Situation: Open plan office. At least 20 to 30 people in earshot including some quite senior people. Every day about 2.30pm a colleague falls asleep at desk, very much against their will but they cannot seem to prevent falling asleep. Loud snoring / snuffling then occurs, this goes on for as little as 20 mins or as long as two hours.
On one hand, the sleepy colleague is embarrassed this is happening but they don't seem to want to do anything to help themselves. Won't get up and walk around when feeling dozy. Won't have coffee prior to sleepy feeling. Colleague has sleep apnea but refuses to use CPAP machine. They have deliberately arranged their desk so other people cannot see them in order to not get caught sleeping but they don't realise how much noise they are making.
Other people in the office have tried tactful interruption, bringing coffee to the sleeping person, concerned comments, outright challenge. The sleeper dismisses them and won't change their behaviour.
It's embarrassing / awkward being in the office with the loud snoring coming from behind a partition whilst we all pretend it's not happening. It's also bloody distracting when trying to write a report or do anything complex. There are also often high up vistors from other companies in earshot.
I am probably being unreasonable but I am finding the noise of snoring so bloody irritating! Should something further be done or do we all just grit our teeth and continue to pretend it's not happening?