How do I stay awake at work?

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I am SOOO sleepy, but need to stay at work for the next 7 hrs. How do I do this? (PS I hate coffee)

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)

If the taste of coffee is the only problem, take it intravenously.

― robster (robster), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 09:41 (twenty-two years ago)

And the hold music for London MPAS is sending me asleep! Aaaaah!

Intrevenous coffee's a bad idea as well. The coffeee they have here isn't real coffe - its strange sachet stuff from a vending machine, and as such the needle would probably melt.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 09:46 (twenty-two years ago)

do you drink tea? There's plenty of caffeine in there. Or nip to the shop & get some red bull. Open the window & get some fresh air in too.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 09:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I do drink tea, but teh tea's nasty from the machine. I've tried opening the window - all the girls in here moan like buggery.

Red Bull's a good shout though. I may pop down the garage in my break and get hold o' some o' that sweet sweet taurine.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 09:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Running on the spot by your desk for 10 minutes.

― C J (C J), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 09:59 (twenty-two years ago)

fuck it. go home, have nap.

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm thinking about going home and taking a nap, actually. there's hardly anyone at my office today, anyway.

― colette (a2lette), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

that though is soooo tempting Huck!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm tired myself.
I wonder if I could crawl under my desk. Will report back.

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Do it!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

oh there's room. It's a little dusty though, but there's room to stretch out (it's one of these corner units. There's not much to camouflage me down there, but I can hide behind the chair and someone would actually have to be LOOKING down there to see me.
Aside from the stretching out, it's not all that comfortable.
But I'm leaving this page open on my screen:
http://www.exp.ie/advice/ArtofNapping.html

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.napping.com/images/mikeleonard.gif

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

i would love that, napping at work is a great idea!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

sure beats working!

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

*nods* (off)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm pleased to report that I managed to stay awak down to a lunchtime kip and two cans of red bull. Yay me!

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 15:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Now I need to stay awake.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Sugar.

But too much at once might make you loose all your energy.

― Aja (aja), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

new data? I have to make it to 9:30pm on 4 hrs' sleep.

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 18 April 2008 15:31 (seventeen years ago)

Can you power-nap during a lunch break?

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 18 April 2008 15:33 (seventeen years ago)

Ask a coworker to start attacking you at random times. This worked for Inspector Clouseau.

― Aimless, Saturday, 19 April 2008 01:41 (seventeen years ago)

Sudafed
Nicorette
Diet Coke
rubber band around wrist (snap when dozy)

Then this.

― felicity, Saturday, 19 April 2008 02:16 (seventeen years ago)

rubber band around wrist (snap when dozy)

My friend quit biting his nails this way

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Saturday, 19 April 2008 02:17 (seventeen years ago)

Uhh... try and get yr 8hrs the night before...

; )

― Bodrick III, Saturday, 19 April 2008 02:20 (seventeen years ago)

two years pass...

argh

have a bunch of work to do in the next two hours: keep just staring into space

ideas?

― czyczyczyczy comparative (c sharp major), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 16:20 (fifteen years ago)

cold water to drink

― k¸ (darraghmac), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)

why do i stay awake at work tbh

― k¸ (darraghmac), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 16:39 (fifteen years ago)

now i think about it, possibly would also be good to stop googling 'staying awake at work' in lieu of actually working

― czyczyczyczy comparative (c sharp major), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 16:48 (fifteen years ago)

^ short term view, don't approve

― k¸ (darraghmac), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 16:49 (fifteen years ago)

merzbow

― lieutenant jimmy john (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 20:09 (fifteen years ago)

I have that slight hangovery dazedness that is making it very hard to focus on anything, and it is mid afternoon before a 4 day break, so my brain's totally gone byebye. Uuuughhh.

― queen of the toilets, which is in some ways the worst branch of royalty (Trayce), Thursday, 9 September 2010 05:14 (fifteen years ago)

Ans: Kegels.

― Q: What's small, clumsy, and slow? A: A toddler. (Laurel), Thursday, 9 September 2010 13:12 (fifteen years ago)

― peacocks, Thursday, 9 September 2010 13:20 (fifteen years ago)

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