How dew yew expect me to werk when I'hm sooo tired?? Leeeve me alone!!!
Posted on 01/31/2007 7:47:28 AM PST by Millee
The French already enjoy a 35-hour work week and generous vacations. Now the health minister wants to look into whether workers should be allowed to sleep on the job.
France launched plans this week to spend $9 million this year to improve public awareness about sleeping troubles. About one in three French people suffer from them, the ministry said.
Fifty-six percent of French complain that a poor night's sleep has affected their job performance, according to the ministry.
"Why not a nap at work? It can't be a taboo subject," Health Minister Xavier Bertrand said Monday. He called for further studies and said he would promote on-the-job naps if they prove useful.
France's state-run health insurance provider will send letters explaining the importance of good sleep. The Health Ministry's Web site offers tips on how best to get a good night's rest.
The ministry's online "Passport to Sleep" recommends cutting down on coffee, tea, colas and athletic activity after 8 p.m., shunning TV time or working late in the evening, and listening better to the body's own sleep signals, such as yawning.
Bertrand said sleepiness causes 20 percent to 30 percent of highway accidents across France each year.
How dew yew expect me to werk when I'hm sooo tired?? Leeeve me alone!!!
Well, you have to wonder what they're doing when they should be sleeping...
Perhaps it's their subconscious' telling them something.
Some government workers have been snoozin' on the job for a very long time. It must be in the job description.
I thought I was the only one who had that problem! I've even been staring at the ceiling and wondering some nights at what point I woke up and how long I'd been staring...
You know, I've heard about that. And I'm calling the IG about it right now.
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
The IG's too busy to look into my complaint. Devoting all his resources to finding a way to hang Scooter Libby. I'll call back tomorrow.
I have three children ages 4 yrs, 2 yrs & 3 months.
I wake up at all those same times...I just know why.
And then you finally get to sleep around five, and then the alarm goes off!
I think nights like that are one reason God created sick days.
Given my experience with three nieces, I bet you're not "waking up" so much as "being woken," sometimes noisily.
French history gradually goes downhill following the Napoleonic Age. It may be so many years of war drained the national gene pool. And as the saying goes: What can you expect from a race that fight with their feet and f*** with their faces?
My daddy was a pharmacist for 40+ years. He had a couch in his office at work, and he would take a 15 to 20 minute nap every afternoon. Of course, he worked from 6:00AM until midnight. He LOVED working.
No kidding! Usually I can't even figure out why I didn't sleep well.
Another good tip from your government controlled health care system~!!
And it ONLY cost $9 million~!
I can't wait til we have Hilliary! Health Care
Donna Shalala was on Colbert last night and said Hilliary's best qualification was that she had made mistakes in the past (on health care) and so has "learned from them". On that basis we should hire real screwups because they made so many mistakes they must surely have learned a lot.
A real rock solid endorsement
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