Office Coffins Coming Soon?

“The New Rose Hotel is a coffin rack on the ragged fringes of Narita International. Plastic capsules a meter high and three long, stacked like surplus Godzilla teeth in a concrete lot off the main road to the airport. Each capsule has a television mounted flush with the ceiling. I spend whole days watching Japanese game shows and old movies.”

That’s from an old William Gibson short story, but it’s coming to your office soon. Behold the insanity:

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