Posted on 02/01/2007 8:11:11 AM PST by definitelynotaliberal
French health minister seeks nap study
The French already enjoy a 35-hour work week and generous vacation. 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 says.
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.
As the French take their naps, the Jihad grows.
So that's John Kerry's problem. He missed nappies. and here are along I just thought he was a spoiled, arrogant, traitorous, fortune-hunter.
Don't let me interrupt your nap sweetheart!. Can I get you a glass of warm milk? Perhaps you would like to talk to your mommy? Let me tuck you in with your favorite Teddy Bear! If God wanted you to work he would have willed your A$$ to stay awake! Get out of my face! I'm going to rip your b@lls off so you can't contaminate the world!
And dumb as a box of rocks, but he did put an oh so French affectation to the name "Ghengis Kahn" when admitting to commiting War Atrocities.
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