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Nap desks
- ljk 11y agoThe way the pillow sits on the slanted wall doesn't look comfortable, is it ergonomical?
- k__ 11y agoIt's so you can watch the screen better. When you sleep you can slide down.
- DrinkWater 11y agoHow come there are no George Costanza references ?
- rglover 11y agoJust came to post this https://youtu.be/W__qCFWi1KA?t=2m14s https://youtu.be/W__qCFWi1KA?t=2m14s
- greggman 11y agoThe potential for abuse seems high to me. I say that as someone what worked at a company where people kept sleeping bags near the their desk so they could stay all night to meet deadlines. I've also worked at companies that had rooms full of cots for sleeping over night when on a deadline even though apparently the laws in that country, Japan, prohibit sleeping over night at the office. Japan is notorious for not actually enforcing their labor laws.
- shake_ 11y agoI would run the other way if this was advertised as a plus at a company. To me, "We have nap desks!" denotes a certain expectation of working unsustainable amounts of hours.
- zyxley 11y agoYeah, basically the only way this wouldn't scare me off would be if it was explicitly advertised as a siesta-style schedule - e.g. everybody works X hours/day but with a break of an hour or two in the middle of the day to do whatever... and even only then if I was actually convinced it wouldn't be used to pressure for unpaid work.
- porter 11y agoWhy is it not surprising that this was invented in Greece?
- amelius 11y agoBut how to avoid coworkers from pulling pranks on you while you sleep?
- anon8764 11y agoby working in an environment of adults :)
- vog 11y agoIn that case you won't need it at all, as in an "environment of adults" you would have a responsible boss who is capable of proper project management, so you won't have to work through the night just to meet deadlines.
- hk__2 11y agoNaps are good even if you don’t work through the night.
- senorprogrammer 11y agoThe moment you have a baby, you immediately regret all the times past that you could have napped and didn't.
- amelius 11y agoI was hoping for a technical solution.
- OJFord 11y agoFirewall?
- maresca 11y agoAlthough it'll never happen, I wish the US would adopt siestas.
- jqm 11y agoI adopted siestas years ago. When I worked at companies I would often take a nap at lunch in my car parked in a shady spot. Now I have my own office I still take a 15 minute- half hour nap most days (but on my own time). I'm a firm believer that to be at their best, people should eat and sleep when they feel the need.
- hapless 11y agoI would be elated if I had a desk that was longer than I am tall. That would nearly double the size!
- zyxley 11y agoI have a desk like that (one out of a set rebuilt from giant wooden doors, of all things), but I find I only use maybe 6/10ths of the space.
- douche 11y agoSome kind of anti-ad-blocking script causing the images to disappear a second after loading all the other Pintrest shit? Sorry, don't care that much.
- fataliss 11y agoIs the next thing the "studio desk" with small kitchen and bathroom attached? Why commute after all? Live at the office.
- ianamartin 11y agoI worked at a company that had a room with a couple of cots for people to grab a quick power nap. They took it away because certain people were having their significant others over for lunch and using them for sex. :(
- ianlevesque 11y agoBut did that increase productivity?
- ianamartin 11y agoGood question. I'm not sure anyone thought to ask. That place was such a madhouse, I'm kind of surprised that was something people complained about.
- RevRal 11y agoYeah, conjugal visits at work would be great :).
- r00fus 11y agoI was just thinking about this today - have nap rooms with some privacy glass that is opaque enough so the nap room users don't feel like they're in a fishbowl, yet transparent enough so it's obvious when other "relief" action is going on (and the users know it) - and tell the users they're recorded through the glass. Make sure the room is not unlit though. Daytime naps shouldn't require darkness.
- JoshTriplett 11y ago> Make sure the room is not unlit though. Daytime naps shouldn't require darkness. Darkness actually makes it much easier to fall asleep, and to get deeper sleep.
- oaktowner 11y agoWe have these[1] at work. Close the hatch and you block out the light and I assume feel some sense of privacy, but there's certainly no hiding a second person in there with you. [1] http://d3z1rkrtcvm2b.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Google.jpg http://d3z1rkrtcvm2b.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/...
- weatherlight 11y agoThis would be awesome anywhere than the place I get paid to work. The abuse potential is way too hi.
- dreamfactory2 11y agoWhat is with all the comments about 'potential for abuse'? Are so many people in so many offices really like little children trying to get paid for as little work as possible - or is this just some kind of twisted disciplinarianism leaking out? From what I see of people regularly staying late, and working through lunch with a sandwich in one hand and typing with the other, on average the opposite problem holds...
- tgb 11y agoI believe at least one of the two "abuse" comments is referring to the company abusing it by using it as an excuse to demand more overtime, less time at home, etc. That, I believe, is a legitimate fear.
- kin 11y agoThis is pretty cool and all but a comfy office couch is pretty sufficient for power naps during siesta hour.
- nicklo 11y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nap https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nap
- mrinterweb 11y agoWhy is there a monitor on the bottom? Is the monitor used for watching TV/Movies? I can understand the benefit of naps at work, but a TV? Come on. If you must watch recreational videos, do so upstairs on your normal monitor. Also overhang of the desk suggests that your feet would occupy that space when sitting. Why is the monitor facing away and the chair on the wrong side? The staging of this nap desk, makes me suspicious.
- calbear81 11y agoRe: the overhang - that was so obvious and the fact that the writer didn't know why you would need that suggests they have never sat at a work desk.
- snorkel 11y agoSee the Seinfeld episode when George Costanza hires a contractor to furnish a hidden napping space under his desk.
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- theVirginian 11y agoI cant imagine how uncomfortable it would be to nap at someone's feet or have someone else napping at my feet while I'm trying to work. If it were a dog bed though that would be nice. I could work with a four-legged companion at my feet.
- cblock811 11y agoHow large would your offices have to be to realistically accommodate a team of people using these desks? They look neat to me but I can't imagine buying them because of the spacial concerns alone.