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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."
To Case:
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
"It's not like I'm using," Case heard someone say, as he shouldered his way through the crowd around the door of the Chat. "It's like my body's developed this massive drug deficiency." It was a Sprawl voice and a Sprawl joke. The Chatsubo was a bar for professional expatriates; you could drink there for a week and never hear two words in Japanese.
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"an iPod connection" - You insensitive clod! What about my Creative Zen?
It's probably just a powered USB port. To most of the world, that is "an ipod connection."
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There really isn't a downside. Anyone who has traveled much knows you rarely spend much time in the room other than sleeping so large rooms are mostly wasted. If you are staying for more than a few days you pick up a traditional room. They are being put in airports for a reason. People don't stay more than a day or two around an airport and traditionally airport hotels are extremely expense. I'd absolutely go that route if I got stuck with an overnight layover. Beats dropping a couple of hundred for a place to crash.
"...business travelers crammed into 10-square-meter cabins."
They make it seem like 10 square metres is very little. I live in a 1-room, 15 square metre apartment, and I have plenty of space for all my furniture. There's even enough room for a small kitchen in the corner.
Sheesh... Lousy pampered business-men...
*Grumble, grumble*
Eat the rich.
Why is this modded troll?
Im from the UK and i dont find this offensive. Infact its a correct image of the UK.
Alot of people have lost respect for there enviroment.
Has anyone else noticed these look a lot like prefabricated cruise ship cabins? They too run about 3 meters on a side and contain a functional, if spartan, bathroom. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if these are just a bunch of prefab cubes stuck in a building by crane, then plastered in. At least they don't automatically come with a roommate, like crew quarters...
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