Many indie coffee cafes now restrict, or ban outright, the use of e-reading devices - Page 14

GlenBarrington · 02-15-2011, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by doreenjoy

Time to move this thread to the Lounge...........

Time to end the tyrrany of posting categories! If the Egyptians can get rid of Mubarak, then we can get rid of the DBA's!

boxcorner · 02-15-2011, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

Time to end the tyrrany of posting categories! If the Egyptians can get rid of Mubarak, then we can get rid of the DBA's!

Waiting 30 years might get a bit tedious.

DixieGal · 02-15-2011, 09:45 AM

I think the thread Nazis must get the emails that a new comment has been posted to their subscribed threads. So it probably drives them nuts when the fun stuff starts popping fast. Whatever. That is between them and their user cp to decide if they want notifications or not.

Carry on with the unutterable silliness, you crazy wabbits

Anthem · 02-15-2011, 10:59 AM

I remember a big to-do over all of this a year or two ago. Obviously, the matter continues to churn with nary a head raise from Resolution sweet.

I am unable to translate the whole "Let's go read a book or work on something important while surrounded by tons of people who won't stop talking and just let me concentrate" thing into the resemblance of sanity and I never shall. If I should find myself in a state desirous of incessant disruption I believe a large sports event at a stadium would turn the trick secure.

DixieGal · 02-15-2011, 11:09 AM

LOL! It was the opposite for me. I worked all day in a tightly packed noisy office. The fire inspector kept writing us up, but what were we gonna do about it when there was no more space to expand? So the time spent waiting in the coffee shop until my play or opera or concert was a haven of comparative tranquility. Maybe those vacant stares that have been mentioned are just office combat veterans trying to decompress in the relative sanity of a coffee shop?

Crowl · 02-15-2011, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jerrywojo

When they started offering their "coffee bar" and free wifi I tried them out. Ordered a nonfat no-whip mocha. They did not know what it meant.

I think the main problem was not their lack of understanding so much as the disturbing tendency to mess up coffee with all that extra junk, coffees should just vary in sizes.

Namekuseijin · 02-15-2011, 12:08 PM

BTW, I don't need wi-fi, I got 3G.

Morrie · 02-15-2011, 05:59 PM

In a way I can understand the no laptop policy... but then again if they offer free wifi they are inviting you in. Afterall what else is WIFI for. But no e-readers... this makes no sense. It is okay to read a paper back but not the same book on a Kindle or Kobo???

GlenBarrington · 02-15-2011, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrie

In a way I can understand the no laptop policy... but then again if they offer free wifi they are inviting you in. Afterall what else is WIFI for. But no e-readers... this makes no sense. It is okay to read a paper back but not the same book on a Kindle or Kobo???

Well, to be honest, I intend to pull out my Prs350 whenever I want and read. If the management wants to throw my ass out in front of the other customers, fine. I'm sneaky enough to make just enough of a scene that everyone in the coffee shop knows what's going on without my getting arrested.

snipenekkid · 02-15-2011, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy

I was rather startled as I thought 10K feet meant there was an open fire on an airplane!

naw, that is just a tiny bump in the ground around here.

snipenekkid · 02-15-2011, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

How long do you have to wear the sock before you start using it for coffee?

a week is usually good, or if you have the sock from the previous trip that works as well, as long as it still has coffee in it. That way you won't have to last a week w/o coffee.

neb52 · 02-16-2011, 02:28 AM

Just get rid of the electrical outlets and large tables. For the full meal stores, like Panera and Micky D's, have the large tables for customers eating full meals only. If you want the "self employed" types coming in and camping out, partition off a part of the store and rent a desk and electrical outlet by the hour to them.

boxcorner · 02-16-2011, 05:28 AM

Remember Internet cafés?

carld · 02-16-2011, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by boxcorner

Remember Internet cafés?

They're still around, just saw one yesterday.

Anthem · 02-16-2011, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

Well, to be honest, I intend to pull out my Prs350 whenever I want and read. If the management wants to throw my ass out in front of the other customers, fine. I'm sneaky enough to make just enough of a scene that everyone in the coffee shop knows what's going on without my getting arrested.

When they confront you just ask them how much coffee in round dollars you need to purchase for them to let you read on your Sony in their shop. If they take you up on it, actually buy it.

Then you can read all you want and sip your table top worth of coffee as long as your pleasure holds.

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02-15-2011, 09:45 AM	#198
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I think the thread Nazis must get the emails that a new comment has been posted to their subscribed threads. So it probably drives them nuts when the fun stuff starts popping fast. Whatever. That is between them and their user cp to decide if they want notifications or not. Carry on with the unutterable silliness, you crazy wabbits

02-15-2011, 10:59 AM	#199
Anthem Guru Posts: 704 Karma: 1622328 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle Oasis, OnePlus Nord	I remember a big to-do over all of this a year or two ago. Obviously, the matter continues to churn with nary a head raise from Resolution sweet. I am unable to translate the whole "Let's go read a book or work on something important while surrounded by tons of people who won't stop talking and just let me concentrate" thing into the resemblance of sanity and I never shall. If I should find myself in a state desirous of incessant disruption I believe a large sports event at a stadium would turn the trick secure.

02-15-2011, 11:09 AM	#200
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	LOL! It was the opposite for me. I worked all day in a tightly packed noisy office. The fire inspector kept writing us up, but what were we gonna do about it when there was no more space to expand? So the time spent waiting in the coffee shop until my play or opera or concert was a haven of comparative tranquility. Maybe those vacant stares that have been mentioned are just office combat veterans trying to decompress in the relative sanity of a coffee shop?

02-15-2011, 12:08 PM	#202
Namekuseijin affordable chipmunk Posts: 1,290 Karma: 9863855 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Brazil Device: Sony XPeria ZL, Kindle Paperwhite	BTW, I don't need wi-fi, I got 3G.

02-15-2011, 05:59 PM	#203
Morrie Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pierrefonds, Montreal, Quebec Canada Device: Kobo	In a way I can understand the no laptop policy... but then again if they offer free wifi they are inviting you in. Afterall what else is WIFI for. But no e-readers... this makes no sense. It is okay to read a paper back but not the same book on a Kindle or Kobo???

02-16-2011, 02:28 AM	#207
neb52 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: DFW Device: NookColor	Just get rid of the electrical outlets and large tables. For the full meal stores, like Panera and Micky D's, have the large tables for customers eating full meals only. If you want the "self employed" types coming in and camping out, partition off a part of the store and rent a desk and electrical outlet by the hour to them.

02-16-2011, 05:28 AM	#208
boxcorner »(°±°)« Posts: 826 Karma: 775629 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: divisive reader	Remember Internet cafés?