Desk nappers

HELSINKI – One in four Europeans has fallen asleep in the workplace, with the Irish leading the pack but the Dutch able to stifle their yawns best, according to a survey released on Monday.

“Long workdays, routine tasks, meetings that drag on, and staring into the monitor are prompting workers around Europe to fall asleep at their workplace,” one of the survey’s co-authors, Internet jobs site Jobline, said in a statement. The poll showed 24 per cent of respondents had fallen asleep either at their desk, in a meeting or in the toilet.Thirty-nine per cent said they had not fallen asleep at work, but had to make an effort to stay awake.Close to 40 per cent of Irish participants said they had fallen asleep at work, usually at their desks, while 80 per cent of Dutch respondents said they had never slept at the office.- Nampa-ReutersThe poll showed 24 per cent of respondents had fallen asleep either at their desk, in a meeting or in the toilet.Thirty-nine per cent said they had not fallen asleep at work, but had to make an effort to stay awake.Close to 40 per cent of Irish participants said they had fallen asleep at work, usually at their desks, while 80 per cent of Dutch respondents said they had never slept at the office.- Nampa-Reuters