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Jokerman

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15. In my younger days...

Thu Aug 15, 2019, 10:36 AM

Aug 2019

when I'd stay out late on a week night I'd slip off to a quite corner of the warehouse where there were a bunch of old office chairs, set the alarm on my watch and grab a 55 minute nap during my lunch hour. At this point, sleep was more important than food.

I never did this on "company time" but that didn't stop the head of another department from reporting me and trying to get me fired. The owner made it clear that my lunch hour was mine to do with as I pleased.

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Have you fallen asleep at work? [View all] rzemanfl Aug 2019 OP

You need an option for "Routinely." Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2019 #1

I need that job. rzemanfl Aug 2019 #3

Only when I'm True Dough Aug 2019 #2

Do you dream nice dreams about how you will spend rzemanfl Aug 2019 #6

I'd give a fulsome response True Dough Aug 2019 #9

It's spelled "Folsom" FYI ProudLib72 Aug 2019 #30

You got me with that one, Johnny! True Dough Aug 2019 #31

Staring at a monitor, it's easy to doze off. I just hope I don't drool on myself when it happens. Arkansas Granny Aug 2019 #4

Men have another embarassment to worry about rzemanfl Aug 2019 #8

Not men my age. GulfCoast66 Aug 2019 #24

yes, but now I take a short nap during lunch. makes the world of difference. nt Javaman Aug 2019 #5

I woke up to a General standing over me once during an army training exercise. bluedigger Aug 2019 #7

As an over the road truck driver.... mwooldri Aug 2019 #10

Never, however . . . . . no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 #11

Routinely. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2019 #12

I had been flying the Ho Chi Minh Trail most of the night during operation Lam Son 719. DemoTex Aug 2019 #13

Yikes! n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #16

Damn, scary stuff! Ilsa Aug 2019 #17

Power naps. GeorgeGist Aug 2019 #14

In my younger days... Jokerman Aug 2019 #15

When I would get called in late nite, waiting for the patient to arrive..... mitch96 Aug 2019 #18

I haven't "fallen" asleep but I've deliberately taken a nap. elocs Aug 2019 #19

I used "fallen asleep" to include predmeditated sleeping. rzemanfl Aug 2019 #20

The irony is that since I'm retired I can sleep as long as I chose, but seldom do. elocs Aug 2019 #21

If I used my bladder as an alarm I would be up at 3 a.m. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #25

When I was in my 20s I had a work physical and complained about having to 'go' a lot. elocs Aug 2019 #44

I have had BPH for 20 years. Getting old is fun, right? n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #45

No, it's not fun, but it beats the alternative. elocs Aug 2019 #48

Sorry about your mother. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #49

Years ago when I worked as a frogmarch Aug 2019 #22

No one prepared me and now I am fossil myself. rzemanfl Aug 2019 #33

I am sure I have never fallen asleep on the job... Lucid Dreamer Aug 2019 #23

Learned in the Navy tinymontgomery Aug 2019 #26

Short naps on my lunch break. DinahMoeHum Aug 2019 #27

It's a whole different beast when it's the overnight shift. nt UniteFightBack Aug 2019 #28

nope Skittles Aug 2019 #29

I bet you kick ass at that. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #36

well Skittles Aug 2019 #42

Drumpf doesn't make it easy for any of us. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #46

I've really wanted to at times, but I have major difficulty falling asleep ProudLib72 Aug 2019 #32

I went to grad school while working full-time. After classes rzemanfl Aug 2019 #34

Yeah, but there was a time when grad degrees meant something ProudLib72 Aug 2019 #38

I got a JD in '71. The masters was a mid-life thing in '92. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #39

Quite a bit when I was in the Navy Kaleva Aug 2019 #35

I have no idea what any of those acronyms mean. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #37

Here they are Kaleva Aug 2019 #40

Thank you. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #41

Ooch, yeah Mike_DuBois Aug 2019 #43

When I worked the night shift years ago Sunsky Aug 2019 #47

I worked all through college and learned to function with little sleep rzemanfl Aug 2019 #51

In my early working life, I used to have my main meal in the Company canteen, at lunch time. It OnDoutside Aug 2019 #50

On my lunch I have. Drunken Irishman Aug 2019 #52

Regularly. If my boss comes by I sit up and say "Amen" underpants Aug 2019 #53

Good planning. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #54