-07-2017 01:00PM

I don't do it everyday but when absolutely shot I'll have a coffee and then set my alarm for 20 mins time and have a nap. Have a nice little pillow set up with a decent chair. I work for myself though.

However, always make sure you lock the office door from the inside. I got every startled by a courier one day.

Blazer · 26-07-2017 01:02PM

A 20 minute power nap during the day gives you the same recuperating energy as an 8 hour sleep at night.
All the Asian races do it during work etc but they all work 12+ days. It used to be unreal walking into office areas and seeing up to 100 Malaysians asleep at their desk for 20 mins and then wake up like the Duracell bunny on ecstasy.

Dial Hard · 26-07-2017 01:08PM

RiseToMe wrote: »

However, always make sure you lock the office door from the inside. I got every startled by a courier one day.

A friend of my sister did this one morning years ago; she'd been out the night before, got in before the boss and thought she'd catch a few zzzs before he arrived. He got there, couldn't get in, looked in the window, saw her slumped in the chair with her mouth open, banged and knocked and got no response. He ended up ringing the fire brigade - he thought she was dead :pac::pac::pac:

Would you nap at work?

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