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rzemanfl

(29,565 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2019, 09:28 AM Aug 2019

Have you fallen asleep at work? [View all]

28 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Time expired
	Never.
	11 (39%)
	Yes, my job includes sleep periods, e.g., firefighter.
	1 (4%)
	Dozed off for a few minutes once.
	4 (14%)
	Once, for an hour or more.
	0 (0%)
	Dozed off for a few minutes more than once.
	12 (43%)
	More than once, sometimes for an hour or more.
	0 (0%)
	Only after sneaking in some on the job sex.
	0 (0%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Have you fallen asleep at work? [View all] rzemanfl Aug 2019 OP

You need an option for "Routinely." Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2019 #1

I need that job. rzemanfl Aug 2019 #3

Only when I'm True Dough Aug 2019 #2

Do you dream nice dreams about how you will spend rzemanfl Aug 2019 #6

I'd give a fulsome response True Dough Aug 2019 #9

It's spelled "Folsom" FYI ProudLib72 Aug 2019 #30

You got me with that one, Johnny! True Dough Aug 2019 #31

Staring at a monitor, it's easy to doze off. I just hope I don't drool on myself when it happens. Arkansas Granny Aug 2019 #4

Men have another embarassment to worry about rzemanfl Aug 2019 #8

Not men my age. GulfCoast66 Aug 2019 #24

yes, but now I take a short nap during lunch. makes the world of difference. nt Javaman Aug 2019 #5

I woke up to a General standing over me once during an army training exercise. bluedigger Aug 2019 #7

As an over the road truck driver.... mwooldri Aug 2019 #10

Never, however . . . . . no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 #11

Routinely. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2019 #12

I had been flying the Ho Chi Minh Trail most of the night during operation Lam Son 719. DemoTex Aug 2019 #13

Yikes! n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #16

Damn, scary stuff! Ilsa Aug 2019 #17

Power naps. GeorgeGist Aug 2019 #14

In my younger days... Jokerman Aug 2019 #15

When I would get called in late nite, waiting for the patient to arrive..... mitch96 Aug 2019 #18

I haven't "fallen" asleep but I've deliberately taken a nap. elocs Aug 2019 #19

I used "fallen asleep" to include predmeditated sleeping. rzemanfl Aug 2019 #20

The irony is that since I'm retired I can sleep as long as I chose, but seldom do. elocs Aug 2019 #21

If I used my bladder as an alarm I would be up at 3 a.m. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #25

When I was in my 20s I had a work physical and complained about having to 'go' a lot. elocs Aug 2019 #44

I have had BPH for 20 years. Getting old is fun, right? n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #45

No, it's not fun, but it beats the alternative. elocs Aug 2019 #48

Sorry about your mother. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #49

Years ago when I worked as a frogmarch Aug 2019 #22

No one prepared me and now I am fossil myself. rzemanfl Aug 2019 #33

I am sure I have never fallen asleep on the job... Lucid Dreamer Aug 2019 #23

Learned in the Navy tinymontgomery Aug 2019 #26

Short naps on my lunch break. DinahMoeHum Aug 2019 #27

It's a whole different beast when it's the overnight shift. nt UniteFightBack Aug 2019 #28

nope Skittles Aug 2019 #29

I bet you kick ass at that. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #36

well Skittles Aug 2019 #42

Drumpf doesn't make it easy for any of us. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #46

I've really wanted to at times, but I have major difficulty falling asleep ProudLib72 Aug 2019 #32

I went to grad school while working full-time. After classes rzemanfl Aug 2019 #34

Yeah, but there was a time when grad degrees meant something ProudLib72 Aug 2019 #38

I got a JD in '71. The masters was a mid-life thing in '92. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #39

Quite a bit when I was in the Navy Kaleva Aug 2019 #35

I have no idea what any of those acronyms mean. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #37

Here they are Kaleva Aug 2019 #40

Thank you. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #41

Ooch, yeah Mike_DuBois Aug 2019 #43

When I worked the night shift years ago Sunsky Aug 2019 #47

I worked all through college and learned to function with little sleep rzemanfl Aug 2019 #51

In my early working life, I used to have my main meal in the Company canteen, at lunch time. It OnDoutside Aug 2019 #50

On my lunch I have. Drunken Irishman Aug 2019 #52

Regularly. If my boss comes by I sit up and say "Amen" underpants Aug 2019 #53

Good planning. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #54