Robert Mugabe isn’t sleeping when he closes his eyes during meetings

That’s the difference between presidents and people like you and I: presidents have a spokesperson to come up with an excuse when your Excellency falls asleep in a meeting.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/11/robert-mugabe-isnt-sleeping-when-he-closes-his-eyes-during-meetings-spokesman-says

What are your best excuses? Or strategies for not falling asleep? @malin.akerstrom, who is researching boredom in meetings, might have a some stories to tell?