If Starbucks banned laptops...
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Makes sense. They're a business, not a homeless shelter.
Not that I've ever given Starbucks a penny of my cash though...
Not that I've ever given Starbucks a penny of my cash though...
Well, considering I get 2 hours of free wifi because I have a reloadable card that I've registered on their site, I'd be pretty pissed if I couldn't sit there for a while with my $5 coffee.
Tea. I prefer Twining's Assam.
Not many soft drinks, although I like Lucozade and Dr Pepper.
Not as much water as I should, but that too.
Anyway, the central library in my city has stealable interwebs, and a few other places have that too. I know Borders does it, but whether you have to pay or not, I'm not sure.
Might try Waterstone's when I'm in town tomorrow.
Not many soft drinks, although I like Lucozade and Dr Pepper.
Not as much water as I should, but that too.
Anyway, the central library in my city has stealable interwebs, and a few other places have that too. I know Borders does it, but whether you have to pay or not, I'm not sure.
Might try Waterstone's when I'm in town tomorrow.
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It's criminal to pay $5 for coffee - it's insanity to pay $5 for tea.Starbuck's doesn't offer tea?
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Some of the Bread Co. stores in the St. Louis Metro area have begun battling "laptop spread". They capped all the power outlets, then put a really short lease on the internet access (one of them is less than 1/2 hour). And it's costing them probably a hundred bucks every week - two weeks, from the writer's group that used to meet there.
That's how capitalism is supposed to work, though. Don't like the management's decision? Vote with your wallet.
That's how capitalism is supposed to work, though. Don't like the management's decision? Vote with your wallet.
It is, but I don't spend just a whole ton of money on myself. So on weekends I get a venti non-fat latte, extra hot(typically) and I enjoy every mouthful without any thought about the cost. Plus I just plain love having someone else make me a cup of coffee now and again.
That's just your opinion. I happen to like their espresso-based drinks.
I just pictured the Family Guy episode where the two guys are sitting in Starbucks with their laptops writing screenplays, and say they can't write without anyone else watching them do it.
I love Starbucks' coffee (specifically, mocha with whipped cream and one pump raspberry), but I was really pissed off the day I sat down and discovered they'd started charging for internet. I don't go often as it is, but I'd go even less if they banned laptop usage altogether. I thought the whole point of a coffee shop was to invite people to sit around and read, do their writing, whatever? Wasn't that the whole "atmosphere" idea?
Anyway, if they don't want people spending the entire day there, all they have to do is come up with some kind of table-time-limit system. Maybe when you buy a cup of coffee they give you a "table timer" - a code or a card or something you can take to the table and start a timer. Say it goes for two hours; when two hours is gone, and someone else needs a seat, you're asked to leave. Basically just something to help the employees avoid the awkward "we're going to have to ask you to leave" conversation.
Anyway, if they don't want people spending the entire day there, all they have to do is come up with some kind of table-time-limit system. Maybe when you buy a cup of coffee they give you a "table timer" - a code or a card or something you can take to the table and start a timer. Say it goes for two hours; when two hours is gone, and someone else needs a seat, you're asked to leave. Basically just something to help the employees avoid the awkward "we're going to have to ask you to leave" conversation.
If it's crowded, then I suppose it's polite to not stay long. If it's mostly empty, though, then we might be doing the shop a favor by staying. It makes the business look busy.
I've only rarely had Starbucks coffee, but I'm tempted to go in and when asked what I want to order, just say some random French and Italian words and see what I get.
I don't drink coffee, but I used to get their hot chocolate all the time. Good stuff. There were also many days that I would go there to read. I'd be there for a couple of hours at the most though. Definitely not all day.
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"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't sell 'corn squeezin's' here."
The local INDIE -- not Starbucks, not a part of a chain, an INDEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED place WHICH IS NOT A FRANCHISE -- coffee shop I go to considers any purchase you make rent for the table. I was there one day long enough to cover breakfast and lunch services, so they got a nice chunk of change out of me.
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I always buy more of something if I'm taking up a table for long (Ummm, cake... in a bag for home?).
If it's slow and there are no waitresses (like Starbucks)? Meh, I see no problem.
If it's slow and there are no waitresses (like Starbucks)? Meh, I see no problem.