Lazy coworker routinely sleeps 5 hours of her 12-hour shift, new manager photographs her: ‘She sees the phone still in his hands, and puts two and two together. She says, "Did you just take a picture of me while I was unconscious?"’

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Olivia Arocena • Writer and Editor
Oct 2, 2026 1:45 PM EDT

Sometimes you have to accept defeat

We can't pull off a perfect Uno reverse every day; sometimes it goes badly. It's better to accept defeat than to play dumb. As a society, we have forgotten that it's noble to admit your own mistakes.

It must be beautiful, though, for this employee to see that his least favourite coworker finally got what she deserved. Hey! I'm not against nap time being allowed in workplaces, but those naps shouldn't last for half your shift.

Obviously, this lady was meditating to improve her work, not sleeping. So HR now has to explain this and say sorry.

This is a fascinating scene that subverts who gets to occupy the position of the observer and who becomes the observed.  This woman should get a standing ovation. If we all learned to defend ourselves like that, maybe we would get so much more from life.

I would not be surprised if this lady got her way after this. Whoever gets to establish what the story is really about- whether it's about her being asleep during work hours or her being harassed- is who wins. You see, it's all about narrative control, and she pulled a magic trick to regain it- chapeau.

She is not denying what happened, but she is making the photograph the questionable object. Indeed, it's not okay for people to take pictures of you while you're unconscious. I'm not defending the fact that she was asleep when she should be working, but you have to admit it: the way she handled it is super funny.

This woman didn't learn how to accept defeat gracefully, but she sure learned how to flip a script and manipulate the narrative in her favour. I mean, we have to recognize talent. We have to give credit where credit is due.

If you want to know what happens when somebody is caught doing something they shouln't have been doing, read below.

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  • She tried to play the Uno reverse card.

    There is a woman at my job that is incredibly lazy and, to be honest, incompetent at her job. She works the night shift (when there is only a few people around) and she will routinely sleep 4-5 hours of her 12 hour shift.
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  • We just got a new manager and since he has to cover both the day and night shifts he has been getting in super early to have some coverage with both shifts. He comes in and she is sleeping at her desk. He talks to another
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  • coworker about it. "How often is this happening" questions and the like. Manager takes out his phone and takes a picture of her sleeping to show HR. Manager is still talking to the other coworker when the sleeping lady
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  • wakes up. She sees the phone still in his hands, and puts two and two together. She says "did you just take a picture of me while I was
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  • unconscious?" And starts acting like this is harassment and she has an HR issue with him. Hilarious.
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    Mandatory nap

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  • SweetBabyJane90120 Older neighbor was caught sleeping on night shift and kept her eyes closed for a beat and then said, "amen" before sitting up. That lady was a hoot.
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  • Reader6547 Here I work! Polishing this desk! Closely examining the wood grain! You try to say that I sleep at work!
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    You've just been UNO reversed

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