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In reply to the discussion: Have you fallen asleep at work? [View all]no_hypocrisy
(46,670 posts)11. Never, however . . . . .
I have been fired as a substitute teacher more than once on that accusation. I don't have narcolepsy. I sleep 9 hours a night. I drink strong coffee in the morning. The kids are noisy. I could take a pill for sleeping and still be wide awake. I'm on summer break and I promise you that I don't nod off during the day or evening.
The MO is that short of a video and witnesses, you can't prove you WEREN'T sleeping. The schools just use that as an excuse to stop using you as a sub.
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Staring at a monitor, it's easy to doze off. I just hope I don't drool on myself when it happens.
Arkansas Granny
Aug 2019
#4
I woke up to a General standing over me once during an army training exercise.
bluedigger
Aug 2019
#7
I had been flying the Ho Chi Minh Trail most of the night during operation Lam Son 719.
DemoTex
Aug 2019
#13
The irony is that since I'm retired I can sleep as long as I chose, but seldom do.
elocs
Aug 2019
#21
When I was in my 20s I had a work physical and complained about having to 'go' a lot.
elocs
Aug 2019
#44
In my early working life, I used to have my main meal in the Company canteen, at lunch time. It
OnDoutside
Aug 2019
#50