As I sit here washing slurping down the last vestiges of my soft drink from lunch, I'm reading an article that says to avoid soft drinks in the afternoon as they tend to make you sleepy. Apparently, the sugars in the soft drink cause certain chemical levels to increase in your brain, causing you to become drowsy. This can be a problem for most people in the United States since we still have half a day of work to suffer through before we can take a nap. The article noted how a lot of countries take a siesta time in the afternoon to ward off this drowsiness.
There are several people at my office who believe in this philosophy whether it's allowed or not. I wonder if you could do it and claim it's for medical, cultural, or religious reas....
[Snoring can be heard coming from my cube.]
