Many indie coffee cafes now restrict, or ban outright, the use of e-reading devices - Page 8

SlowRain · 02-14-2011, 08:54 AM

It's been suggested by business people that those using a coffee shop as an office-away-from-the-office should order something every two hours or else drop $5 into the tip jar. In theory, I'm okay with this. They sell the table to you, they sell the table to someone else: it's all good so long as they're making money. I just have a problem with what some coffee shops here (Taiwan) are charging for a cup of coffee. In the instances where coffee shops are being ridiculous about their pricing, I have no problem staying longer (there really isn't the selection of good coffee shops here like there is in, say, downtown Vancouver--which I discovered on a recent trip).

I like the idea of some coffee shops not even offering Wi-Fi in order to promote conversation, table turnover, and keeping pricing down. I'm also okay with some coffee shops offering Wi-Fi and charging more for the service. Just so long as there is an ample selection of both--and providing the coffee is good. Like I said before, it's coffee shops that want to distinguish between p-books and e-books that show their ignorance.

jerrywojo · 02-14-2011, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by RockdaMan

Busy weekend, and I've fallen behind. I just want to say that going to McDonalds for a good cup of coffee is like going to Taco Bell for good mexican food.

NOTHING at McDonalds is good food. About the closest thing are their salads, and those are unnecessarily skimpy on the greens.

Well said. OMG Taco Bell! Last time I went there the food was cold and the workers were goofing around. Yea I want to buy food there.

kennyc · 02-14-2011, 09:10 AM

I know that when my kids were small we ate at Taco Bell a LOT...it was the best bang for the buck. I assume it is the same for many.

RockdaMan · 02-14-2011, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by elcreative

Greens in a salad... bit avant garde...

Maybe the (home-brewed) coffee has not yet kicked in. What's avant garde about the green stuff in a salad?

elcreative · 02-14-2011, 09:37 AM

Forget it... if you don't get it then not worth explaining, humour, irony, sarcasm etc never are... or try another double espresso

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Originally Posted by RockdaMan

Maybe the (home-brewed) coffee has not yet kicked in. What's avant garde about the green stuff in a salad?

RockdaMan · 02-14-2011, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy

McGriddle breakfast sandwiches

They even got the hash browns wrong! They don't taste like potatoes!

RockdaMan · 02-14-2011, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

I know that when my kids were small we ate at Taco Bell a LOT...it was the best bang for the buck.

But nothing close to a good home cooked Mexican meal. And nothing close to one from a restaurant, which was my point. Not to slam Taco Bell, but to slam McDonalds coffee.

watershawl · 02-14-2011, 10:12 AM

Everything is a business model so if coffee shops start kicking out squatters then some other business will welcome them with open arms. One model not being explored is "the one who controls the access controls the transaction."

tubemonkey · 02-14-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

I know that when my kids were small we ate at Taco Bell a LOT...it was the best bang for the buck. I assume it is the same for many.

Wendy's is another one along those lines with their value menu.

Hellmark · 02-14-2011, 10:37 AM

I am not a coffee drinker, but I am an avid tea drinker. I go with my girlfriend sometimes to coffee shops, and get tea (usually a chai or something, because most coffee shops stock very little tea), and we sip it. Hot stuff you cannot chug. When you sip something hot, it takes time. Reading helps fill the time while you are drinking, so you're not mindlessly staring at a wall. By preventing reading, you're having people not stay with their drinks, and in the end of I am not wanting something on the go, I'll not go to a place that only offers on the go. At that point the coffee shop may as well be a drive through, and just that.

DixieGal · 02-14-2011, 10:40 AM

I love Taco Bell! Of course it doesn't taste like the food in my face local Mexican restaurant, but it isnt supposed to. It tastes like Taco Bell. Five ingredients rearranged twenty different ways on tortillas. It even has lettuce and tomatoes for those who misunderstand the concept of fast food.

BEST: Nacho cheese chalupa. Meat and melted cheese food product in a hot greasy crispy thick flatbread. OMG!

