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

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

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31 points

lol someone has never bought a coffin and it shows.

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Just throw me in the trash

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

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Dying isn’t free either

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

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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.

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