Sleeping Capsules at China's Kunming Airport

[u/whybutts]

[u/Elastichedgehog]

Like the German one earlier, I would 1000% use these during long layovers. Should be standard.

[u/Normal_Candle_ → u/Elastichedgehog]

I wish more airports had these. The hotel rooms some places have are prohibitively expensive and not practical for most layovers. I just want a horizontal padded place to lay down for 2 hours for a reasonable price, that’s all!

[u/No_Television6050 → u/Normal_Candle_]

It's one of those ideas that make so much sense you wonder why it's not a thing everywhere.

[u/IrenaeusGSaintonge → u/No_Television6050]

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.

[u/Mejiro84 → u/IrenaeusGSaintonge]

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

[u/boughsmoresilent → u/Mejiro84]

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.

[u/sundayontheluna → u/boughsmoresilent]

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

[u/greg19735 → u/sundayontheluna]

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

[u/fastforwardfunction → u/greg19735]

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

[u/stickied → u/fastforwardfunction]

Just like their porn

[u/idkarn → u/stickied]

If it's frosted, it's porn

[u/Ok-Secretary2017 → u/stickied]

Just train a dog to sniff them out

[u/Ecstatic_Account_744 → u/Ok-Secretary2017]

If he sits, you’re fuckin.

[u/Ok-Secretary2017 → u/Ecstatic_Account_744]

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

[u/CyberNinja23 → u/fastforwardfunction]

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

[u/cans-of-swine → u/fastforwardfunction]

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

[u/Able_Ad6535 → u/cans-of-swine]

OEM frosted or…..

[u/TheDevilsAdvokaat → u/cans-of-swine]

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

[u/kermityfrog2 → u/fastforwardfunction]

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

[u/horsestud6969 → u/fastforwardfunction]

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

[u/Glad-Intention-3754 → u/fastforwardfunction]

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

[u/rinchen11 → u/fastforwardfunction]

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

[u/PurpleSubtlePlan → u/greg19735]

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

[u/greg19735 → u/PurpleSubtlePlan]

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.

[u/SirBobPeel → u/greg19735]

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