Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Sleep-deprived Americans nap in some strange places, survey says
By Diane Mapes

We nap in restaurants, at the movies, in doctors’ offices and even in church. David Wayne, a 50-year-old telecommunications manager from Seattle, says he’s even seen a coworker nod off in the middle of a customer call.

“We had a recognition program which included a ‘Way to go!’ note that you could fill out and give someone for going above and beyond,” he says. “I gave him one that said, ‘Way to go … to sleep.’”

But Wayne’s log-sawing coworker is hardly the first person to nap in an inappropriate place. According to a recent (if somewhat silly) survey by Tempur-Pedic, more than half of the 1,000 people surveyed admitted they’d accidentally fallen asleep in some strange spot, including 12 percent who ponied up to sleeping at their desk or computer at work and 11 percent who confessed they’d dozed off in church.

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