[geeks] Sleepy.

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 01:09:23PM -0500, Jennifer Sharp wrote:
> >Well, I wasn't specifically told this here (since I never was
> >scheduled for the orientation I was supposed to get, presumably), but
> >at many places, sleeping on the job is a firing offense, but sleeping
> >in class is usually just embarrasing.  At least that what I felt when
> >I was told I was snoring in Bio last Tuesday.  The professor doesn't
> >know me, but I don't look like a party kid.  I'm frequently mistaken
> >for an Adult Continuing Ed person.
> 
> If you wanna hear some scary sh*t about falling asleep on the job, I can
> regale you with stories of my ex who, while driving across Houston in 5pm
> traffic to a jobsite, would fall completely asleep. I mean out cold. It used
> to scare me BAD! However, it gave me a good reason to slap the crap out of
> him. Of course he had Sleep Apnea induced Narcolepsy so when he did sleep OH
> BOY did he snore!

I don't have that problem, I think.  I just am over-stressed and
under-slept.  When I am not feeling compelled to stay up past two then
rise at six, I generally feel fine and don't have trouble with dozing
off.  I don't believe I've ever dosed off while driving.

> I also know of another person who, while driving down to Florida, kept
> falling asleep at the wheel of his Porche, (*AHEM*) due to the same reason.
> I won't name names but he knows who he is.

I think we all know who he is.  

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd