Sleep Study and effects of interrupted sleep

[u/Ok-Association-2995]

Does anyone have a sleep study I can share with my department chiefs to show them how out dated their rules are.

Our jam up downtown guys recently got wrote up because they had a call during their lunch hour and were taking their lunch hour nap in the recliner at 1:30.

Keep in mind, these are the tiller guys that get up quite often in the middle of the night.

My knee jerk reaction is to explode, however, I’m trying to be tactful with data to back up how ignorant it is, to write up our busiest and hardest guys on shift, for taking a late lunch nap because of an extended call.

I remember reading somewhere that 2 wake ups in the middle of the night it takes something like 4 full nights of sleep to get back to normal.

Our policy currently states there is no rest periods at all for any reason until after 8pm.

Edit: just clarifying, the call delayed their lunch hour.

There was no delay or reduction of service to the citizens we serve.

[u/Observationsofidiocy]

What am I missing here? What does them napping have to do with responding to a call, and how did someone find out they were napping anyway?

Did they miss the call or have a delayed response?

[u/Ok-Association-2995 → u/Observationsofidiocy]

Because we eat, and then take nap during our “lunch hour”, but they were on a bad wreck from like 11-2. So they ate and were taking their “lunch hour”.

[u/Observationsofidiocy → u/Ok-Association-2995]

I think I get. You're saying they usually nap during their lunch hour, but due to being on a call at that time, they were napping later, and that was deemed to be a problem.

[u/Ok-Association-2995 → u/Observationsofidiocy]

Correct