The National Sleep Foundation released a survey today that found that one-third of respondents reported they had fallen asleep or had become very sleepy during the last month at work. My first thought was, "Just one-third, huh?" My second thought was, "What jobs do these people do?" (And, did you know that this week is National Sleep Awareness Week?)

CNN.com was apparently thinking the same way, as its report on the survey noted that the impact of falling asleep on the job has a lot to do with the job being done. They mentioned, specifically, security guards at a nuclear power plant.

Say you're a truck driver or a pilot--falling asleep on the job would be very, very bad. Say you're a major league pitcher--falling asleep on the job would be bad for your team but would provide some great entertainment (and YouTube fodder). I certainly wouldn't want to be on the business end of a scalpel brandished by a sleepy surgeon.

What if you're an IT manager? I can see a help-desk queue a mile long after just a quick snooze. (But who wouldn't get sleepy during some of those long and boring data migrations?)

What if you're an editor? I guess the impact of falling asleep at the keyboarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr