Urban Rent-a-Hammocks take the form
of
twin posts set up in city park locations.
On
one of the posts there is a simple
parking meter type box into which coins
may be
inserted and a suitable resting time
selected (with a one hour limit). This
action releases the hammock, which one
pulls
across and hooks unto the facing
post.
During the period of respite, the services
of one of the wandering punkawallahs
may be obtained for an additional fee.
When the allocated time has expired,
there is a two minute warning before the
securing hook releases its grasp. The
hammock
then winds itself back into its holding
container, where it is sprayed clean and
dried, ready for the next weary traveller.