Good god is all I can say to this

Good grief!

I reckon if they ran a survey at any work place then a lot of people would say the same thing, anything to get out of actually doing anything.

 

I think I'm pregnant . don't think it has anything to do with the amount of food I'm eating.

 

Although I have some sympathy for the students I don't have a lot.

Working hard (possibly), working long hours (possibly), having late nights (definitely) and disturbed sleep is all part of being a young student. They're supposed to be young and fit and able to take it. It's a good preparation for life.

Here comes the 'When I was a lad' bit .

We had to commute a minimum of an hour each way in terribly crowded conditions (learnt to doze standing up in the Underground), 9 - 5 each day at college with full time studying and work (no free periods), homework/study/thesis etc. in the evenings that was squeezed between nightclubbing and socialising and working Saturday and Sunday to pay expenses and for nightclubbing etc.

I even wrote a paper, just for fun, on 'polynomial functions and their uses outside of mathematics' My maths professor wrote on it:- 'Well written, and accurate, and a total waste of time'. I wrote it whilst working selling greengrocery on a market stall in the East End of London. The men in white coats didn't seem able to find me!

I don't think that access to a sleep pod is a good idea and how is it going to be managed if it is allowed. Do you make appointments for your 20 minute slot? That may not be the time that you are sleepy . Four sleep pods for a whole university. They'll be queuing round the block when they should be in lectures or studying.

I don't need to be an expert on polynomials to work out that 33,000+ students for four pods is not going to work out very well. Assuming that students attend university from 9 - 3, as a lot do, and that they have one hour for lunch we can do some simple maths on it.

If they were 20 minute slots (that's what they say) and that they are used non stop that would take up 550 days. If they're on a five day week that would then result in 110 weeks. So each student would get a chance at it for 20 minutes every two years. That's assuming that no time is taken to clean and maintain the pods.

So, who gets to schedule the use of them? Who pays the person who does the scheduling? Who pays for the maintenance and cleaning? Who handles the complaints that you can't get your one slot every two years and the complaints that someone didn't turn up for their slot?

To make it less stupid a proposition (possible use once per week) they would need 100 times the amount of pods - at a cost of 40 million.

Can't university students see the possible problems? My brain hurts :rasp:

A much simpler solution would be for every student to have a sleeping bag and have a 20 minute sleep during their lunch break instead of stuffing their faces with McDonalds (other makes are available) and chatting up the other sex (same sex chatting up also available). They could even use the same sleeping bag.

I think I should scrap the first three quarters of the first sentence . Having read all this again, I don't have sympathy for them.