# Any Of You Taking Siestas At Work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440 "2011-08-12T11:28:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/1 "2011-08-12T11:28:07Z")
Being that it’s supposed to be beneficial to your output, I mean? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/2 "2011-08-12T11:42:46Z")
Someone at work suggested this a year or so ago on the in-house message board. He thought he should be allowed to nap, on the clock! Needless to say, it didn’t happen, but the nerve of some people!! We have (had - I’m now retired) flex hours, so if you want a 30-minute nap in the middle of the day, you just stay 30 minutes later. I see no problem with that. I’ve had coworkers who napped over lunch - one went so far as to keep a hunk of foam under his desk and sleep on that - he curled up in the knee hole of the desk. Personally, I’m not a napper. A little sleep leaves me wanting more, so unless I can get a few hours, I won’t nod off. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/3 "2011-08-12T11:54:18Z")
I envy people who can nap and wake up feeling refreshed. I can’t - I fall into a deep sleep and wake up feeling groggy and out of sorts if I try to siesta during the day. Besides I am a painting contractor, and it would be pretty odd to go sit in my truck or lie down on a client’s couch for a midday nap. I did have an employee who took a daily 30-minute meditation break. He went off in a corner, sat cross-legged and…meditated. I thought that was fine although clients and other people on the job thought it a little weird. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/4 "2011-08-12T14:20:30Z")
Sometimes when I just can’t hold my eyes open I put my head on my desk and take a nap during my lunch break. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/5 "2011-08-12T14:42:49Z")
I so wish that I could, even if it meant a longer work day. I’m a designer and sit at a computer all day and get freak’n tired as hell at about 1:00. I’d LOVE to take a 20 or 30 minute nap, then get back to work. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/6 "2011-08-12T15:09:16Z")
If I sleep during the day I wake up feeling sick, but beyond that, I would definitely be terminated for sleeping on the clock. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/7 "2011-08-12T17:37:26Z")
I’ve been known to take a 10-15 minute head-on-my-desk nap at work. Just a few times ever, though. The phone will wake me up if it needs answering, and I put a note on my door that says “I’m here, just knock” so if anyone needs anything I’m still available. On days I’ve done that I’ve just stayed a little later than usual at the end of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/8 "2011-08-12T23:17:42Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Sometimes when I just can’t hold my eyes open I put my head on my desk and take a nap during my lunch break. Same here. As a teacher, I get 25 minutes per day of \*\*not-being-responsible \*\*and gladly forego snarfing a Lean Cuisine in favor of just floating for awhile. I can’t say I actually nap–I just grab a few lights-off, door-locked, head-on-desk moments of quiet. I always set a timer though, in case I really drift off. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/9 "2011-08-13T02:15:31Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > If I sleep during the day I wake up feeling sick, but beyond that, I would definitely be terminated for sleeping on the clock. If i nap for more than a half hour or so I usually end up getting a very bad headache. At my job we get an hour for lunch (if you’re working a 8 hour shift like 9-6), off the clock. The only rule is that you can’t drink alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/10 "2011-08-13T02:29:15Z")
[Here’s a poll from two weeks ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=618065). By my tally, something over a third of 119 Dopers are willing and able at least hypothetically to take a nap during the work day, while 40% either want to but can’t or would never consider doing so in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/11 "2011-08-13T03:43:37Z")
Luckily, my new office environment includes a napping room (well, the landlord probably had other intentions) with comfy couches. So I sometimes find that 10 minutes there after lunch refreshes me for the rest of the day. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/12 "2011-08-13T03:50:11Z")
I’ll take a 20 minute “power nap” during lunch once in awhile. One of my pain meds sometimes doesn’t play well with Xanax and it’s either nap or fall over asleep at 2pm. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-taking-siestas-at-work/592440/13 "2011-08-13T14:46:37Z")
Air traffic controller here. What?