indiana territory

NAPPING . . . FOR 20 MINUTES . . . IN A POD

Well, because this is Indiana and the company does not have registration done in this state, I cannot become a franchise owner of MetroNaps. This would be a place where you could go and grab 20 minutes of zzzzzz's in a reclining chair that looks sort of like a dentist's chair with a huge football helmet over the head, complete with visor - think pod, that's what the company calls it.

MetroNaps was started in New York City and I believe at one of the franchises you can pay a monthly membership fee and be able to take one 20-minute nap a day. According to the information provided on the MetroNap site, less than 20 minutes will not refresh you and more than that amount of time will result in grogginess.

So what if you can't get to sleep right away? Maybe you lie there for two minutes. Okay, now you have an 18-minute nap which will not be long enough. I would think the pressure of having to fall asleep really fast would be a problem - a flaw in the concept. It could be that they give you five minutes to get to sleep and five minutes to gather your thoughts after you wake up; that would make for 30 minutes pod periods.

Do you remember the movie "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" in which people fell asleep only to have there place taken over by beings that looked just like them and grew in pods? This could be an important question.

posted by Jody @ 11:38 AM