Need work? The New Museum in New York is looking to pay $10 per hour to women aged 18-40 who are willing to spend six hours sleeping as part of an exhibit. [WDSU]
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How about no? Wouldn’t that be a horrible way to find out you have some really obnoxious or embarrassing sleeping habit you didn’t know about.
@bohemian: but an awesome way to live economically in NYC. Get an apartment, share it with a roommate. Work night shifts. Sleep during the day and get paid to be part of an exhibit. ECONOMICAL. I say that much in the same way people used to say “Diabolical!”
That sounds like the perfect job!
If only NY weren’t 4.5 hrs away…that’s a long drive to go to sleep.
@Nidabriz: Make it an overnight trip to NYC and you’ll save on the cost of a hotel room. Er, I guess they want you to sleep during the hours the museum is open. In that case, you can party the night (before) away or something.
Wow — get paid to sleep? Sign me up.
Oops. I’m too old. I’ll just have to keep on sleeping for free.
What if you get there and can’t sleep?
@Katxyz: What if some jackass visiting the museum wakes up the participants?
I call Gender Discrimination!
With the way the banks, stock jobbers and neo-Friedmanism/Voodoo economics have left our economy you’ll see people sadly scrambling for these gigs.
Is the bed area sound proof, I wonder? And somewhat dark? Can I bring my cat? Because I can totally sleep with hipsters and tourists staring at me. Will they verify your age? And let me just say I am *happily* scrambling for this gig.
Sorry but I have to ask. What if you have to, um, pee? Can you get up during the six hours and stumble to a bathroom?
@geekgrrl77: Here ya go.
Sleeping? Sounds like my perfect job!
Also, here’s something for y’all. Back in 2001, NASA was paying $11 an hour to sleep upright as part of an experiment to see if people were any different sleeping in a different position in space.
I used to sleep through my boyfriend’s rock band’s practices, so I bet I could sleep through anything. Unfortunately, NY is about three time zones too far…
@ajlei: Really? Even sleep through some six-year-old who feels you up because he thinks you’re a mannequin?
Holy crud. Six hours of sleep guaranteed? And they’re paying ME?! I hope this is a traveling exhibit that comes to San Francisco real soon.
Do I have permission to punch any kids who tap on the glass?
Over here [blogs.villagevoice.com] they say you get to take a sleeping pill.