To think it's a bit strange to take a nap at your desk during the work day?

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Colleague is sleeping in his chair at his desk right now. Just slumped down, got himself comfortable and closed his eyes. This is a bit strange - yes?

No medical conditions btw - he just takes the occasional 'cat nap' at work.

I've never seen anyone do it, and would think it was very, very strange, just like you, but, presuming it's their lunch break, and they aren't either snoring loudly, or snoozing in full view of clients waiting n a queue(!) then I suppose it's up to them.
Don't get me wrong - I love a nap in the afternoon when I'm tired, but only when I'm at home, in my own bed, not in full view and hearing of colleagues.

Back, that was thing - it wasn't his lunch hour. He spends his lunch (and quite a bit of his working day!) hour on FB or news sites or whatever and then just randomly takes a nap in the middle if the afternoon. We do get the occasional snore :)

Well, that wouldn't be allowed anywhere I was managing....but then again, nor would posting on MN when you are supposed to be at work. I belong to this odd, bygone age where people who are being paid to work, are actually expected to be working.

Technically I'm not supposed to be in today. I just came in to finish a few things off (which I've done) so I don't feel too guilty about MN.

I would feel too self conscious to do it in an open plan office, what if you started dribbling I never do this

I have my own office now so could probably do it but still doubt I would.

I used to have a boss that did this, only just remembered on reading this was about 20 years ago and it was at lunchtime!!

If I nap at all ever I wake up feeling awful and hungover (but without the alcohol).

I did this on my lunch last Monday.
New pup had kept us up all night, so on my lunch I took myself off to an empty office, feet up, head back & 20 mins doze. But I had told my boss that I was going to do it .

You have time to nap. I struggle to find time to do to the toilet. I work nhs and the patients are outside 5mins before their appointment time, usually coughing or clearing their throats. Im running around the room cleaning it, writing doctors letters and juggling about 20 balls...mind you i wouldnt have it any other way as my job is interesting, never the same...just finding the clearing the thoat and coughing outside the door irrigating...me being unreasonable...

I has a colleague who was a team leader and made his team put their heads down on their desks for a 20 minute nap every afternoon. He and the most amazing productivity figures..........

Strange at the desk - on the floor in the post room (no windows) was much better!

It's actually quite a good habit and would make lots of people more productive. I do nap sometimes. I work on my own though. A 5-20 minute break. If it's in a person's break time I don't see why it should be an issue

I also perfected the "propped up reading" look but actually I was fast asleep. I also used to volunteer to answer phones whilst everyone went out to lunch purely for this purpose.

Sometimes I literally can't keep my eyes up and could sleep anyplace anywhere - I'm a bit of an insomniac tbh

I used to work with an older guy who did this, he used to lean back in his chair and sometimes put his feet up on the desk if the bosses were out. It was in an open plan office and we had lights on sensors which switched off if there was no movement detected for 20 minutes.

It was very funny seeing the light above his desk switch off so only his desk was in darkness. He used to do it in the middle of the afternoon too sometimes not just at lunchtime, don't know how he got away with it.