My Sleeping Officemate

What a loser he must be. I would suggest you work hard and achieve excellence. Tell him frankly that you won't be in a situation everytime to wake him up (bell hop). Even if he has nothing to do, while he is in the work place he should not sleep and demotivate others , as in your case. He can rather do some self developement activities. Do some innovative thinking and come up with new ideas for events .. Its all in your hands . You can advice him or ignore him .

Sleeping 3 hours everyday at work does not fit the working place. The best thing for you to do is tell him honestly that you don't like what he is doing. Perhaps you can explain why. Tell him that he is at work and even if he has no event, he is not supposed to be sleeping at work. If he refuses to listen to you then leave him alone. Perhaps he will wake up if he gets caught.

Hmmm... if I were in your shoes I will not wake him up, did he ask you to do that, you should have said no guarnatee, let him get caught, will teach him a lesson, you are not helping him this way.....

Honestly, maybe it is time for him to get caught. Maybe someone else helping him find things to do will be beneficial for him. Unless he asks, I think you shouldn't be the one to watch out for trouble for him. One of the companies that I worked for several years ago, we had a guy that would take a 30 minute to an hour nap, of course he did this during his lunch break, so no problem there. Honestly, though 3 hours, wow, must be nice to get paid while sleeping. If you feel uncomfortable about the situation, and you know this person well enough, I think it is time you say something to them. If they get mad, well, you need to let them know that you are not their personal bell hop, that it shouldn't be your job to keep them out of trouble. You need to make a stand for yourself. Give your office mate advice on ways to stay busy and more productive if you think it might help. I wish you tons of luck!

You can just tell him about the rules. I think its not right if you are going to do that for him all the time. I mean, once is enough but all the time is already abusive. If I were in your shoes and if he doesnt do anything about it then I am not going to wake him up when someone comes in and let people discover what he's doing. lol

You really need to talk to your officemate. First boredom is not a reason to sleep while at work. Its really unprofessional. Second your not his personal alarm clock that will wake him up whenever someone passes by. And third he might get fired for sleeping at work.

Not wake him up if somebody passes by. Just say oh Im sorry, I was too busy working! I hate working in offices. They put me to sleep too. My last "real job" was about 80% office time and I got really good at sleeping but making it look like I was working!

I would rather help him... Because there is no work for him to do, so he is sleeping, incase if there is some work and he is neglecting it by sleeping then it is framed to be an offense and according to kirk's theory, one can sleep when he has no work to do.. According to Bendleman's theory, it is an extreme offense on cheating your boss when you're assigned with some work but you are found to be unwise and sleeping.. So i'd follow these two principles.. You know what, if i were you, surely i would join with your mate and start sleeping

Well, dont be obligated to. Next time you see him about to sleep,tell him" Hey I might not get to wake you up, I'll be going out" even if not. Just let him do his thing, you really can't control him after all. So let him pay the consequences of his actions. No matter how boring your job is, that place is not for his sleeping

What I could say is that you are spoiling him if you will let him continue what he is doing, in order for him not to be bored he need to look for something he could do in order for him not to be sleepy.

Sleeping while at work may mean two things. One is, maybe he is sicked and tired or bored with what he is doing. Second, he may really be tired, and taking advantage of free time to get some sleep so he is more than fresh when he gets back to work. But for me, I don't think I will sleep at work. That's the last thing I will do.

I think you should tell your officemate about what you feel so that you will not have an any bad feels towards him . Just be true of your opinions and with that I think your officemate can also understand you ..

You should better talk with your officemate.good luck.

yes that is true that you will be his personal look out when he is slept,for me its okay with me but don't make a habit,if that will happen to me i will talk to my co-worker and don't sleep everyday,or else i will leave you and sleep alone with no one will look out for you.

rat him out. lol!!! seriously, if it bothers you so much, just tell your officemate that you're not his personal assistant to bail him out when he's sleeping and the boss is around.

I would tell him once for all that if ever someone sees him I won't be able to defend because I cannot watch you every time as I have work to do too. Sometimes we need to be a bit stern with these people to make them understand.

It happens when there is not much work, i had a store keeper in my college office store, there is not much work, when ever i paid a surprise visit, i discover him sleeping on the desk, i warmed him, asked him to read books.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always. Cheers. Prof

if i were on your situation, id probably tell my office mate about what i feel. its not your responsibility to be the one looking out for inappropriate behaviors in the work place. he also has to learn it from himself.^_^