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Mishka's Coffee in Davis, CA has an interesting approach to this. They have a small dedicated section at the front of the cafe that is reserved for [1] "the ori

by exhaze 13y ago

Mishka's Coffee in Davis, CA has an interesting approach to this. They have a small dedicated section at the front of the cafe that is reserved for [1] "the original, intended way [of using a cafe]". You're only allowed to read a newspaper or hang out and chat in this section. [1] http://daviswiki.org/Mishka%27s_Cafe?action=Files&do=view&target=therule.jpg http://daviswiki.org/Mishka%27s_Cafe?action=Files&do=view&ta...

kroger 13y ago
And what is the difference between spending x hours reading the news paper and the same x hours working on a laptop?
- noptic 13y ago
  There is none. If you sit arround for 3 hours with 1 cup of coffee your an <insert rude stuff here> no matter what you are doing.
  - kroger 13y ago
    That's way banning laptops per se is silly.
    - noptic 13y ago
      True. Do not ban laptops. Kick idiots.
mabhatter 13y ago
That's an entirely reasonable way to handle it. Simply designate a certain amount of tables off-limits to using for "work". Then the coffee shop stops losing business when somebody just wants to DEPRINK COFFEE for twenty minutes.