Irritatingly named data services provider Interxion has come up with an ingenious solution to its employees’ impending commuter problems during the 2012 London Olympics: the firm has equipped its office with can-shaped beds from Podtime.
The pods entirely obviate the need for staff to go home. They also make lateness completely unjustifiable. The following exchange demonstrates how a line manager might deal with lateness:
“You’re five minutes late.”
”Sorry, traffic was terrible.”
“There’s no traffic between here and the pods!”
”I didn’t sleep in a pod.”
“Well, obviously you should be sleeping in a pod.”
”What about my wife?”
“You can see her again after the Olympics.”
”Okay, I’ll sleep in the pod.”
“Good.”
On a serious point it would be worth checking fire and building regulation compliance for any organisation contemplating staff regularly “sleeping in”.