It makes so much more sense for the working day to be broken up. There should be a morning session, followed by an extended 2 hour plus lunch/siesta time, followed by an afternoon/evening session. In HK lunch is sacrosanct anyway. You will never find anyone at their desk during that precious hour. But I'm taking it one step further. There needs to be a bigger gap. Either you can go out and enjoy a leisurely lunch or you can have a siesta. How many times have you come into work just thinking about that time, long distant, where you could lay down your weary head for a little nap time? A visit to the Slumber King? At least this way employers would get half a productive day out of an otherwise hungover/sleep deprived/exhausted/completely shagged out employee. Plus it would benefit the economy. Not just productivity, but imagine the increase in restaurant and hotel industries. Not to mention those who work as ladies of the night can also work as ladies of the day.

Let's start this now. Today, I want you to say to your boss "I'm taking a 2 hour Simon Work Siesta^TM *". If the reply is "Great, so am I" you know that (a) you have a great boss and (b) you've now got 2 hours up your sleeve. If the reply is "What are you talking about?" then best come back with something witty like "Lookout, here comes Halley's Comet!", turn and run. Your boss knows you are crazy anyway so this will just confirm it. Add to the effect by talking to yourself about the "near miss" you saved your boss from to co-workers and changing topics mid-sentence, e.g. "Yes, I think we should upgrade the servers and how about those Wallabies huh?" That should at least guarantee you an interuption free afternoon while you enjoy your Simon World Siesta^TM in your cubicle.

Please don't thank me. Just another service of this blog.

* I take no responsibility for anyone that actually follows this advice.