Where to Sleep in LAX

Summary

My 11:30 pm connecting flight out of Los Angeles International Airport was delayed by 24 hours, forcing me to rest in the airport. All my bags were checked, so I had no luggage or spare clothes available. Here's where I tried sleeping and how it went.All of these places are in Terminal B, the Tom Bradley International Terminal. I did pass the time by walking to every other terminal, but Terminal B seemed to have the most hopeful spots. The other terminals are just same-y big rooms.Highest floor hallway that passes the loungesQuiet area, completely deserted of other passengers. It's a dead end, and the last lounge (Emirates) is only open mid-afternoon, so there's no reason to go this far unless you're also looking for the quietest spot in the airport. Occasionally someone will sit next to a pillar for half an hour to charge their phone and share in the quiet.The left edge is in a steep shadow, so it's easy to turn your head to the side without getting any bright lights on your eyelids - no eye mask required.Seemingly the whole terminal is hooked up to the same PA system, which during business hours has staff announcing departure info and calling passengers, but at night you just get the same prerecorded message every few minutes: Attention all travellers. This is an important announcement. We are a safety and security conscious airport. Please do not leave your bags unattended, as they will be treated as a security risk and may be taken. In most parts of the terminal, this is loud and frequent enough to drive even the most patient man insane. In this corridor, it's slightly quieter. The speakers are at the other end of the hallway, but the sound travels easily through it.Unfortunately there are no benches or soft surfaces here, unless you go into the lounge I suppose, but I didn't feel like being noticed by security. The only place to be is on those polished speckled beige tiles, which actually weren't as painfully hard as I had expected. The main issue was the only ...