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Pillows to help workers snooze at desk

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Re: Pillows to help workers snooze at desk

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Post by baby »

phyzome wrote: post #25

So glad I work from home these days. Napping in the office was always uncomfortable -- one shitty cot in a nap room that wasn't always available and where the door didn't even lock. Sometimes I crawled under a desk or behind a cubicle. And that nap room was considered an amenity! But now I have my own bed, so instead of being a completely miserable and unproductive zombie, I can take a proper nap and then be alert an…

I had a friend that used to go in the staircase in the back of the office after lunch so he could take a nap. IMO that’s the biggest downside of “working”, alongside commute and timezones.

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Post by elicash »

GordonS wrote: post #6

I saw a travel version of this recently, for use on airplanes, trains etc. Seems like a good idea (apart from folk reclining their seats mid-snooze), but they also seemed way too bulky to be useful for travelling. What I need is a truly portable version!

Yeah there’s an inflatable version but it doesn’t work well if the person in front of you reclines. If it was four inches taller you’d have the bottom part on your lap rather than the tray and it’d be pretty great

https://www.amazon.com/Inflatable-Airplane-inflatable-Sleepi...

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Post by RIMR »

PlunderBunny wrote: post #18
rasz wrote: post #12

As a salaryman you are supposed to not leave office before your boss AND pretend to be working, pillow defeats the objective.

But do the Japanese (and I'm rather grossly referring to a homogeneous proxy here) see it that way? Isn't it considered good to be tired at work, to the point where it's considered virtuous to be tired in the afternoon (because you've been working so hard)? I'm not saying this is a good thing, but just questioning whether - in a Japanese company - having a nap at your desk is considered 'bad'.

Sleeping is not seen as lazy in Japan. You are correct that sleeping is viewed as the consequence of working hard. Public sleeping is common in Japan.

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bisby wrote: post #17

I was able to get a tour of 's factory. And it was super cool. My mother in law was with me and she was very surprised. "They have a cafeteria with cheap, great food, showers, rooms with beds for naps. This is awesome!" she said. I replied with, "Because they never want you to leave, they want you to live at the factory and work 24/7." ... She then went, "Well, that is a lot less exciting then." A 12-12:30 lunchtime…

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Re: Pillows to help workers snooze at desk

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Post by pcl »

smeej wrote: post #3

I have a skeletal deformity in my neck that causes severe cervicogenic headaches. One of the best ways to relieve them is to rest the front of my head on something, or even push against it. If anyone finds a place these are available in the U.S., please let me know. This could be a game-changer for me where nothing else works well.

Looks like there are all sorts of adjustable massage table headrests on Amazon — perhaps one of them would do the trick?

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Post by standardUser »

lettergram wrote: post #11
squiffsquiff wrote: post #8

So an illustration of the sheer inhumanity of some work environments

Yeah it’s inhumane to work all day 0_o

You're right, there is certainly nothing in our evolutionary history to suggest that "working all day" is a natural human way of being.

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Post by robertlagrant »

standardUser wrote: post #37
lettergram wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah it’s inhumane to work all day 0_o

You're right, there is certainly nothing in our evolutionary history to suggest that "working all day" is a natural human way of being.

Pretty sure a lot of people worked all day. The difference is they probably slept all night as well.
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