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San Francisco says tiny sleeping 'pods,' which cost $700 a month and became a big hit with tech workers, are not up to code (www.businessinsider.com)
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San Francisco says tiny sleeping 'pods,' which cost $700 a month and became a big hit with tech workers, are not up to code::The pods, which are 4-foot-high boxes constructed from wood and steel, made headlines after tech workers praised the spaces.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

$700 / 30 = $23.33 a day to sleep in a wood box... brilliant!

[–] gloriousspearfish@feddit.dk 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And when your are done, you get to sleep in one for free.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

lol someone has never bought a coffin and it shows.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Just throw me in the trash

[–] gloriousspearfish@feddit.dk 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, you are right. But no way in hell am I going to pay for my own coffin.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what you think.

You can't take that money with ya!

[–] gloriousspearfish@feddit.dk 7 points 1 year ago

I won't leave any, ha.

[–] Fishytricks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Dying isn’t free either

[–] AlataOrange@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You wish it was free, not on your life bud.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

One of the other articles linked has a photo of the common room.

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/housing/sf-says-mint-plaza-building-with-700-pods-lacks-permits/article_a8459fe2-62ec-11ee-acab-bbda4eab0a5c.html

This is a dormitory style shared living space with living area and bathrooms / shower. The “boxes” are bunks for sleeping and actually roomy and private compared to every other dorm bunk I’ve ever seen.