BEIJING: With nowhere actually to go, journalists contained in the Beijing Olympics bubble are inspired to sleep on the job.
They can’t go to the village rooms the place rivals are staying, however they can check out the high-tech beds athletes are sleeping in. Several corridors on the primary media middle are lined with “sleep rest cabins”, small pods that open with a QR code and include beds.
The beds can be adjusted by distant management and actually have a “zero-gravity mode” meant to cut back stress on the physique – you don’t fairly float, but it surely’s fairly snug.
Some journalists nap within the cabins, whereas others searching for a quiet – and personal – place to jot down deliver their computer systems.
Zhao Yufeng, a spokesperson for cabin producer Keeson Technology Corp, mentioned 30 to 40 individuals a day have been utilizing them to this point.
“We’ve placed sleeping cabins here for journalists to give an environment to work, rest and get relaxed,” she mentioned.
Not everybody was enthusiastic about napping in a see-through field in full view of anybody strolling by, although.
Guido Santevecchi, an Italian journalist, mentioned the pods reminded him of one thing you would possibly discover in a psychiatric ward.
Given the already heavy potential psychological well being toll of residing contained in the Olympic bubble with main restrictions on motion, “I would rather avoid entering there,” he mentioned. – AFP
