General complaint: people are THE WORST

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Work at home OP. That is your solution.

A coffee shop is not an office, nor should be treated as such by others who are there enjoying music, prayer, their loud kids, other friends and strangers.

That be said, I get your point and notice how much friendlier and considerate people are out at places once I leave this area.

I hope your Tues. is more enjoyable.

NP. The coffee shop is also not a record store, place of worship, or daycare.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see what the problem is. It's a coffee shop, not your personal work space.

It's also not a personal jam space for someone to blast their music or a personal meeting space for someone to have their prayer group conference call.

Working quietly on your computer in a coffee shop bothers exactly no one. If you purchase coffee or food from the shop, it even benefits the shop, which is why coffee shops provide seating and wifi for people to work.

Whereas playing your music loudly in a place that likely already has music on, or taking a conference call without headphones near multiple other people, and then asking one of those people to buy your coffee, is rude and inconvenient, likely bothers multiple customers as well as people who work there, and if you aren't even purchasing anything, has zero benefit to the business.

If you don't understand the difference between these activities, I don't know what to tell you.

I'm sure the coffee shop's owners would prefer you bought coffee for the woman, which would increase their business. You just want to take their wifi and not give anything back. That's the worst.

I bought coffee and food, used the wifi for the duration of consuming those items, and left.

Neither of these people bought anything. By the way, I don't think that woman forgot her wallet. I think she just wanted a free coffee.

I do not think the coffee shop wants me to buy coffee for this woman because it will just encourage her to continue to harass other paying customers on other occasions, while using their tables and wifi. She's a drag on their business and me buying her a single $4 coffee is not going to improve that situation. I think they'd much rather I stay and order myself a second cup (which I would have) than have her coming back every day and trying to get other people to buy her coffee.

But thanks for playing.

You may have only stayed long enough to consume your food and coffee, but your intent was (according to your original post) to use the coffee shop as your personal work space. Then, as it turns out, the people in the coffee shop wanted to use you. So if they're the WORST for trying to use you, then you are equally the WORST for trying to use them.

She was trying to use the coffee shop, the other people were trying to use her. It's worse to use a person than a corporation. Because no, corporations are not people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think society started going to crap with the introduction of cell phones.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see what the problem is. It's a coffee shop, not your personal work space.

I mean under that logic who cares if people watch porn, pick their nose, beg for money, etc. because it’s not a private space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Work at home OP. That is your solution.

A coffee shop is not an office, nor should be treated as such by others who are there enjoying music, prayer, their loud kids, other friends and strangers.

That be said, I get your point and notice how much friendlier and considerate people are out at places once I leave this area.

I hope your Tues. is more enjoyable.

But coffee shops usually offer wifi because they want people to come there and work/study. Me and my law school friends spend gobs of money on caffeine and food at a local coffee shop during exams. This was their business model. Doing things that repels customers like loud music and panhandling is not part of the business plan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Work at home OP. That is your solution.

A coffee shop is not an office, nor should be treated as such by others who are there enjoying music, prayer, their loud kids, other friends and strangers.

That be said, I get your point and notice how much friendlier and considerate people are out at places once I leave this area.

I hope your Tues. is more enjoyable.

But coffee shops usually offer wifi because they want people to come there and work/study. Me and my law school friends spend gobs of money on caffeine and food at a local coffee shop during exams. This was their business model. Doing things that repels customers like loud music and panhandling is not part of the business plan.

It is not JUST a work space. It is a space where you are going to interact with other people. Some will be talking and laughing and sharing things. Some will be jerks but to expect that it will just be like some WeWork with fancy drinks is stupid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see what the problem is. It's a coffee shop, not your personal work space.

I mean under that logic who cares if people watch porn, pick their nose, beg for money, etc. because it’s not a private space.

Exactly. I don't care.

[Anonymous]

I'm literally sitting in a doctor's waiting room now, listening to someone browsing tiktok or something right now. I don't know why people think this is ok.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe it's just because it's Monday, maybe it's because I went to work at a coffee shop this morning and within five minutes a guy came down to sit next to me who was playing house music on an iPhone without headphones, and then a woman came to sit on my other side and joined an evangelical prayer circle on speaker phone and then paused to to ask me if I'd buy her a coffee because she forgot her wallet.

Hell, truly, is other people.

Feel free to explain how terrible people are here. I will validate ALL your complaints.

Correction:

DC people are THE WORST.

Move to any normal part of the USA, and people living there act like, well, people (not the a-holes and rude, self-important, narcissists who infest DC).

Please don't.

Signed, someone who lives in a normal part of the USA and doesn't need DC people moving here and ruining it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't see what the problem is. It's a coffee shop, not your personal work space.

I mean under that logic who cares if people watch porn, pick their nose, beg for money, etc. because it’s not a private space.

Exactly. I don't care.

Some of us care and we think people like you are awful, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think society started going to crap with the introduction of cell phones.

This.

+1

Not to mention, people thinking Google replaced actual intelligence or common sense. No, we are not all equal, in that regard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe it's just because it's Monday, maybe it's because I went to work at a coffee shop this morning and within five minutes a guy came down to sit next to me who was playing house music on an iPhone without headphones, and then a woman came to sit on my other side and joined an evangelical prayer circle on speaker phone and then paused to to ask me if I'd buy her a coffee because she forgot her wallet.

Hell, truly, is other people.

Feel free to explain how terrible people are here. I will validate ALL your complaints.

Correction:

DC people are THE WORST.

Move to any normal part of the USA, and people living there act like, well, people (not the a-holes and rude, self-important, narcissists who infest DC).

Please don't.

Signed, someone who lives in a normal part of the USA and doesn't need DC people moving here and ruining it.

+2

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see what the problem is. It's a coffee shop, not your personal work space.

I mean under that logic who cares if people watch porn, pick their nose, beg for money, etc. because it’s not a private space.

Exactly. I don't care.

Some of us care and we think people like you are awful, though.

But - those people who act like animals do it because they are trying to get a rise out of you. BIL is one of those. I pretend I don't see most of the sh*t he pulls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe it's just because it's Monday, maybe it's because I went to work at a coffee shop this morning and within five minutes a guy came down to sit next to me who was playing house music on an iPhone without headphones, and then a woman came to sit on my other side and joined an evangelical prayer circle on speaker phone and then paused to to ask me if I'd buy her a coffee because she forgot her wallet.

Hell, truly, is other people.

Feel free to explain how terrible people are here. I will validate ALL your complaints.

HAHAHAHAHA. Absolutely not. I hope you laughed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see what the problem is. It's a coffee shop, not your personal work space.

I mean under that logic who cares if people watch porn, pick their nose, beg for money, etc. because it’s not a private space.

Exactly. I don't care.

Some of us care and we think people like you are awful, though.

Why? I never did anything to you, I just simply don't care what people do in public spaces. It doesn't mean I do the same things. And now you've gone and hurt my feelings