Sleeping On A Park Bench
Image by Ian Huges

Tony Schwartz has an article on Harvard Business Review titled: “Why Companies Should Insist that Employees Take Naps“.

For be it from me to argue with Tony on the content of his article. I’ve noticed the benefits of napping as a tool to increase productivity myself and probably would take way more of them if I was better at time management.

However, I do have to raise an eyebrow at the soundness of mind behind a suggestion that while at work…

If you work in a cubicle, see if you can find a quiet space for your nap, even if it means leaving the building and taking your nap on a park bench, at a Starbucks or in a local library.

The emphasis was, of course, mine.

Seriously Tony, I have no idea where you live, but I would love to visit the utopia where I can go sleep on a park bench and not get hassled by police (it’s illegal in some places), pick pocketed, robbed (not necessarily by the police), or any of a hundred other unsavory things.

For those of you who may actually try Tony’s suggestion eHow has a guide to sleeping on a park bench (both day an night time) that includes this little tip:

Carry a small pocketknife or a can of mace for self-defense. Only sleep on a bench if it is your last resort.

Published by Paul O'Flaherty

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