I am the mack daddy when it comes to the twenty-minute power nap. I’m famous for saying, “I’m gonna go to sleep for twenty minutes. I’ll be back soon.” I’ll look at the clock before I close my eyes, calculate what time I need to get up, and sleep for exactly the amount of time I said I would. What can I say? I have a great internal alarm clock. (Most mornings, I wake up one or two minutes before my alarm goes off, too. And I don’t entirely get the concept of a snooze button. It makes me really annoying, I know.)

Unfortunately, the opportunity to display my napping prowess doesn’t come up very often. I mean, how often do you get to lay down in the middle of the work day, right? Well, if these guys had it their way, we’d get to all the time.

Lest you think I’m just a lazy, overly rested lout, please know that I have absolutely no sympathy for those who feel the need to nap for more than thirty minutes. People who require two- or three-hour naps need to re-evaluate their sleeping patterns, as far as I’m concerned.

That said, I’ve never understood why we are taught from our very first day on the planet that we are supposed to eat and then fall immediately asleep only to grow up and have midday snoozes frowned upon. So naturally, I am all for company-sanctioned nap rooms! Wonder how I can get my boss to go for it….

“Lie down and be counted” — afternoon naps for adults

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