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Local coworking haunt (UK) is about £20 per day or more. That equates to about 10 coffees. Or 6 coffees, 1 soup and 1 cake. Which starts to make the cafe mor
by keypress 9y ago
Local coworking haunt (UK) is about £20 per day or more. That equates to about 10 coffees. Or 6 coffees, 1 soup and 1 cake. Which starts to make the cafe more appealing.
- therealmarv 9y agoSure, for one day this makes no sense. The problem is the pricing there, maybe there are better more sensible priced coworking spaces? I know coworking spaces (Betahause in Berlin comes into my mind) which combine a "cyber"-cafe with an optional regular coworking space which gives you flexibility for showing up only 1 day and buy a coffee for working some hours.
- dazc 9y agoI don't think £20 a day is so bad really but my experience of co-working spaces is they are often just cafes without the coffee, so not worth paying for. When I lived in Spain I managed to find an office for 150 euro a month (all inclusive), which was ideal. Now back in the UK I'd likely pay that a week for anything comparable. Outside of London there is a dire shortage of accessible and affordable work spaces.
- xxs 9y agoIf a cafe is making 20 pounds a day per table before VAT, rent and any other expense/tax, they will be out of business.
- keypress 9y agoAgree. We ran a cafe (in the UK South-East) (or rather me being the kitchen hand...), started out enthusiastically with the aim to please and make and serve nice food and drink, then the realisation kicked in that selling beer and quicker table turnaround was more profitable. We still sank. (Small premises mind.)
- PascLeRasc 9y agoIt makes the cafe more appealing because you're abusing it.
- keypress 9y agoThis feels rather personal. I'm not saying I would or would not. I'm just doing a simple comparison. For many, they probably think they are doing the cafe a favour, and getting a change of scenery and a slice of cake.