To have a nap in my car during my lunch break?

[Solola]

I'm 7 months pregnant and started to get very tired in the afternoons. I have a 2yr old who is waking in the night currently so that is not helping. I found it helps me focus better in the afternoons if I have a 20min power nap in my lunch break. My boss recently called me in and said he is not happy about me sleeping in my car as it looks bad on the organisation I work for. He told me i can use the meeting room at work. Office is a converted house in a residential area and the meeting room is the only space where others can eat lunch and be away from their desks. I would feel very uncomfortable having the room closed off to colleagues so I can sleep. My car is parked down the road from the office and I bring a blanket and set an alarm so I don't overrun my lunch hour. I told him I hear what he said but am planning on continuing to take lunchtime naps. AIBU?

This is brilliant, im so jealous I dont drive!

I would absolutely do this! When I was heavily pregnant with DD1, I was a teacher who commuted by public transport. I would often snooze in the staffroom at lunch. I stayed in the corner out of the way and no one cared. I'd seen other colleagues do the same, so felt I could.

I also nap in the shower at work. The bench is very uncomfy but it's the only place.

How does he know you were doing this?

Oh I love a lunchtime power nap. I am puzzled why he thinks this would reflect badly on the company?

I think he walked past my car one lunchtime. I'm loving the idea of making a cosy little tent in my car with screen shield. Carnapping is THE BEST especially in the rain. Love the noise of rain on the roof. Our conversation was yesterday. I napped today and when I came back in he raised an eyebrow and said 'good sleep?', I said 'yep', gave him a breezy smile and returned to desk

How is it his business how you spend your lunch hour?!

I agree with last post , get some sun blocks ( normally big foil type things ) for the front and rear windscreens and the sun screens that are normally for DC for the side windows .
Your boss is BU, dont have a nap one day then go round snapping at everyone because you are tired. ( you may want to forewarn your work mates )

I used to work in a student accommodation building and I used to nap in an empty studio flat in the summer, when all the students had moved out. I don't have kids either, I just bloody love napping!

Definitely do it. I used to have a colleague who would catnap underneath my desk when hungover tired (he was a student placement), deal was I'd give him a kick if management walked in.

Hope pregnancy goes well!

YABU.

because now I need a nap

Loved the interaction when you returned from your nap today.

Unless your manager/company is paying for this break (and I'm guessing that they don't), they have absolutely no control over how you decide to spend that time. It is an unpaid lunch break. If you want to spend it on the roof of your car meditating they can't stop you anymore than they can for having a nap in the back of the car.

Hope your pregnancy goes well.

I think it's great that he has offered an alternative-wouldn't think that you have to take it though.

YANBU. Car napping is lovely, you feel sort of cocooned. Not the same trying to nap in an office. Take no notice of him, it's your lunchtime.

YANBU- your boss is feeling guilty.

When I was a student I had a job in quality control in a huge processing factory, part of my job was calibrating machinery in the plant with standard samples in a little remote room of the main drag.

Each one took 20 mins to run and a little alarm went off when completed- So in full PPE I would have 2 little naps in the afternoon, the back ground noise through ear defenders was strangely hypnotic. Best Job Ever!

I would be ashamed as an employer if I discovered my pregnant employee was reduced to napping in her car during lunch breaks.

I would set up a designated area for you to rest in and ensure you are taken care of.

Hope your little one settles down soon.

It's good for now OP but in a couple of weeks the sun might well be out and there could be high temperatures (wishful thinking I know).

Friend of mine used to use a meeting room to kip in. Eventually the inevitable happened and Big Prestigious Boss walked in with Big Prestigious Client and followers for a heavy-duty meeting. To his credit, he didn't bat an eyelid, and simply said "Sorry, wrong room" and turned round quickly and ushered everyone out before they could see friend.

I would be ashamed as an employer if I discovered my pregnant employee was reduced to napping in her car during lunch breaks.

This.

Hang on - is this not even it your firms car park? If so, he can fuck right off!!

Our car park at work used to be full of snoozers at lunchtime - if it was too hot to be in the car, we'd snooze on the grass outside!!

Oh well if you think he's said this because he's feeling guilty/ashamed, maybe I just need to reassure him I appreciate his offer to find me a space in the office but I'm most comfortable in the car?! Loving people's stories of inventive napping strategies in the workplace.

I'd get those sun visors for the back..you'll need them for little one anyhow. They'll give you shade and privacy

I would set up a designated area for you to rest in and ensure you are taken care of.

WTF??

She's got an area, it's one that's good enough for millions of lunchtime snoozers, he just needs to leave her in peace!!

I work from home a couple of days a week and have a nap at lunchtime, makes all the difference (have a toddler who doesn't always sleep well plus b12 deficiency). I think your boss is BU.

Ds and I woke up in a Tesco car park once to find the car surrounded by worried passers by wondering whether to break the window because, apparently we “looked quite dead like”