A survey of 1000 people was taken by the National Sleep Foundation to find that the average person is getting about six hours and 40 minutes of sleep a night. The amount of sleep a person should be getting to be at full potential is seven hours. In the last month how many people have become sleepy or even fell asleep on the job? About one-third of the people surveyed! At a Pennsylvania nuclear plant people noticed that security guards were sleeping on the job. According to the arcticle Survey: One-third of workers catching zzz's on job, "It wasn't until a videotape of guards sleeping in a "ready room" at the Peach Bottom plant in south-central Pennsylvania surfaced several months after it got the tip that the NRC announced in September a special investigation." Many people blame the fact that work is keeping them up late at night because of the longer days they put in. According to the survey average wake up time was 5:35 a.m. while bedtime was 10:53 p.m. This is an interesting case study because sleep is very important but many do not get enough. People try to function on only six hours and that hurts their performance, physically and emotionally, during the day.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/03/sleep.job.ap/index.html
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