Taking a nap during break time is very common in any industry, resting as you are trying to replenish your almost drained energy so you can get back on track. A nap is a short period of sleep, typically taken during daylight hours. Napping for 20 minutes can help refresh the mind, improve overall alertness, increase productivity, and minimize mistakes and accidents.
Most road traffic accidents we're attributed to drivers feeling sleepy while driving. Taking a short nap before driving can reduce a person's risk of being drowsy to avoid putting yourself and others being harmed. If you feel you are about to doze off when driving, you should rest immediately, drink caffeinated beverages and take a power nap.
Working at night shifts may cause fatigue and performance impairments. Our body's automatic response is to sleep at night, making it almost sleep-deprived for those who are night shift workers. Despite being asleep the whole day, you will still feel sleepy working at night. A combination of taking naps and consuming caffeine to cope with sleepiness during graveyard shift has been found to be effective and beneficial.
It is also believed that napping may relieve headaches.
One of our staff created this poem for me, it's been years ago but I was able to keep a copy of this precious piece.
Once I stole a nap
While coding on a rap
Feel sleepy while on work
No jup to give a joke.
Close my eyes
My head I lay
On the table
Near the gable.
Jerking, Land, Jup, and Ceiling
All feels sleepy but laughing
'Bout the ways and mays
'Bout jokes and gags.
Ms AJ came to check
To wreck the peck
Stop the killer on the loose
Catch the thief for a snap.
But all woke up and smell her essence
Oh, my! Oh, my!
Once I stole a nap but AJ
Took it away!
