Having a kip in the car at lunchtimes

[Alf W]

Recently I've been very tired in the mornings, purely as a result of an inability to go to bed on time the night before.

As my contract is in a fairly rural location I've just been driving to a layby next to a field at lunchtimes and having a 30-minute snooze on the back seats - I do have to say it perks me up quite well. Haven't YET been caught by the client.

Still it is a little more civilised than my previous contract, where I was kipping in the well of a shower cubical down in the basement, and the floor of a vacant floor of the office building (a bit dusty that one).

Anyone else have any interesting locations for tactical somnolence (power napping)?

Nipping out at lunchtime to hang around remote rural laybys? Isn't that 'dogging'?

[doodab]

Nipping out at lunchtime to hang around remote rural laybys? Isn't that 'dogging'?

It depends if you come across some other people having sex.

[Lockhouse]

Four hour commute so I sleep on the train going home. Also the occasional 5 min power nap as a top up in the Gents during the day as well to be honest.

[Halo Jones]

It depends if you cum across some other people having sex.

[KentPhilip]

Nipping out at lunchtime to hang around remote rural laybys? Isn't that 'dogging'?

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[zara_backdog]

I used to have a tactical snooze in the server room when I was a permie

Wasn't it too cold? I use to keep my shopping in the server room at one place I worked at. Mind you the roof was nice for a nap in the summer ....."just nipping to the roof to check the transmitter......." worked every time

[BolshieBastard]

Recently I've been very tired in the mornings, purely as a result of an inability to go to bed on time the night before.

As my contract is in a fairly rural location I've just been driving to a layby next to a field at lunchtimes and having a 30-minute snooze on the back seats - I do have to say it perks me up quite well. Haven't YET been caught by the client.

Still it is a little more civilised than my previous contract, where I was kipping in the well of a shower cubical down in the basement, and the floor of a vacant floor of the office building (a bit dusty that one).

Anyone else have any interesting locations for tactical somnolence (power napping)?

WTF has it got to do with the client? You dont get paid for lunchtime do you?

I have a kip nearly every lunchtime on the client's car park. Hasnt stopped me working for them in nearly 5 years on 3 separate contracts.

[shaunbhoy]

WTF has it got to do with the client? You dont get paid for lunchtime do you?

I have a kip nearly every lunchtime on the client's car park. Hasnt stopped me working for them in nearly 5 years on 3 separate contracts.

Yeah but to be fair, McDonalds take much less keen an interest in what the odd Johnny Two Stars might do in his downtime. They are probably just glad you have given up knocking one out in the gents.

[Freamon]

About 6-7 years ago at the Inland Revenue, some of the permies used to roll in to work just before 10am, play about 20 mins of freecell and then get straight down the canteen and slump in the corner. Sleep for about 2 hours and then have lunch, go upstairs and do a couple of hours freecell/staring at the screen and knock off around 3:30. Not sure if they still do this.

[shaunbhoy]

About 6-7 years ago at the Inland Revenue, some of the permies used to roll in to work just before 10am, play about 20 mins of freecell and then get straight down the canteen and slump in the corner. Sleep for about 2 hours and then have lunch, go upstairs and do a couple of hours freecell/staring at the screen and knock off around 3:30. Not sure if they still do this.

I think they have subsequently lost this trojan work ethic, and let things go a bit.