Colleague sleeping on/off since 4am 😡😡😡

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I need to vent. I am so pissed off. He’s sitting next to me snoring his arse off. I feel like ripping his head off 😡

OP could be on her break while texting, she will be allowed at least one of not two breaks while on a night shift.

Personally I would keep waking him up, ideally when there's something to be done and point him very blatantly in the direction of that work and make him do it.

if I was to be on any type of message board or social media during work time it would be misconduct. Mobile devices are locked away during work time

Every time he falls asleep wake him up and give him the work to do.
Don't let him sleep.
Tell him that if he comes to work like this again you will be reporting him.

Given the OP is the one doing all the work, and her work presumably doesn't require mobiles to be locked away all the picking seems a bit unnecessary doesn't it? What other people's employers do with regards mobiles is irrelevant.

Well social media rules arent the same everywhere. I work for the nhs and am allowed my phone.

How about just waking him calmly with a cup of tea, and having a civilised chat about it? What if something awful is going on in his personal life, and that's why he's exhausted? Why does everyone on here instantly want him humiliated or sacked? I bet if it was a woman falling asleep at work, people would be thinking of all sorts of reasons why she might need support etc.

Can you split the job so one does the box and one does the ohone?

Do you work in tesco?

bimbo the OP has said she works in a lab! Not Tesco. Why did you think that?

Your being taken advantage if you don't speak up to management or him, he'll continue

Dog him in OP, it's no more than the smug rest deserves.😡

*Dob 😂

I can't stand this. There's one person I work with who does this every night shift and it fucks me off no end. We're very lucky that the ward we work on has a lot of down time once everyone is in bed but even so going to sleep takes the piss.
I drop the obs board right next to his head every time he does it 😂

It was the every little helps comment

I used to work with someone who nodded off all the fucking time. Every day. In meetings, at his desk. In the morning. In the afternoon.

Large corporate open plan office, v noticeable. It was considered a joke but we were both contract staff (identical roles) and I felt he was making himself extremely vulnerable. Politely asked boss to address it as senior management were commenting.

It just went on and on. Tried to drop hints, but he was v defensive about it.

I warned people who lift shared with him. One day he crashed his car in odd circumstances.

Gave up worrying about it. Not long afterwards, they had to cut back and lose one of us. He stayed 😒

Very annoying and frustrating so I'm on your behalf op, vent away!
My DP has a similar situation with a work colleague and whilst he doesn't want to dob him in he does enjoy a thorough rant about it when he gets home.
I do suggest all the things suggested above- wake him up, make loud noises, film him, make pointed comments but hey if you can't or won't then it's vent to us or your DH. I've got to the stage of just murmuring 'mmm yes, terrible dear' or some such. Luckily DP is retiring soon so we'll both be free of it.

Give him a lighthearted (but not obviously)
'Oi! We are both supposed to be working you lazy shit, wake up! I'm not doing everything!'.
If he refuses, dob him in. Selfish fucker.

why dont you just say to him?

“stop sleeping! we both have to work”

not that hard..

EagleRay that sounds severe enough to be a medical issue, so maybe they couldn’t sack him?

I knew someone in a similar circumstance who eventually drifted off and caused a near miss accident. He wasn’t fired, but put on sick leave and diagnosed with sleep apnoea. Once it was treated he returned to work.

I think you have to report this. He’s taking huge advantages. He’s in the wrong job. I worked nights for many years and it’s a killer. But, what gets you through is k owing you’re in a little team and it’s bloody hard for ALL of you.

Just say ‘can you take over for a bit now please?’.

Just report him. Sorry but I don't understand why you take the time to start a whole thread venting but can't be arsed to report him, either it bothers you or it doesn't.

Bobbins Tesco check out comment did make me laugh though. Every little helps.

Ffs the OP didn't come on here to be told off for posting on mumsnet!

Not 'telling her off' for posting on Mumsnet. Just clearly stating they shouldn't be on the phone. It shouldn't even be on them.

Yes snoring colleague is wrong and lazy. But nothing wrong in pointing out the other rules too.

Reading this thread reminded me of last nights thread in feminism where the term ‘facilitated men’ was made. He is able to be a lazy shit because youre doing the work. Take notes and report him.