MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Many indie coffee cafes now restrict, or ban outright, the use of e-reading devices

jerrywojo · 02-12-2011, 08:12 AM

Perhaps its a gross misunderstanding of technology. I have a Jetbook and have had people ask me "is that one of those Ipad thingys?".

So its quite possible in some situations you may find coffee shop owners confused,stubborn, suffer from Neo-Luddism, or all of the above.

I'll go out on a limb and theorize that demographically the average age of the owners who ban readers is above 50.

Doesn't really matter anyhow there are plenty of shops in urban areas who do allow e-readers.

02-12-2011, 08:12 AM	#15
jerrywojo Connoisseur Posts: 70 Karma: 40 Join Date: Apr 2006	Perhaps its a gross misunderstanding of technology. I have a Jetbook and have had people ask me "is that one of those Ipad thingys?". So its quite possible in some situations you may find coffee shop owners confused,stubborn, suffer from Neo-Luddism, or all of the above. I'll go out on a limb and theorize that demographically the average age of the owners who ban readers is above 50. Doesn't really matter anyhow there are plenty of shops in urban areas who do allow e-readers.