Wednesday, 13 September 2006

Asleep on the job

Discovered today that my colleagues keep a hammock (the sort that comes with it's own portable frame to sling it from) in a cupboard in our room at work.

It's for long, late shifts when waiting to restart or check the system whilst a 3rd party is modifying or fixing a vital component.

Apparently our higher level management (who are highly unlikely to be in work at 04:00 AM themselves) disapprove of this - "this is a place of work, not of sleep", but we haven't actually been told not to use it, hence it's discretely tucked away.

I've been told that it works quite well, and is reasonably comfortable once you've got used to it's swinging and the "at sea" feeling this induces.

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