RockdaMan · 02-14-2011, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

it doesn't taste like the food in my face

Boy did you guys miss the point.

kennyc · 02-14-2011, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Wendy's is another one along those lines with their value menu.

Yep! We had a few meals there as well.

kennyc · 02-14-2011, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

I love Taco Bell! Of course it doesn't taste like the food in my face local Mexican restaurant, but it isnt supposed to. It tastes like Taco Bell. Five ingredients rearranged twenty different ways on tortillas. It even has lettuce and tomatoes for those who misunderstand the concept of fast food.

BEST: Nacho cheese chalupa. Meat and melted cheese food product in a hot greasy crispy thick flatbread. OMG!

snipenekkid · 02-14-2011, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

I love Taco Bell! Of course it doesn't taste like the food in my face local Mexican restaurant, but it isnt supposed to. It tastes like Taco Bell. Five ingredients rearranged twenty different ways on tortillas. It even has lettuce and tomatoes for those who misunderstand the concept of fast food.

BEST: Nacho cheese chalupa. Meat and melted cheese food product in a hot greasy crispy thick flatbread. OMG!

not meat but genuine imitation Beff or Loobster. I laughed when I read people were up in arms over the dust up over the "meat" in a TB taco was not 100% real beef, I mean it's a $0.99 taco who cares? These people obviously missed the Hungry Hefer Restraunt in Bawstun near to Cheers and marked with Normie's official of approval.

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02-14-2011, 08:54 AM	#106
SlowRain Addict Posts: 311 Karma: 9553 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: a Canadian expat in Taiwan Device: HTC 10, Asus Phonepad	It's been suggested by business people that those using a coffee shop as an office-away-from-the-office should order something every two hours or else drop $5 into the tip jar. In theory, I'm okay with this. They sell the table to you, they sell the table to someone else: it's all good so long as they're making money. I just have a problem with what some coffee shops here (Taiwan) are charging for a cup of coffee. In the instances where coffee shops are being ridiculous about their pricing, I have no problem staying longer (there really isn't the selection of good coffee shops here like there is in, say, downtown Vancouver--which I discovered on a recent trip). I like the idea of some coffee shops not even offering Wi-Fi in order to promote conversation, table turnover, and keeping pricing down. I'm also okay with some coffee shops offering Wi-Fi and charging more for the service. Just so long as there is an ample selection of both--and providing the coffee is good. Like I said before, it's coffee shops that want to distinguish between p-books and e-books that show their ignorance.

02-14-2011, 09:10 AM	#108
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	I know that when my kids were small we ate at Taco Bell a LOT...it was the best bang for the buck. I assume it is the same for many.

02-14-2011, 10:12 AM	#113
watershawl Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 40 Join Date: May 2010 Device: nook	Everything is a business model so if coffee shops start kicking out squatters then some other business will welcome them with open arms. One model not being explored is "the one who controls the access controls the transaction."

02-14-2011, 10:37 AM	#115
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,592 Karma: 4290425 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Foristell, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3, Kobo Libra 2	I am not a coffee drinker, but I am an avid tea drinker. I go with my girlfriend sometimes to coffee shops, and get tea (usually a chai or something, because most coffee shops stock very little tea), and we sip it. Hot stuff you cannot chug. When you sip something hot, it takes time. Reading helps fill the time while you are drinking, so you're not mindlessly staring at a wall. By preventing reading, you're having people not stay with their drinks, and in the end of I am not wanting something on the go, I'll not go to a place that only offers on the go. At that point the coffee shop may as well be a drive through, and just that.

02-14-2011, 10:40 AM	#116
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I love Taco Bell! Of course it doesn't taste like the food in my face local Mexican restaurant, but it isnt supposed to. It tastes like Taco Bell. Five ingredients rearranged twenty different ways on tortillas. It even has lettuce and tomatoes for those who misunderstand the concept of fast food. BEST: Nacho cheese chalupa. Meat and melted cheese food product in a hot greasy crispy thick flatbread. OMG!