Paying to Nap in City That Never Sleeps

[LynneSin]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20040709/od_nm/life_naps_dc


NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York is called the city that never sleeps, but one small company wants that to change.

High above the bustling streets, honking taxicabs and crowded sidewalks, on the 24th floor of the landmark Empire State Building, is MetroNaps, a month-old company offering New York's version of the Spanish siesta: a 20-minute nap.

Stressed-out customers arrive in a quiet, darkened room filled with futuristic chairs, or "napping pods," where they can pay $14 for their snooze.

"MetroNaps is a place where busy New Yorkers get power nap in New York City," says co-founder Arshad Chowdhury


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[olddem43]

1. 14 bucks for 20 minutes? Wow.

[GOPisEvil]

2. The Japanese have had these for years.

I think you can spend more than 20 minutes in the Japanese versions, though.

14 bucks for 20 minutes?

[Jokerman]

3. In college we called that place the "library". n/t