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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait, so you should be able to sit and "work" there for hours but no one else should?

I personally think 20-30 min limit for everyone at a coffee shop is very reasonable. [/quote]

I'm buying stuff. If they want to enforce 20-30 minutes for paying customers, fine, but would result in lost business not only from people who work from these spots, but also (for example) friends wanting to meet up for coffee. Most of those meetups would be more like an hour, not 20 minutes. [/quote]

So you think your $5 latte entitles you take up their space for an entire day? And you don't see a problem with that. If you need to work, go rent a place, go to the library, work from home. Starbucks is a business. They need to turn tables and sell products. I would love if they enforced the 20-30 min limit on everyone. [/quote]

there are plenty of places that would meet all your needs.  they are called OFFICES!

But would if I want to order $20 worth of drinks and food and stay for 3 hours? I do that all the time and spend a ton of money at Starbucks. If they limited me to 20-30 minutes, I would not go at all and would find another coffee shop that would let me stay for longer because the whole point for me is finding a place with a pleasant atmosphere, food/drink, and wifi so that I can get a break from my home office and interact with people instead of being a shut in. I probably wouldn't go to Starbucks at all if it didn't serve this purpose, and I bet I spend a lot more money there than most people.[/quote][/quote]

Who are the people you're interacting with? The barista? [/quote]

Yes! I know all the baristas and the manager of my primary Starbucks. I've also had nice chats with other customers, and sometimes run into neighbors and friends there.

This is literally Starbucks' dream -- I am describing their ideal environment for their stores. People going there regularly, finding community, and ordering Starbucks products that they occupy on site while you stand outside angrily glaring at them and their laptops through the windows.[/quote]

Dude, thats not community. The workers are forced to interact with you, and you are hogging a seat that people would like to use to sit with their friends and enjoy a coffee in actual community. Getting your social needs met is nice for you, but no less annoying to evrryone else than the person who didn't buy anything. [/quote]

Why is someone who wants to drink coffee while talking to a friend more important than someone who wants to drink coffee while working on a laptop.

If I were at Starbucks drinking coffee while reading a novel, do you also think you should be allowed to kick me out so that YOU can have that table, or is a novel okay because it's not "work"?

What if the think I'm working on is actually a screenplay, and I'm not being paid. And again, I'm still drinking coffee. Is that okay?

I think in reality you just want to be able to kick people out of chairs anytime you go somewhere and there aren't any seats. Do you know what I do when I go to Starbucks and there is nowhere to sit down? I either wait to see if something opens up or I go somewhere else. It's never occurred to me to angrily demand the people there vacate for my benefit. That's interesting.[/quote]

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