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

Namekuseijin · 02-12-2011, 02:32 PM

I understand the office space argument and can see perfectly well how coffee shop workers should not be required to distinguish between all mobile devices. All perfectly fair.

That said, here in Brazil, carrying tablets in the bus is quite like an invitation for robbery. Which is why some smartasses developed the brilliant idea of carrying their tablets inside hollow books: they carve out a window in the book's pages where their tablets will fit.

So, people thinking they are rightfully entitled to some reading while in a cafe, be it on physical or digital form, might give it a try.

02-12-2011, 02:32 PM	#56
Namekuseijin affordable chipmunk Posts: 1,290 Karma: 9863855 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Brazil Device: Sony XPeria ZL, Kindle Paperwhite	I understand the office space argument and can see perfectly well how coffee shop workers should not be required to distinguish between all mobile devices. All perfectly fair. That said, here in Brazil, carrying tablets in the bus is quite like an invitation for robbery. Which is why some smartasses developed the brilliant idea of carrying their tablets inside hollow books: they carve out a window in the book's pages where their tablets will fit. So, people thinking they are rightfully entitled to some reading while in a cafe, be it on physical or digital form, might give it a try.