Indeed. The article I linked to above does cite their unsleepability as a key feature of their design.
On the other hand, owing to the presence of arm rests, you couldn't sleep terribly comfortably on the proper sitty-down side, either. So that still doesn't explain why they thought it was necessary to make half the benches into perches.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2004-04-19 11:47 am (UTC)On the other hand, owing to the presence of arm rests, you couldn't sleep terribly comfortably on the proper sitty-down side, either. So that still doesn't explain why they thought it was necessary to make half the benches into perches.