Using Public WiFi in Cafes, Pubs etc

[Blackjack Davy]

Funny you should say that read an article on this a while ago, independents are really fed up with them they treat it as their private office space and rarely spend any money:

The cafes waging war on laptop-wielding freeloaders

With some customers treating family-run coffeeshops like free coworking spaces, business owners are rewriting the rules

www.telegraph.co.uk

As I said above, libraries are silent places so can't really do my daily standup on Teams

Lol when was the last place you were in one? Screaming kids on activity days which is pretty much everyday govt seems keen on pushing them as free creches

 

[Diddums]

Funny you should say that read an article on this a while ago, independents are really fed up with them they treat it as their private office space and rarely spend any money:

The cafes waging war on laptop-wielding freeloaders

With some customers treating family-run coffeeshops like free coworking spaces, business owners are rewriting the rules

www.telegraph.co.uk

Lol when was the last place you were in one? Screaming kids on activity days which is pretty much everyday govt seems keen on pushing them as free creches

This is very much a shop problem tho.


If they simply calculated their average spend per head per hour and charged that if the customers aren't buying anything, I'm sure most reasonable people wouldn't mind, and those that do are crap customers anyway.

 

[That Jekka Gal]

Funny you should say that read an article on this a while ago, independents are really fed up with them they treat it as their private office space and rarely spend any money:

The cafes waging war on laptop-wielding freeloaders

With some customers treating family-run coffeeshops like free coworking spaces, business owners are rewriting the rules

www.telegraph.co.uk

Lol when was the last place you were in one? Screaming kids on activity days which is pretty much everyday govt seems keen on pushing them as free creches

Hmm...interesting. For this reason I tend to avoid independents and go to more chainy type places.

As for your comment about libraries, I can honestly say I haven't set foot in one for well over a decade & I assumed they were still places where making the slightest sound would invite a strong rebuke from the librarian.