So an illustration of the sheer inhumanity of some work environments
Yeah it’s inhumane to work all day 0_o
Pillows to help workers snooze at desk
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#12As a salaryman you are supposed to not leave office before your boss AND pretend to be working, pillow defeats the objective.
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#13I have a skeletal deformity in my neck that causes severe cervicogenic headaches. One of the best ways to relieve them is to rest the front of my head on something, or even push against it. If anyone finds a place these are available in the U.S., please let me know. This could be a game-changer for me where nothing else works well.
If you can find one for sale on a Japanese retailer, there are third-party proxy services you can use to have it shipped to the US. IIRC some are platform-specific (like services for Yahoo! Japan auctions), and the proxy obviously adds to the total price, but it's all legit. I've bought a fair bit of stuff through proxies.
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#16I have a skeletal deformity in my neck that causes severe cervicogenic headaches. One of the best ways to relieve them is to rest the front of my head on something, or even push against it. If anyone finds a place these are available in the U.S., please let me know. This could be a game-changer for me where nothing else works well.
"The sleeping item will be available at electronics retailers and other stores from Oct. 15."
Keep an eye out - I wonder if Amazon.jp will have them. If so, Amazon Japan often DOES allow you to ship direct to the US and you can just sign into AMZNJP with your .com credential and it'll let you get set up to order from that side.
Otherwise, if you see it somewhere like Bic Camera or otherwise, there's services like Buyee and Zenmarket that can help coordinate getting it into the US. I've used Zenmarket before to buy a Makita cordless microwave from Bildy so I know it works, and I'm way too much of a frequent flyer at Buyee with my Yahoo Auctions habit...
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#17I was able to get a tour of 's factory. And it was super cool. My mother in law was with me and she was very surprised. "They have a cafeteria with cheap, great food, showers, rooms with beds for naps. This is awesome!" she said. I replied with, "Because they never want you to leave, they want you to live at the factory and work 24/7." ... She then went, "Well, that is a lot less exciting then."
A 12-12:30 lunchtime nap? Perfect. An alternative to going home at night and just sleeping at the office (which I suspect is more in line with how things work in Japan)... no thanks.
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#18As a salaryman you are supposed to not leave office before your boss AND pretend to be working, pillow defeats the objective.
But do the Japanese (and I'm rather grossly referring to a homogeneous proxy here) see it that way? Isn't it considered good to be tired at work, to the point where it's considered virtuous to be tired in the afternoon (because you've been working so hard)?
I'm not saying this is a good thing, but just questioning whether - in a Japanese company - having a nap at your desk is considered 'bad'.
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#19Haha I actually sleep in this position when in an airplane. But I use my neck pillow. I might actually buy one of these!
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#20I saw a travel version of this recently, for use on airplanes, trains etc. Seems like a good idea (apart from folk reclining their seats mid-snooze), but they also seemed way too bulky to be useful for travelling. What I need is a truly portable version!
This is the first thing I thought of too. Those travel pillows don't work for me at all because I never feel like I'm "reclining". Out of a sense of empathy (as a person tall enough to feel incredibly cramped in airplane seats), I only put my seat back if the flight is longer than 5 hours (i.e. international travel). The only way I'm able to sleep is by resting my arms/head on the tray table. A travel version of this would be a game changer. The only drawback is if you really pass out and start drooling :)