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Originally Posted by sabredog
I think the shop staff and perhaps the managers need a lesson in what is a computer and what is an ereading device. Perhaps then there might be a modification in policy due to increased awareness in the differences between the two.
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Well, there's the problem: What if it's an iPad? Is that an ereader or a computer? Now they're stuck telling customers it's okay to read
War & Peace but not catch up on their email. That's an even larger and squirmier can of worms.
Remember, the original problem is highly unlikely to have been people reading (pbooks, ebooks, or newspapers for that matter) and very likely to have been people spending an hour or two (or more) on their computer, doing office work outside the office. Trying to keep people from doing the latter without intruding on their privacy is next to impossible, and leads back to the only option being setting timers for each table, and kicking customers out when the timers expire. Or, just restricting the use of anything likely to be a time-sucking device at certain tables and certain times.
All they're trying to do, really, is make sure that their customers (y'know, people like
you) don't have to eat and drink standing up in a corner because some inconsiderate schmuck is hogging a table and using the place as a branch office.