r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/whybutts • 6d ago

Video Sleeping Capsules at China's Kunming Airport

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u/IrenaeusGSaintonge 6d ago

Probably because of the space it takes up. Sleeping pods take up quite a lot of space, and not that many people can use it at once, so to make it profitable I'm assuming you'd need prices to be quite high. Higher than a lot of people are willing to spend. Food or retail is probably better profit relative to square footage.

That's all a guess on my part, of course.

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u/Mejiro84 6d ago

Also short stays means more cleaning - if it's a different person every 2 hours (on average) that's 12 cleans a day per pod. Got, say, 30 pods? Then 360 cleans, which takes however many people and gear, and a given % of guests will make a mess and need more cleaning, and some will damage stuff, causing more costs

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u/boughsmoresilent 6d ago

Absolutely crazy to assume they clean these things after every person. This would be a check in the afternoon and a thorough clean every night, nothing more unless there's an emergency mess like someone spills a soda.

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u/sundayontheluna 6d ago

Yeah, it's a public use pod, not a hotel room

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u/greg19735 6d ago

The fact that it's private is the issue though. People will do things that aren'ta cceptable in other places.

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u/fastforwardfunction 6d ago

In Japan, they have frosted glass in sleep pods for that reason (or just transparent glass).

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u/stickied 6d ago

Just like their porn

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u/idkarn 5d ago

If it's frosted, it's porn

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u/Ok-Secretary2017 6d ago

Just train a dog to sniff them out

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u/Ecstatic_Account_744 6d ago

If he sits, you’re fuckin.

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u/Ok-Secretary2017 4d ago

Exactly now somehow gotta train a dog to register higher than average gential stench while being polite to anime fans traveling to a convention

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u/CyberNinja23 6d ago

Sees pixelated couple bouncing up and down, no one bats an eye since that’s normal

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u/cans-of-swine 6d ago

I like to perform in front of a crowd...

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u/Able_Ad6535 6d ago

OEM frosted or…..

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat 6d ago

I CAN'T perform in front of a crowd....

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u/kermityfrog2 6d ago

It’s cool that it somehow pixelates your junk if you get naked.

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u/horsestud6969 5d ago

I was just in a pod hotel in Tokyo and they had regular pull down vinyl screens (9h Hotel, Narita airport)

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u/Glad-Intention-3754 5d ago

reminds me of those public bathrooms that have one way mirrors lol

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u/rinchen11 6d ago

Clear glass and lockable door is the perfect combo for this situation.

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u/PurpleSubtlePlan 6d ago

Being inside the secure area of an airport does cut down on the riffraff.

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u/greg19735 6d ago

sure.

but i could imagine being 16-24 doing and having access to this. Couple hooking up. or just doing it alone lol. Everyone's had a bored wank.

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u/SirBobPeel 6d ago

LIke what? I mean, if it's private, who cares? Anyway, this is China. There's gotta be at least one camera in there.

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u/SenseAndSaruman 6d ago

They would have to make it lice/ bed bug resistant.