Have you ever fallen asleep while at work?
By Rexy_leigh
@Rexy_leigh (1189)
Philippines
March 7, 2007 12:20pm CST
Ok. I admit there were really times I've fallen asleep in my workplace before, especially when I wasn't involved with mylot yet. There were even times when my colleague laughed at me coz I sometimes do some little snoring.. lol gross! well, it's not really that am too lazy and just wasting my time which the company has payed me to work for...it's just that my tasks are not really that demanding and besides I only get a few calls in a day (coz am working as a system operator for my client's businesses in Kentucky). So after keeping myself busy with all the surfing thing on net, I just feel like I wanted to take a nap... lol Anyways, my phone rings pretty loud to wake me up when I need to answer a call and have it transfered to my client or his business partners... And good thing, my boss didn't see me sleeping... coz am sure I'd be in trouble if he finds out... what about you, have you also experienced falling asleep in your workplace or office before? Did your boss see you sleeping? I hope not..lol
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
7 Mar 07
Yes.. it's terrible. I can hold the phone and sleep. No, don't tell anyone I said that, alright? :P
I hope I did not go to the extent of snoring though...
@Rexy_leigh (1189)
• Philippines
7 Mar 07
LOL don't worry buddy, am not telling your boss bout it as i don't want my colleagues to do the same :P well, I just hope I sounded cute when I snored though.. :P
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
7 Mar 07
Yes it happened to me once, I was working on the phones and I did my first night shift, I had work through the night! I was alright till about 3am then because there were no calls coming in, my eyes started to get heavy and heavy and suddenly I was gone, the next thing I heard was someone talking to me, it was a customer asking if anyone was there! Thankfully no one noticed, I never got used to the working nights it threw out my body clock, so I only did a week before going back to day shift!
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@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
7 Mar 07
No, I can't say that I have. I am a nurse so it is really hard to fall asleep, as we are always running around! Years ago when I was working night shift, there were a few close calls though! We would make rounds,check each patient and then come back to the desk to chart. The lights were made low in order to not disturb patients whose rooms were near the desk. So, low light, tired nurse, no noise, heavy eyes...it was hard!! I teach now, so of course I am busy and on my feet. I really feel for those nurses on night shift...as it really gets hard sometimes. Even if you are sitting there busy, it just seems like you are supposed to be asleep!
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@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
7 Mar 07
No, but I've had to get up and take a walk around the building to wake up. I had a friend who used to fall asleep at work. And this was while he sat almost right at the front of the office.
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@seamonkey (1976)
• Ireland
7 Mar 07
Oh god, no! I wourked with people it would have been a very bad idea to fall asleep around, plus I was often driving! I would space out though, and get into a near sleep like state with my eyes open, on occassion.
@habichuelo (3100)
• United States
16 Mar 07
well,i was a 18 wheeler driver for several years,i remember fallen asleep while driving like 4 times,the worst one was when i was coming from Miami to Orlando on I-95 and ran over like 20 orange barrels of a side construction,,it was like 3am
and i was realy tired from the abusive hours i had worked for the company i used to work for. BIG HEAVY TRUCK AND VERY LONG!!!!
@nafeesa_mohd (281)
• India
27 Mar 07
well... my college is my work place for now... whenever some lecture goes on... not just me but everyone in my class except for few in front bench will fall asleep... but at other times like when i have to do my project or practicals, its really interesting... i get involved so much that i wont feel sleepy....
@aweins (4199)
• India
29 Mar 07
yes, it happened with me once that i was fallen asleep while doing my work on my work table only, a fone call then suddenly made me realize that i m on work and not at home.the good thing was that my genearl manager knew that i was sleeping and he only woke me by that call because the owner was about to come any moment.thanx to him.
@meleshia (624)
• Philippines
8 Mar 07
i never actually slept on my desk during office hours, but sometimes i'm really sleepy. so much so that i go to the washroom, lock myself inside the cubicle and nap for around 10 minutes. haha! maybe that's why they also call it "rest"room. LOL!
@meleshia (624)
• Philippines
9 Mar 07
gawd...i was so sleepy this morning (i couldn't think straight) that i went to the restroom and took a nap. i was only thinking of napping for 5 minutes but i ended up dozing off for a good 15 minutes! good thing my boss didn't say anything about my absence ^___^
@vashstampede992000 (2560)
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
Yes i always do, like im getting sleepy head most of the time when im working and my boss always sees me, that im getting bored on what im doing and they are asking me to have a coffee break with them.
Im just being like that, when im getting busy at night doing some stuff at home.
@Mamaof2 (574)
• Canada
8 Mar 07
Fortunatley I have not fallen asleep at work. I dont have one minute to myself at work..let along time to sleep. I have caught myself at break drifting off tho..lol I go into the lunch room, get in one of those big over stuffed chairs and that is just asking for trouble. I guess falling asleep there wouldn't be as bad as falling asleep in the actaul workplace and getting caught by your boss :S
@jeb083079 (839)
• Philippines
8 Mar 07
No I haven't sleep at work. I don't fall asleep at work even though I need a break or even during breaktime, I don't take a nap. I just browse the internet or watch some movie clips.
@minty3 (592)
• Nigeria
8 Mar 07
of course i have a couple of times if i slept late and had to wake up too early with a hangover sleep. i make sure someone around knows how tired i and sleepy i am so that they can quickly tap me up when my boss comes. but my boss is so sharp he can guess by looking straigth into your eyes. but i've not being queried yet.
@JuliaPan (564)
• Canada
8 Mar 07
Yeah, it happened to me once. I remember I was sitting alone in the office (my boss was to come in an hour or so), I put my head on my hands lying on the table, closed my eyes and relaxed. I don't think I fully fell asleep, but I remember the feeling of waking-up when I heard my boss' steps behind the door! I became straight at once and pretended I was attentively reading something on the monitor :) He didn't notice anything wrong! :)
@Wingedman (238)
• United States
8 Mar 07
I never have, but when I worked at a paper mill during the overnight shift, some of the more senior crew would crumple up a bunch of junk paper and take a nap. Then me, the temp who was just there for the summer between years in college woudl be running a multi-ton piece of equipment all alone. Ohh well.
@ujjawal_20 (23)
• India
8 Mar 07
when u fall asleep at work, it can have so many reasons but one very comman reason is this, that may be u have no interest in ur work means u r not getting work which u want to do, so the only solutin of this that u can change ur job, and try to find a job of ur interest, means in which u have to spent ur maximum time so u can overcome this prob bye tc
