Starbucks to require purchases to hang out in stores
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Anonymous
+900000 we stopped going because its just too messed up there now. |
Anonymous
| Good! Im hoping woke is dead now. Ive had enough. |
Anonymous
| Is this in DC? |
Anonymous
| Starbucks sued their own union. They are trash- go somewhere else. |
Anonymous
+1. People “working” from a Panera and coffee shop are so creepy to me. Aren’t people embarrassed to be sitting there for hours on end? No shame. Go to a library or stay home. Stop leeching from a business. |
Anonymous
Actually, no, Starbucks doesn’t want you moochers there “camping” out. Can you not tell how cold and uncomfortable they have made stores? They are trying to nudge you out the door with cold tables, hard chairs, foot traffic and drafts from the door. They want tables turned, not occupied by laptop weirdos for 6 hours every day. |
Anonymous
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There is an etiquette to working in a coffee shop. Some people follow it and others don't. Those of you complaining are complaining about the people who don't follow the etiquette. Those of us who sometimes work in coffee shops are also annoyed by those people. But working in coffee shops is normal and yes the shops often encourage it. My Starbucks has comfortable padded seating and each table has its own charging station so you can plug in a laptop and cell phone at the same time. Plus the free wifi and the deals they offer me on the app at various times of day are inducements to work there.
Anyway, this is what I consider to be proper etiquette for working at a coffee shop, Starbucks or otherwise: - Don't go during peak traffic hours. No one should be camping out on their laptop at like 8am when there is a line out the door and they are churning out 20 drinks a minute. If you are going to work, go during off-peak hours like mid-morning, early afternoon, or the evening after commutes. - Don't go for 6 hours. That's too long. I think my absolute max is 3 hours, and that would be unusual (and I would only do it if the place were fairly empty). I generally go for like 90-120 minutes. - Obviously, order something. Most places actually do require this -- Starbucks was an outlier for a while but this is standard. I generally order at least one drink for each hour I'm there, or I'll order a very large drink. I usually also order food simply because I get hungry. It's rare that I go work in a coffee shop and don't spend $10-20. - No video meetings or conference calls. This is the one I see a lot and annoys me. No one should have to listen to you update your boss on your project progress during your weekly Teams call. You should do that in private. I personally think in person meetings are fine if it's just two people. This is functionally not very different from like meeting someone you met an an industry event at a coffee shop to network, and most people think that's fine too. But the conference and video calls are very obnoxious, especially when people don't wear headphones. I think if people follow these guidelines, working at coffee shops is perfectly reasonable and likely helps these businesses fill tables during slower times of day and justify longer hours, which I think is good. |
Anonymous
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6:45 again. I wanted to add this one:
- Don't take up more room than necessary. Your backpack and jacket don't need their own chairs, and choose a table appropriate for one person (or two if you go to work with someone else, which I sometimes do). I think some of the people complaining about lack of seating due to people working may actually be because some people occupy more than one seat because they like to spread out. That's rude. |
Anonymous
| The Starbucks policy is really designed for homeless people and we have to be realistic, it's become a problem. I stopped going to the library a long time ago because homeless people were constantly making them uncomfortable places. Why libraries should become refuges for the homeless is beyond me. Typical urban progressive mindset, I suppose. One can't fault Starbucks for tackling this problem. |
Anonymous
Only rich people are allowed to misbehave? That's what you value in the world? Wow |
Anonymous
Omg you feel jealous of a corporation. |
Anonymous
This comment totally makes sense because everyone in the world is exactly like you! |
Anonymous
DP. I am a reasonable person, and the world is full of reasonable people. Therefore, whatever I think, everyone else thinks. QED. |
Anonymous
Yeah … I thought I’d stop by my local library to read but … nope, so smelly and gross. I don’t mind sharing space with everyone but it frankly stank and I worried about bedbugs. and I noticed that MLK library has yet again become a de facto homeless encampment at the front entrance. I hope that everyone follows suit and realizes that public space (including “public accomodations” like Starbucks) is for the public, and it shouldn’t be taken over by loiterers or criminals. about the only positive thing is that the libraries do seem to have realized they have to make sure children have safe spaces, so they have children and teen areas that are well overseen. |
Anonymous
how about opening day shelters for them? |