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I've dreamed many times about starting a cafe with a no-cell no-laptop policy, but just assumed I was a cranky bastard and the idea was insane. Your post sugges
by shanusmagnus 11y ago
I've dreamed many times about starting a cafe with a no-cell no-laptop policy, but just assumed I was a cranky bastard and the idea was insane. Your post suggests that maybe it's a thing, though - would you mind saying where you've found such cafes?
- geebee 11y agoWish I could, this is just something I read or hear about on the news, radio, and so forth every now and then, usually because someone got angry when they couldn't use their cell and was asked to leave and got angry about it and it becomes a "local interest kind of news story. Bourbon and branch in SF bans cell phones, but that's a bar, not a cafe. I read about another one (a cafe) that bans cell phones and laptops for a certain section of the day, but I'd have to google around for it.
- cylinder 11y agothere are plenty of them here in NY. or, they'll ban before/after the busy period. you can't just buy a $3 cup and sit all day at a table that's costing the operator $10/day to lease. It's also really obnoxious, it makes a place seem boring when people are sitting around anti-socially with their laptops pretending to be studying. It's a pretty unique American thing -- you can't just sit quietly, you have to always seem busy -- kind of like eating lunch alone.