Maybe he pays for each dump he takes....
Conducting your business inside a coffee shop
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Panera/ Bread Company see quite a few working on a computer or work/ sales meetings.
Why are so many people concerned with the harmless things that others do?
Reminds me of this old image
I think the issue is that "harmless" is defined differently by some than others.
I had to put an "employees only" sign on the bathroom door at my store because it wasn't ADA compliant (and couldn't be made ADA compliant, too small). Regardless, my customers knew that they were welcome to use it whenever they needed to.
I know some other businesses that did the same but did it because it attracted a large number of homeless people.
Just spent a few minutes in Starbucks with wifey; I saw 2 young ladies studying together with their books, working through some formulas. "Excuse me, but what are you guys working on?" "Our Chemistry." I muttered, "P1 V1 over T1 = P2 V2 over T2; or something like that." They laughed but were kinda impressed. "That was well over 50 years ago!" I told them, "Wifey minored in Chem at San Jose State." Then they were impressed.
We hit up Starbucks off Sand Hill Road in Palo Alto, near Stanford U. I am always encouraged by all the students racking their brains at the coffee shop.
I've done business, developed some tough business algorithms for hours on end with my PhD friends there as well.
We hit up Starbucks off Sand Hill Road in Palo Alto, near Stanford U. I am always encouraged by all the students racking their brains at the coffee shop.
I've done business, developed some tough business algorithms for hours on end with my PhD friends there as well.
Well…moderation is work…and I have been on my iPad in a coffee shop doing just that.
But certainly not for hours and hours!
Drink my coffee, close the iPad, and leave.
Who is being harmed?
Certainly not the business that allows this particular customer to stay.
Maybe the OP's fragile sensibilities?
I'm not saying anyone is being harmed in the OP's situation. My point is, words like "harm" and "hurt" carry different connotations amongst the masses, like it or not.
Spot on. IMO, it offers goodwill for Starbucks. Goodwill is huge in business.
You’re bothering me with your loud typing.
The owner's is the only opinion that matter, not yours or mine or anyone's here.
I went to a Starbucks early morning once. Then I wondered, 'why am I the only person in pajamas waiting to get a cup of coffee'?
Then I went back to sleep.
Then I went back to sleep.
In my area there is a homeless gentleman who has lived outside Starbucks for a few years now, he has his own YT channel where you can watch hours of mental illness, he accepts handouts to buy cigarettes right next door at the gas station, and leeches the starbucks internet 24x7, no doubt sponge bathes there as well. All the while the soccer moms and day workers endlessly fill the drive through line overpaying for overly acidic and overpriced coffee. I dont bother him or wish him ill, life goes on and I have bigger things to think about.
Couple things:
1) Super common in college towns. No one including the staff of local businesses would even think twice about it.
2) Maybe his residence only has cable or DSL internet connection cause it’s older and he doesn’t have an office proper to go to. My neighborhood is older and we didn’t get fiber until several years ago. Working from home back then was nearly impossible. I’ve camped out before. Not that much though.
1) Super common in college towns. No one including the staff of local businesses would even think twice about it.
2) Maybe his residence only has cable or DSL internet connection cause it’s older and he doesn’t have an office proper to go to. My neighborhood is older and we didn’t get fiber until several years ago. Working from home back then was nearly impossible. I’ve camped out before. Not that much though.
I don't think I would feel comfortable using a public WIFI for business.
Free internet?
