Bed-making
Bed-making is the act of arranging the bedsheets and other bedding on a bed, to prepare it for use.[1] It is a household chore,[2] but is also performed in establishments including hospitals, hotels, and military or educational residences. In some circumstances beds must be made to exacting standards, demanded of nurses or military personnel.[3]
In a hospital or other health-care environment, beds must sometimes be made while occupied by a patient. Specialised techniques are taught to healthcare staff to enable beds to be made efficiently with due care for the patient.[4]
There are different techniques, such as "hospital corners" and "mitred corners". Military personnel are often expected to fold the bed very tightly, in some cases so that a coin could bounce off of it.[5]
Bed-making is a typical childhood chore.
Guinness World Records reports that the record time for two people to make a bed "with one blanket, two sheets, an undersheet, an uncased pillow, one pillowcase, one counterpane and hospital corners" is 14.0 seconds. This feat was achieved by two nurses from the Royal Masonic Hospital in London in 1993.[6]
In June 2012, Dvice.com reported that Spanish furniture company OHEA had developed a self-making bed, which would rearrange the bedding in 50 seconds at the press of a button.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Make (v. 1): 62:". Oxford English Dictionary.
To prepare (a bed) for sleeping in; to arrange bedclothes on (a bed) for future use.
Available online to subscribers - ^ Aguirre, Sarah. "Make a Bed". About.com: Housekeeping. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ Curtis, Mike (1997). "Chapter 2". Close Quarter Battle (1998 ed.). London, United Kingdom: Corgi Books. p. 44. ISBN 0-552-14465-7.
At the crack of dawn, the screaming started again. Beds had to be made, with the sheets and grey army blankets stacked neatly and perfectly square on top.
- ^ "Bed Making". scribd.com. Retrieved 26 June 2012. A sample training document
- ^ McKay, Gary (1987). "Chapter 2 - Doing Extras at Scheyville". In Good Company (1998 ed.). Sydney, Australia: Allen & Unwin. p. 19. ISBN 1-86448-904-9.
He stepped into my mess of a room and by dinnertime he had run me through the whole gammut of how to set up the room in inspection order, and how to make the bed properly so the drillies could bounce a 20c coin off the counterpane
- ^ "Fastest time to make a bed by a team of two". Guiness World Records. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ Marable, Eileen (8 June 2012). "Yes, yes a million times: Bed makes itself in 50 seconds". Dvice. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ "OHEA smart bed". Retrieved 26 June 2012.
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