I overslept in the sleeping room

I have something similar to this, once coming home from a twelve hour shift at the restaurant where I was working at the time, I fell asleep on the city bus, which is very unusual for me, because I can't sleep around people I don't know. But I road around it two rounds, before it began to clear out and the bus driver noticed me. He was nice about it, since I had been riding the bus forever. But still I was so embarrassed and on top of that, I ended up totally missing my dinner date with my friends. I hadn't slept well the night before, and I had only been planning to work 8 hours not 12, so I guess my body decided it needed sleep right there and then, with or without my consent.

This has happened a few times, especially when I was exhausted before work. I used to have a part time job which required me to travel. Most of the time, I would get home a few hours before I was scheduled for work. Instead of sleeping at home, I'd bring my overnight bag and my caboodle with me to work, clock in, and then sleep the rest of the hours before I started my shift. I'd make sure someone at the office knew that I was already there in case someone came looking for me. I often overslept for an hour or so, but I try not to do it a lot. But when I was about to leave my job and just working on my endorsements, I would come into the office, work about 4 hours, and then go off the the sleeping quarters, sleep for a good three hours and then come back. I didn't have much work to do then, and I wasn't assigned anything since I was rendering the last 2 weeks at work.

That's too bad - but I guess that is what the "sleeping room" is for! I'm surprised you even have such a thing at your job. I wish they had one at mine! I haven't overslept in a very very long time. I am pretty conditioned to waking up around 5:15 AM (this used to be terribly difficult for me), but now I find that I am a morning person (as long as I get enough caffeine that morning). lol. I haven't overslept since I was an "on call" employee myself. Sometimes with being on call, your schedule gets really screwed up. (There's a clinical name for this, Shift Work Disorder or something like that?) so I can understand that. As long as you don't make a habit of it!

mikyung I have not over slept like what you have said mainly because I have never overworked. there may be some nights when I could not sleep due to asthma problem but still I will get up at the required time and go for work, if I have one. Next time you go to that sleeping room in your office you can keep an alarm and have it connected to your ears so that you will only be disturbed. good day

During my college days I experienced overslept in the train station (MRT) maybe due to lack of sleep and tireness because of non stop studying for the coming final examination. I missed my destination, good thing one of my classmate saw me and wake me up, also luckily that I just need to wait for a few minutes then the train will go back and I can reach my destination without extra payment. Because of the experienced I try not to sleep in any transportation vehicle to prevent myself from oversleeping.

I have also a experience about that when i am on the jeepney going to the market i slept and when i wake up i realize that i missed my destination haha so i asked the driver where i am . hope you understand what i said , my english is not good.

For the most part we do not have those opportunities to sleep while at work here in the US. It might help with some work absenteeism if we did. I think you did the right thing by working an extra hour to make up for what you overslept.

I actually didn't fall asleep, but I once knew someone who did. It went on like this: I went to SF for Spring Break earlier this year (2013). I took the VERY wee early morning train when I took the 4am Amtrak train in Chico. I went there quite early of course for the station. A boy, probably several years my junior sat in a bench right next to me. The station announced the arrival of the train. I was just putting my stuff away when I noticed the boy was not moving. I looked at him wondering why he was not moving at all to the arrival of the train. He looked asleep. I waved at him and used my voice. He did not respond, so I shook him awake. Several times, in fact, until he responded. I asked if he was attending the southbound train. I hoped he had understood what I said, considering he was half asleep when I woke him. Honestly, I nearly hesitated, wasn't sure if he'd appreciate that I woke him, but I figured he would be less happier if he awoke in the station, only to find that everyone had left and he had missed the train. I hoped he didn't miss his destination. Either way, I felt good I didn't let a person miss their train.