Mall In China Introduces 'Husband Storage' Pods For Shopping Wives

[DiaSin]

I know this isn't exactly big tech news, but I thought it was funny and interesting enough to be worth sharing. A mall in china has introduced glass "pods" meant for the husbands of female shoppers who are tired of being dragged from store to store. Inside the pods are a chair and a computer with a gamepad set up to play 90s arcade games. 

 

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According to The Paper, the Global Harbour mall in Shanghai has erected a number of glass pods for wives to leave any disgruntled husbands that don't want to be dragged around the shops.

Inside each individual pod is a chair, monitor, computer and gamepad, and men can sit and play retro 1990s games. Currently, the service is free, but staff told the newspaper that in future months, users will be able to scan a QR code and pay a small sum for the service using their mobile phones.

 

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40609115

[AnalogCanavity]

Lol

[samcool55]

That's actually quite cool but because it won't be free in the future i don't think it will be a succes, gaming on your phone on a random seat is free and probably good enough

[dizmo]

Love that idea, except for the glass aspect. It's like being a fish, put on display. Now make it solid sides, I'm sold!

Though, why the husband can't go and do his own thing is beyond me. Probably a cultural thing, though I never ran into that issue with my gf *shrug*.

...I also may or may not love shopping so I'd be down to accompany the misses. Mind you she refuses to take me into Holt Renfrew anymore...

[Guest]

Dyslectia ftw. At first I read: mall in china introduces husband store pods for shopping wives.

[Leonard]

hahahah  is that Dennis looking at the fella from the outside

[PlayStation 2]

Am I the only guy who actually doesn't mind shopping?

[JAKEBAB]

23 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

That's actually quite cool but because it won't be free in the future i don't think it will be a succes, gaming on your phone on a random seat is free and probably good enough

Doubt it will cost anything, not much difference between this and gamestop having ps4/xbone setup to play. The problem i see is the waiting in line part

[Fonzie92]

Why don't they just stay at home? If they knew they don't want to shop with their wife, why go with her?

[jeffery7466]

what's next? pods with fashion and beauty magazines and free skin products for wives in technology stores? 

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, jeffery7466 said:

pods with fashion and beauty magazines and free skin products for wives in technology stores? 

Or just a basket to drop their bra in... Gurls in a tech store, you're asking for it.

[Bcat00]

Funny but i can dig the idea.

[SCHISCHKA]

In NZ all shopping malls have a bar or two nearby and a movie cinema with an arcade. Do chinese shopping malls provide no entertainment?

[System Error Message]

in china, others dictate your fate and actions. So wife wants to go to the mall, you have to follow. Dont forget that crime is widespread in china followed by a lack of consideration for one another (how they drive is a clear proof of this).

[iamdarkyoshi]

3 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Am I the only guy who actually doesn't mind shopping?

Yes techmoan. You are the only one.

probably something about being gaiii

[Monkey Dust]

4 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Am I the only guy who actually doesn't mind shopping?

Yep.

 

Certain aspects of shopping trips can be fun, like going out for food & cocktails after, but since the almost complete demise of record stores shopping isn't one of them. Though a bench and a 3DS can perform the function of these pods.

[Notional]

4 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Am I the only guy who actually doesn't mind shopping?

Nah, I don't mind it either. When it's for me that is. However, I was forced to go clothes shopping with a girl once.. So I get to watch her try on the clothes in the booth thingy. SHe was buying new underwear. That was a good day....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[JoseGuya]

23 minutes ago, Notional said:

Nah, I don't mind it either. When it's for me that is. However, I was forced to go clothes shopping with a girl once.. So I get to watch her try on the clothes in the booth thingy. SHe was buying new underwear. That was a good day....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.... Oh I forgot to press submit.. My mind wandered a bit.

So... You can try underwear in Denmark? 

 

[Notional]

5 minutes ago, JoseGuya said:

So... You can try underwear in Denmark? 

 

Girls can some places. Guys not so much. Or was it because I made her go out bottomless. Can't remember, but yeah, some places girls can.

[Bananasplit_00]

What if you just go there to play games because you are forever alone? I'm guessing they don't check your status 

[TidaLWaveZ]

12 hours ago, Dutch-stoner said:

Dyslectia ftw. At first I read: mall in china introduces husband store pods for shopping wives.

Lol I read mall in china introduces husband storage pods for shipping wives.

[IceCold008]

Just do what i did when my ex wife asked me to go shopping with her. Say NO, go by yourself its easy but you will find th at 90% of men will not say that, guess they are still chained to the bermuda triangle

[Misanthrope]

It's better than the guy that committed suicide cause he was tired of his girlfriend shopping

[WkdPaul]

That's hilarious ... I'll make sure to try it when I go back to Shanghai in a few months!

 

[NumLock21]

With only so many, there will be a long line of husbands, waiting to get into the pod. Or they can go look at their own things and then meet up with their wife ,when she's done.