# Help me wake up please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wake-up-please/151807 "2003-01-31T04:21:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wake-up-please/151807/1 "2003-01-31T04:21:51Z")
It was a late night last night, I didn’t get home from grocery shopping until after midnight. All of this was mainly due to a failed attempt to collect a baby cot my parents had purchased for us which ended up being held at a store interstate (god I love Target). Now I am at work and my brain is going blank and keeps snoozing off on me. I would blame it on the late night but to be honest the work is rather boring. So I need something to keep me awake whilst I work, I’ve tried caffine (4 cans of Pepsi Max and counting), music (radio’s busted). What other things can I do? Help please before this keyboard becomes my pillow… ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wake-up-please/151807/2 "2003-01-31T04:28:32Z")
Fast paced music and low tempetatures always seem to help me. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wake-up-please/151807/3 "2003-01-31T04:32:55Z")
Okay air-conditioner has been turned down. See how that goes, thanks **clayton\_e**. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wake-up-please/151807/4 "2003-01-31T04:33:10Z")
Whenever you find yourself on the path to Nod, try this little trick I learned in college. Using your thumb and forefinger, gently reach into the nostril of your choice and pluck out a few nosehairs. It may bring a tear to your eye, but you will be alert! Also, the smell of peppermint is supposed to be invigorating. Try brushing your teeth or snorting an Altoid. ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wake-up-please/151807/5 "2003-01-31T04:36:50Z")
Go for a 5 minute brisk walk, even if it’s only to the photocopier and back, that always helps me. Just remember, it’s Friday afternoon. It’s respectable to go home at least a little early… ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wake-up-please/151807/6 "2003-01-31T04:42:31Z")
**Rhubarb** - can I just say Ouch! **Robin** - it would be okay to go home early if I hadn’t done so already on Wednesday and started late yesterday. But the boss has left now so it should be okay to stuff around a little. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wake-up-please/151807/7 "2003-01-31T04:42:59Z")
_ **WAKE UP! HEY! WAKE UP!** _ ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wake-up-please/151807/8 "2003-01-31T04:49:53Z")
Chupa chups. They wake you up. I currently have 48… make that 47 chupa chups on my desk at work. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wake-up-please/151807/9 "2003-01-31T04:52:40Z")
\*\*Leechbabe[/], The nosehair thing was meant to be funny, but it really, truly works. Hurts, too. The peppermint thing is also serious. If you can get your hands on anything with a peppermint scent, a couple of good sniffs will help pep you up. Weird, but true. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-wake-up-please/151807/10 "2003-01-31T05:03:59Z")
No chupa chups and no peppermint stuff in the offfice today ☹ But I have found the hidden stash of chocolate biscuits so I might just munch into those and get a sugar rush happening.