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Post by spaceflower on Sept 4, 2016 9:45:54 GMT
I read aboout this on a Swedish forum. A test asked if it is normal to go to a park and eat your lunch there. Everybody thought it normal. Is it normal to go to sleep in the park after lunch? Most found it not normal at all. (Normal = nobody I know would do it) Well, with only half an hour for lunch, who'd have time to take a nap anyway? But I suppose some have longer lunches. Another difference is if you sleep on the grass or on a bench. People sunbathe or rest on the grass, so it would not be that strange if they fell asleep. But on a bench - ner. I would think this person was homeless or had problems with alcohol etc. The police might come and ask you what is the problem. It happened to a person with back pain. So I think it is a cultural thing. In some countries/cities it is ok. When I was in a park in London (love all the parks) I saw one middle-aged woman and one blue-clad man lie on benches. My warning system reacted "danger, get out of here". My daughter said that this was totally normal (she's already gone native ); the man was working in the paus and took a paus and the woman was a tourist. I don't think I would ever lie down on a park bench alone, unless I was very ill. And I would never sleep in a park, unless in company of family/friends (who were awake). I would feel too vulnerable. So do you find it normal where you live? Would you do it?
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Post by tangent on Sept 4, 2016 12:03:08 GMT
I've never seen anyone sleeping on a bench in the park but I imagine some people might doze off in an upright position.
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Post by juju on Sept 4, 2016 12:14:25 GMT
I've just come back from Croatia. On our last day we had 6 hours to kill between leaving our accommodation and the flight home. Tired from sightseeing, we spent some time relaxing in a park, and I laid back on a bench and closed my eyes for at least 20 minutes. Seemed a perfectly normal thing to do.
ETA: I was with my husband. I'm not sure I'd have don it alone, I'd have felt too vulnerable, although Croatia seems a very safe place.
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Post by Elis on Sept 4, 2016 21:34:09 GMT
To mee, it generally seems weird, but that might be because I can't really sleep in public, not unless I'm extremely tired. Even if I had to spend a night at an airport where lots of people were sleeping, I just dozed for a bit. I'd feel too vulnerable just falling asleep out in the open. But if you're on holiday like juju, it would maybe feel different and more normal to me.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Sept 5, 2016 21:42:35 GMT
On a bench would imply a homeless person to me. On the beach in the sun, that would be common enough. I did sleep across some benches when we were stuck at Brunei airport for hours and hours, it wasn't comfortable but there was only our flight at the entire airport so I wasn't too stressed.
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Post by juju on Sept 6, 2016 9:40:40 GMT
Yeah, I've done it often when traveling. And the situation in Croatia counted as traveling - we were in transit.
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Post by yooperguy on Sept 19, 2016 16:27:41 GMT
Never pass up the chance for a good nap.
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