Survey claims we're sleeping on the job

17 October 2008, Reading Evening Post

Nearly half of all office workers in Reading have seen a colleague nod off, according to yet another survey.
In a new poll conducted by Powwownow, 43 per cent admitted witnessing colleagues enjoying 40 winks in work hours.

This sounds pretty outrageous, but sadly the news comes as little surprise to The diary, who has the dubious pleasure of spending the past year sitting next to a man who has become a grand master of the mid-afternoon power nap.
This snooze king’s shameful ability to enjoy a quick kip at any time of the day, without a moment’s warning, has become legendary here at Tessa Towers.
In fact his slumber record is so glorious that his desk is now affectionately known as “the doze zone”.
Now most of us will admit to indulging in the occasional bout of work avoidance, be it a spot of thumb twirling or facebooking, but few have the audacity to treat their workspace as a cheap hotel.

Andrew Pearce, managing director of Powwownow, said: “The results have certainly been illuminating; although it is slightly concerning that so many workers are dozing off.”
Even more alarming, the survey revealed that a quarter of us have had lusty thoughts about a work colleague.
The Diary desperately hopes this is not the subject of our man’s daydreams.