I go to a Starbucks about once a month (it's my father's preferred meeting place for our monthly coffee date) and it is very difficult to get a table there. I don't think they should 'ban' Kindles or ebooks readers if people want to sit and read something while they have their coffee, but I do think that people should not be allowed to tie up tables for hours and hours doing work on a laptop when people might want to come in and have a table for a quick snack or coffee. When you're standing there with food and drink trying to find a place to sit and EVERY table is full with laptop people, it IS discouraging and I think that they should be able to kick those people off if new customers need a place to sit and eat.
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