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This is a calm space in London's Ealing Broadway station. It provides people with a place to pause and reset (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 12 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

As a tall person, this looks to be too small vertically.

On the other hand, most people only want to use that space alone.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago (1 child)

    It has a seat.
    You go in, sit down and rest a little.

    I've seen them at big conferences and big offices (although, most are private pods for work, some offices do have little private/quiet booths for sitting in).

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  • [–] 7 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

    And a lot of tall people are also quite tall after sitting down, e.g. I recently drove a car and put the seat basically to the lowest setting to get enough head clearance.

    The space between that bench and the roof still looks tiny.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours ago

    Yeh, probably sucks for a lot of disabled people as well.
    As a tall person myself, I have used similar and haven't had an issue. But there are taller people than me, so maybe I am not tall enough.
    Bus stop benches are also horrible. As are most seats in fast food restaurants. Airplane seats are also too small.
    Some seats aren't meant for a long time of sitting, or have other priorities I guess.

    There is also only 1. Not great if you need a break at the same time someone else does.

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