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The big problem with working in a library is theft. You always have to carry your valuables around. If you want to take a wiz you have to pack your laptop, coat
by olihb 17y ago
The big problem with working in a library is theft. You always have to carry your valuables around. If you want to take a wiz you have to pack your laptop, coat (in winter), cell phone, etc. each time.
But if you're in a group or rent a lockable study room, it's less complicated.
- commiebob 17y agohow is that any different than in a busy coffee shop?
- olihb 17y agoNot different at all. And I guess the probability of theft would be greater in a coffee shop.
- abalashov 17y agoLibrary is usually much bigger, the trip to take a leak longer and more time-consuming, and the presence of other people much less physically dense. With a coffee shop there's a very, very narrow window of time in which someone can take your stuff, and it would be in full view of a much higher number of people per square meter than would be the case in a library. In many coffee shops, much of the customer floor space is within the field of vision of staff. Oh, yeah, and fewer exits. The coffee shops I go to all have one exit, so if I want to go outside and grab a phone call, I just keep an eye on the exit. There's no other way anybody's leaving with my stuff. So, while probability of theft may be higher in a coffee shop, it's rather harder to pull off, logistically.
- cracki 17y agoI can't help imagining someone watching when you're off to take a leak, then walks to your stuff, packs it up and walks out. half a minute is probably enough to grab the most valuable item in sight.
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