Modern lunch break

No, I did this every day for years in my 20s. Nothing new, sorry to say.

My luck I wouls try to rest my eyes and wake up tomorrow lol

I got fired for this! Even though it was my lunch break, I was off the clock, and I have a chronic illness that makes working an 8-10 hour day exhausting, I was fired since I was "setting a bad example for the junior staff".

Guess who got an EEOC/disability settlement.

Fudge the number slightly and such to protect yourself, but what did you end up getting?
Asking for a friend.
- About tree fiddy
Nice

I didn't like my old job, but the one thing I really miss was having a full hour for lunch and being located directly next door to a park

I'd go hang my hammock up between a couple trees and set an alarm on my phone to take a nap, it was pretty damn great.

Soooooo…. Who took the picture?

It's a Twitch stream. passive income.
- Gotta hustle, can't stop grinding

I wish break rooms with sleeping facilities were more common. A quick nap would be so much more helpful than a gallon of coffee.

No no, you can’t have any wealth afforded to the working class, that’s communism /s
For anyone who thinks this seriously go read The Gospel of Wealth and don’t @ me.
not being so overworked would be nicer
Unfortunately we all know what they would actually be used for.
- Also a great way to decompress on a lunch break
- Sounds to me like we need another room.
- Getting raises?
- Yeah but every good thing is used for some bad purposes too
  That shouldn't stop people from implementing or putting good stuff in the right places
  Having some beds in a break room would be great for the corporate people
What if you drool a lot? asking for a friend
This is some "battered employee" type shit to say.
- Get a load of the guy who has never heard of siestas

I genuinely don't understand how people can nap during a 20 minute break. I need two hours just to consider falling asleep. Unless I'm trying to stay alert, at which point I'll crash immediately, but only as long as I don't actively try to lie down and sleep.

I don't trust anybody who can shut down on command to not be an infiltrated cyborg.

I was a flight attendant in my early 20s. I had no set schedule and often worked really early or really late paired with multiple takeoffs and landings made sleeping on command a necessity. I can usually fall asleep within 10-15 minutes. Faster with airplane engine noise.
I've heard the same from a lot of ex-military folks.
If I'm really exhausted and feel like I'm gonna die but still have to work, I've found that a 15-minute nap is amazing for "taking the edge off" so I can become functional again. If I'm stressed enough I can even have some lucid dreaming happen, or awareness of my surroundings even tho I'm asleep (like sleep paralysis) which is almost as fun. Under normal circumstances, yeah it's hard to nap in under 20 minutes but I bet it'd become easier if I made it a habit.
My personal experience is if you try to nap every afternoon consistently at the same time, your body gets used to the schedule which allows you to get to sleep faster.
- So why doesn’t that work for sleeping at night
You don’t have to be fully asleep for a nap to be restorative. Even if you just lay there with your thoughts (NOT YOUR PHONE!) for 15-30 minutes it can be very beneficial.
I did it all the time working nights. Just close your eyes and konk out. But set an alarm.
- See, that I can do just fine. I haven't heard an alarm clock in decades. Even if I have to wake up at like 4 AM for an early flight I will typically just wake up 30 minutes earlier and check the time. I still set an alarm just in case, but I can just... wake up at the same hour every day naturally (even before sunrise) and fairly reliably early at unusual times.
  But falling asleep on command? That's science fiction.
  When I worked nights I actually ended up having to create some buffer time before falling asleep. Otherwise it was all work-related nightmares every time, all the time. Sure, I was working from home as well, so people who commute back from their night jobs may get that for free, but still.
I got really good at it in college, since I worked the morning shift at FedEx from 2-8, then had classes all day. If I didn't develop the ability to get a nap in between classes I'd never have been able to pay attention. Can't do it anymore though - it might've been that I was just exhausted enough back then to sleep on command, or maybe it's just easier when you're young.
I don't know why, but if I'm sleepy I can fall asleep in a few minutes, and will automatically wake up in either 15 minutes or an hour. I went on a long road trip with a friend, and that freaked him out 🙂. Maybe I'm a cyborg and don't even know it 🤖.

The image is of a health care worker. The missing context is this. It’s common practice for unused (not patient) rooms with recliners and such to be used for naps during breaks. Doctors have designated sleeping rooms they can use whenever, lunch or not. Nurses do not, so they get creative, even going so far as using equipment storage rooms if there’s a recliner in there, but can only sleep during their designated lunch break time.

This staff person appears to have a setup for napping in their car.

I feel called out, this is literally what I do during my lunch break with a camper bed set up in the back. I skip eating lunch altogether because a nap is more energizing than some food

I lay down and sleep in a Smart Car during lunch. I am not short just very tired.

I would but my hungry ass needs food

Yeahim 33 and i do this even if I have to sleep on the ground somewhere. I also have a bed in my car for the same reason. I feel amazing after 15 minutes

Back when I was working at Dell (sales 🤮), I would do this almost every day! Luckily back then, we had hour long lunches so I could eat and then go to my car for a nap.

On night shift, I'd eat for half and sleep for half of my break. Worked out pretty good, 30 mins to eat and 30 min nap.

This is very much my current set up. Glad to see I’m not the only one. There are literally dozens of us.

💔

This makes me miss nap time at preschool.

I don’t because I’m fresh and just starting my day when I go into work, but most on night shift do this

Nah, I just don't sleep ever