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Conducting your business inside a coffee shop
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Wife and I were at one of the pencil neck coffee shops in B-ham Monday AM. Almost all tables were people WFH. Place ain't cheap.
Slackers.
Slackers.
IDK if this has been mentioned.
I see more & more job interviews taking place at coffee shops.
Some of those interviews may in fact be for that coffee shop however, many are not.
As a patron of that coffee shop, I don’t really care. But as an interviewee myself once, I hated it!
I see more & more job interviews taking place at coffee shops.
Some of those interviews may in fact be for that coffee shop however, many are not.
As a patron of that coffee shop, I don’t really care. But as an interviewee myself once, I hated it!
I've seen it a few times in Panera Bread. Saw one lady had the laptop out, phone in front, stack of business cards and a legal pad. Regular office...in a booth in a Panera Bread. I guess it's smarter than those that pay for space in those communal office space places...which had a very short lifespan as a business model. Seem extinct now.
Some ass wanted to interview me at a restaurant years and years ago. No, sorry. I eat with my bare hands.
I'm so gonna use all the plugs
Then they spill their mochalattesugarjuice into the laptop and scream out an F bomb, disturbing my delicate psyche.
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Its what I do whenever we have power outages (once or twice a year). Panera is great, order via the QR code, they deliver, I work in relative comfort.
I don't know how people do business in public retail spaces like that. You may be self-employed and/or not have an office for such things, but if we're meeting in some official capacity, I don't want to discuss anything important or remotely personal in that kind of setting with random strangers within earshot. I guess I'm getting too old for what's considered the normal way things are done nowadays but that weirds me out.
Years ago, we met a wedding planner in a Starbucks (his idea). I don't recall details (it was nearly 20 years ago) but me and my future wife and my parents were very uncomfortable meeting in a busy coffee shop around a small table getting bumped by other people. All I was thinking the whole time was, "Why are we here? I'd rather being doing this ANYWHERE ELSE but here!"
Fast-forward about 15 years and our realtor wanted to meet to sign contracts. He said, "You can come way out here to my office, or we can just meet at a Starbucks.." I don't think I even let him finish his sentence before blurting out, "YOUR OFFICE, PLEASE."
Even here, at the headquarters of a big scary defense contractor in a building full of offices and conference rooms, there are people who seem to love to have meetings and interviews in public spaces. I got the stink-eye once from a VP who seemed annoyed that I was sitting too close to him and two other suits. Um, dude, you're having this 'important meeting' in the building's cafeteria. so...
Not entirely on-topic but close enough.
Years ago, we met a wedding planner in a Starbucks (his idea). I don't recall details (it was nearly 20 years ago) but me and my future wife and my parents were very uncomfortable meeting in a busy coffee shop around a small table getting bumped by other people. All I was thinking the whole time was, "Why are we here? I'd rather being doing this ANYWHERE ELSE but here!"
Fast-forward about 15 years and our realtor wanted to meet to sign contracts. He said, "You can come way out here to my office, or we can just meet at a Starbucks.." I don't think I even let him finish his sentence before blurting out, "YOUR OFFICE, PLEASE."
Even here, at the headquarters of a big scary defense contractor in a building full of offices and conference rooms, there are people who seem to love to have meetings and interviews in public spaces. I got the stink-eye once from a VP who seemed annoyed that I was sitting too close to him and two other suits. Um, dude, you're having this 'important meeting' in the building's cafeteria. so...
Not entirely on-topic but close enough.
There is a way beyond traditional office environments post covid. Before that really.
The way to work remotely is to get whatever internet you can, however you can. Tethering through your cell, Mcdonalds parking lots, whatever it takes.
There is a worldwide starlink outage as we speak, and I'm in the ranch van in relative AC comfort working away from there as I type.
The way to work remotely is to get whatever internet you can, however you can. Tethering through your cell, Mcdonalds parking lots, whatever it takes.
There is a worldwide starlink outage as we speak, and I'm in the ranch van in relative AC comfort working away from there as I type.
I've heard that there are a lot of coffee places in San Francisco that basically operate where they allow people to stay there for hours but gently remind customers to be considerate and buy something. The business might have a private PO box that looks like a real address (maybe with a suite number), but the business otherwise operates remotely.
https://www.theinfatuation.com/san-francisco/guides/the-best-sf-coffee-shops-for-getting-work-done
I've seen some people at different fast food places with a laptop who look like they've been there way longer than the posted 30-60 minutes. There's usually a sign somewhere. I have seen police come in to remove someone, but it's usually someone homeless or who doesn't look like they've bought anything. I remember one manager arguing with someone where the manager was saying he just brought in an old McDonald's coffee cup and was filling it with water from the soda fountain.
https://www.theinfatuation.com/san-francisco/guides/the-best-sf-coffee-shops-for-getting-work-done
I've seen some people at different fast food places with a laptop who look like they've been there way longer than the posted 30-60 minutes. There's usually a sign somewhere. I have seen police come in to remove someone, but it's usually someone homeless or who doesn't look like they've bought anything. I remember one manager arguing with someone where the manager was saying he just brought in an old McDonald's coffee cup and was filling it with water from the soda fountain.
Working? ahahahahah you are posting and reading BITOG. BTDT!!
All the folks I know who had life figured out and told me their boss would let then WFH have been laid off. oops.
WFH in 90% of instances=lazy, incompetent slob.
