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Coffin Hotels Opening Near You
An anonymous reader writes "Britain will soon see the launch of a chain of automated, short-term hotels for travelers and businesspeople." From the article: "Each soundproof cabin will contain a sofa that converts into a double bed, a pull down desk, closet space, adjustable mood lighting, a shower, wireless Internet, an iPod connection and a flat-screen TV. Check-in and check-out will be automated, but food and drinks will be available."
A lot of people in the business world are dead inside
You insensitive clod!
What about my Creative Zen?
"The likes of Facebook and WhatsApp are free to those whose privacy is of zero value."
must be quite an experience
"Sound proof and bookable for 4 hour periods...."
Sounds like the perfect resource for hookers and hitmen!
Am I the only one who could care less how weird and uncomfortable these things are so long as it's cool and futuristic looking? I am such a slave to my geekness.
I know a certain count from the Balkans that won't mind sleeping in this hotel.
I don't get it. A quote about Cheap Hotel "Case never slept in Cheap Hotel, he slept in cheaper places" would have been more relevant.
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Whould you really want to sleep in the same room you just took a dump in?
After a night of partying, many college students are already quite comfortable with this idea.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
. . .why isn't just a jack stick?
Do you want to advertise a hotel room bookable for four hour slots as coming complete with a "Jack Stick"?
KFG
EasyHotel runs a hotel in London where each room is essentially a box with a door.
That's every hotel in London.
easyHotel got these too. They've even shaped the rooms to Stelios' posture! :-)
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Your haiku skills need practice, grasshoppah. Fixt: iPod connection? I have a Creative Zen, Insensitive clod!
120 characters for a sig? That's bloody useless.
Accor [...] already operates the Formule 1 brand (http://www.hotelformule1.com/)
Does it smell like a hotel for mules?
No, it's an opinion.
This is flamebait, dickwad.
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