The Student Government Association at the University of Maryland voted to 28-2 to “endorse a proposal that would implement two napping stations in the University of Maryland’s McKeldin Library for students in need of a midday snooze,” according to the school newspaper, The Diamondback.
The “napping stations” are manufactured by MetroNaps EnergyPods, according to The Diamondback. The pods are outfitted with a “futuristic appeal,” and “include a 20-minute timer, a privacy visor, storage space, a light mimicking sunrise at the end of the nap and a music feature.”
“The order for two pods,” The Diamondback reports “…would cost a combined $21,818.20 after applying a learning institution discount of $6,470.”
And we working folk must, at pain of state prosecution and fines/loss of our freedom, pay taxes for this crap. Need a nap? Go back to your dorm room and sleep. Imagine the snoring in the library when big football players snooze.
I have no words.
ReplyDeleteSo one "pod," these days, costs as much as a student's entire education did back in the '60s?
ReplyDeleteRight. I'm impressed, like I always am when overwhelmed with stupidity!
I worked full time and took my classes at night. My "napping station" was the frigging desktop. And I wasn't the only one.
ReplyDeleteHear, hear!
Delete“include a 20-minute timer"
ReplyDeleteAre these for sleeping or screwing?
Multi-Use pods? No, probably they only screw the taxpayers. Probably.
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