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Monday, September 27, 2010
Afternoon naps
In Taiwan, companies give their employees a little more than an hour to eat lunch and take a nap. It's ridiculous.
12:00... a bell goes off, and people scramble for the cafeteria, where they quickly eat their lunches. They pick up their plates without saying goodbye and they rush off back to their work seats to spend some quality time... online.
12:15... Lights off.
12:20... Surfing Yahoo! News. It's the safest for work, especially when you have bosses behind you. Streaming a movie or surfing Facebook would be a little too much.
12:30... Employees knock out like it's past midnight. They even bring pillows and extra jackets.
1:10... The alarm goes off, and everybody wakes up. Sort of. They sit there dazed, expressionless, and they're not very happy to see you.
1:15... Everyone ACTUALLY wakes up. They turn back on their computer screens, and everyone opens up their e-mails.
1:15 - 1:45... Nobody wants to make noise, really... or talk to anybody else.
1:45... Finally, this awkward silence lifts.
That's Taiwan. China, too. Since kindergarten, everyone is given an afternoon nap time.. all the way through high school. I guess they're just continuing the tradition.
It's funny, because Mike Chang and I were talking about this, and we had the exact same story to tell. Not only that, we both exclaimed how the first few weeks we feel like tough Americans who don't take afternoon naps. Now, we're always dying to get some afternoon nap time!
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hey your blog is really cool!
i saw it through the NTU foreign students website. i want to travel abroad to Taiwan, too!
keep it up :]
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