A good night's sleep

We have all been there. Tired after waking. But you just woke so how is it you are tired?
There is PhD level research on this subject. Many a quack has a theory. Mattress manufacturing is $15 Billion industry.

Yet there are sleep deprived people walking like zombies all around us. What is going on? Every month it seems some charlatan comes with a new patented method to help us sleep better. From nose implants to gadgets to perfume and create melodies in the room to hand crafted steel coils made in European factories (which could mean Bosnia but who understands geography? esp after missing sleep) that go in to sheep skin mattresses for the best sleeping experience ever!

Now there is a movement fueled by showcasing supply chain economics to those than can barely add 2 and 2. Take the middle man out and get it direct online. Save hundreds. We will show you how. We will actually just give you $500 back - now that was easy. That itself should help you sleep better. Never mind the $3,000 you signed up for on an installment plan. If you are like half the Americans then you are probably broke so you are not going to be able to afford that monthly payment. But never mind that we come and take it away - the mattress that is. We already made a killing on the financing so it really does not matter what coils you slept on.

We will recycle those to the next fool who wants to sleep better - tonight!

All first world problems for obese, brain function retarded people on the planet. If you are dead tired as the expression says you can sleep on an Indian railway platform with bugs crawling up your ass. And not miss a beat. Wake up on time aka when fully rested to start the routine of being dead tired all over again.

Now if you want to experience that you have to sign up for a meditation and yoga class which is coming to a center near you. Cost only $500 - available with four easy payments. Do the math. If you are awake.

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