falling asleep during meetings at work

[gary r]

just had the longest hour of my life,trying to stay awake during a boring work meeting in a hot stuffy room!!kept nodding off,even biting my lip and poking myself with a pen didnt help.

 

[Kies]

toptip: tilt laptop screen and browse CC when a meeting gets really boring

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Kids bought me these a while ago, haven't tested them out yet but they seem really realistic.

 

[Maverick Goose]

Have you tried playing lingo bingo?

 

[Archie_tect]

Kids bought me these a while ago, haven't tested them out yet but they seem really realistic.

Complete with Conchita Wurst eye make-up... you'll look a million dollars 3BM.

 

[Saluki]

Have you tried playing lingo bingo?

I use to love that when we went to meetings, back when I had a proper job We called it Buzzword Bingo though.

 

[Cold]

I work with someone who starts to nod off as soon as the meeting starts can be very funny as his eyes start to go and his head is flopping about.

 

[jefmcg]

Just you falling asleep? If so, it might not be the room all the meeting, but you.

I had a snoring problem, and after 3 sleep tests and a questionaire, they ruled out sleep apnea. But I had the snoring surgery, and suddenly I stopped falling asleep during meetings so I must have had sleep apnea, and was not getting a good nights sleep.

just putting it out there

(before that, I'd walk around during meetings: better to look a little weird than to start drooling )

 

[Ganymede]

A trick I learnt from an old journalist was to lick your finger and wet your eyelids. The cooling effect distracts you and makes you keep your eyes open. TBH it doesn't work for long... Eating carbs has a soporific effect, which is why the post-lunch slot at conferences is such a bad one to get as a speaker.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Jab a ballpoint an inch or two into your thigh. that'll keep you wide awake and perky. though others may find the screams distracting.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I use to love that when we went to meetings, back when I had a proper job We called it Buzzword Bingo though.

we used to play that at school with one of our teachers; an American physics teacher. We used to keep a score card of how many times she said "yes", "ok" or "yes ok"... when we finally got caught, it was the turn of the brightest girl in the class to keep the score card (private school) so we got away with it. Instead of a bollocking she actually saw the funny side of it the next lesson... It seemed she had no idea how often she said one of those 3 words/phrases. It was not uncommon for it to be in 3 figures for a double lesson lasting 85 minutes!

 

[screenman]

I find making a positive contribution to a meeting helps keep me awake, I understand not all meetings are the same.

 

[buggi]

i have this trouble ALL the time! Writing down what they are saying helps. But i also have the concentration span of a fish which doesn't help either.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I find making a positive contribution to a meeting helps keep me awake, I understand not all meetings are the same.

You leave?

 

[gary r]

I work with someone who starts to nod off as soon as the meeting starts can be very funny as his eyes start to go and his head is flopping about.

That was me! Head nodding and eyes half shut !