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Went to an exhibition[^] (and after that a Christmas market-ish) with a friend yesterday.
After that, we wanted to go have a hot chocolate ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif) and a quick byte, but, alas, the two coffee houses we stopped by were taken over by coffee house laptop zombies. All the tables, and chairs were filled with laptop hungry people!
I imagine there were all there taking the space for hours, only sipping a small coffee and sucking up all the wifi and electricity ...
Kind of frustrating.
Luckily, we found a third coffee place, not too far away with one empty table.
Nihil obstat
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I read somewhere earlier this year (don't remember where) that the zombies are a big problem for the coffee houses... for exactly that reason. People come in, buy a $5 cup of coffee, the hand onto a chair/table for 4 or 5 hours preventing them from turning the table.
I've seen it close to being that bad at Panera Bread as well. Makes me wonder if there is something on Android that would let me spoof an AP and disassociate all the clients using my phone or tablet. If the wireless became flaky would the zombies muddle to somewhere else?
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Jason Gleim wrote: If the wireless became flaky would the zombies muddle to somewhere else?
They would probably just complain to the store manager about the inconvenience that the FREE service is causing them.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Most coffee places and diners here only give you 30 minutes and x MB free wifi. I think this helps prevent that scourge, but the coffee shops still get pretty damn full of laptops. Just not the same ones all day.
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But if other people can't see how hard you are working how do you know you are working?
Actually, having recently started modifying a bedroom in my home, I noticed my office had become quite full of unproductive stuff, cluttering the environment. The way most people live, I am sure there entire home is filled with junk and a noisy coffee shop is the only "productive" place they can find.
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Maximilien wrote: Luckily, we found a third coffee place, not too far away with one empty table.
At which point you opened your laptop and began posting on Code Project.
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Nope...
Gentlemen do not open their laptop in front of everyone.
 
Nihil obstat
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They also manage to take a whole table that might sit 4 people to themselves. Heaven forbit that they use a small 2 person table.
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That's why it's not called "smal coffee" anymore, but "mocha frothy venti lattolito", and costs a kidney and half your first born.
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