Since PwC here in Princeton, NJ has been working on average 16-18 hours a day (some more than others) I though it appropriate to write a salute on Being Tired.
So the first category, is DROWSINESS Tired. This is often accompanied by excessive yawning, nodding of the head and bone cracking stretching. This is where I would put about 1/2 of my co-workers. I also like to call this stage the sleepwalking while you work stage.
Then there's EXTREME-EXHAUSTION-DUE-TO-PROLONGED-SLEEP-DEPRIVATION Tired. In this stage, some people claim to not even be tired anymore. They are so beyond tired that they don't recognize that their body has been shutting down and that their eyes are actually no longer open when they walk from their cubes to the washroom.
There's also the WHY-NOT-HAVE-A-TRIPLE-EXPRESSO-CAPPACCINO-FROM-STARBUCKS-AT-4:30-IN-THE-MORNING Tired......closely followed with WHY-IS-STARBUCKS-NOT-OPEN-UNTIL-5AM!! Tired. Not to be confused with SO-TIRED-WE'RE-DRINKING-12-HOUR-OLD-BEEN SITTING-ON-MY-DESK-NASTY-COFFEE Tired. This (I guess since us pregnant girls have to go sans-caffeine) is where you decide that a triple shot really wouldn't not wake you up let along hinder your sleep.
Let us not forget the WHY-NOT-JUST-STAY-UP-UNTIL-EVERYBODY-ELSE-GETS-INTO-WORK-SO-WHAT-IF-WE'RE-WEARING-THE-SAME-CLOTHES Tired. One figures at this point that you mind as well just stay up since sleeping for 3 hours and coming back to work may just make you more tired than if you hadn't slept at all.
Now, I'm sure that there are many other categories of being tired. I've been mostly focussed on the types that one sees in an office.
I also need to add that nothing bugs tired people more than having a new person work ONE day and claim that they themselves are as tired as you have been.
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A few days ago I was able to sleep 9 hours so now I'm back to DROWSINESS stage. But before that, I wasn't sure what stage I was in. I was so tired, that every sound bit I heard was magnified. The sound of typing echoed in my head, and the noises of paper flipping and hole punching was so loud it could almost cause migraine. And I snapped on anyone who talked to me for more than 5 seconds.
Somebody please convince me that this job (and PAY) is worth it.
no more working that long! you have a baby to take care of.. WHOA-MAN!
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