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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostWhy ever not?
While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostYou really ought to be getting a blowie off of the directors pa.Comment
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Originally posted by zamzummim View PostI really think rooms for power naps are so important, in another bank we used to have a kind of a first aid room where people sneaked in for a nap if they are jet lagged or something.
The other option is use the prayer rooms/multi- faith room, most big organisations would have one, and in fact any one including meditating Buddhist can use these rooms to meditate.
I got so used to it that my next contract was a nightmare as there was no where to sleep. I was seriously considering kitting out the disabled toilet with a hammock, move the roof tiles back at the corners of the room and permanently fix 2 hooks to the wall, then the hammock could stored above the ceiling and the roof tiles put back when not in use. The snoring was always the big worry.
Any slight chance I ever had of getting contract work out of this forum is totally gone now.Comment
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I cannot power knap. But many moons ago when I did my university placement there was another student at the same placement who was doing that full-time and had another eight hour night job.
He'd have four hours before coming in and then at lunch we'd go to the restaurant. It was an hour break back then, and he sidle off for 30 minutes and power knap on a sofa. In the afternoon hed also do a 15 minute snooze.
Ive never seen anyone before or since who could on demand just snooze. It was like a switch he turned off and then his alarm went like 'In Like Flynn' and he was bolt upright. Weird.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostI can never get to bed early, anything before midnight and I just can't sleep and end up with less actual sleep than if I had just waited till I felt properly tired.
The only exception is if I'm either ill, drunk or so tired I can't think straight.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostI cannot power knap. But many moons ago when I did my university placement there was another student at the same placement who was doing that full-time and had another eight hour night job.
He'd have four hours before coming in and then at lunch we'd go to the restaurant. It was an hour break back then, and he sidle off for 30 minutes and power knap on a sofa. In the afternoon hed also do a 15 minute snooze.
Ive never seen anyone before or since who could on demand just snooze. It was like a switch he turned off and then his alarm went like 'In Like Flynn' and he was bolt upright. Weird.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostThat is because there is no such thing as power knapping.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostI'll ******* knap you in a minuteComment
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostPhysical exercise is one way. Jogging / cycling / swimming.
It makes feck all differenceCoffee's for closersComment
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