Happy days! For all those parents of I Pod loving, twittering all night gamers otherwise know as teenagers, there is a ray of hope.
It was reported this week that Holiday Inn is offering a trial human bed -warming service at three hotels in Britain. Top that Walmart with your vested greeters.
Hotel staff will dress up in a one piece fleece sleeper (the kind adorable number 1 son used to wear before he graduated to an X Box) and will jump between the sheets to warm up your bed.
The human bed-warmer comes equipped with a thermometer to measure the beds required temperature of 20C, and no fellows the bed-warmer does not stay when the guest arrives.
Imagine it? After all those years of staying up all night with their friends text messaging and playing video, then sleeping in until noon, your little prince will now be able to put all that horizontal training to good use, and get paid for it to boot.
But why stop there? Why not pay someone to warm up your car seat (my wife would love that), warm up the stethoscope next time you go for a check up, warm up your pants next time you overnight at the cabin, or better yet, warm up that toilet seat in the morning.. The list is endless
If your bed is already warm you can turn down the heat, so voila-you've reduced your carbon footprint. This being BC, you can now apply for a carbon offset grant to fund your business. It just keeps getting better. The kid may soon have enough money to move out of the house. Well maybe not.
So, as you stare at daughter sawing logs on the old Sealy this afternoon, don't despair. She may yet achieve career success with Holiday Inn.
Let's hope the folks at The Coast and the Ramada are listening.
