A few weeks ago I decided to mosey over to a local Manhattan coffee shop for an afternoon cappuccino.
After placing my order I sat down at a table and pulled out my Amazon Kindle.
I barely made it a sentence into the e-book I was reading before an employee of the coffee shop came by, stood over me and said, “Excuse me sir, but we don’t allow computers in the coffee shop.”
No E-Books Allowed in This Establishment - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com (via mikecane)
Redonkulousity. Also, the commenters are completely missing the point. People who hog real estate for hours in coffee shops with their laptops are a pain, which is probably why the coffee shop mentioned in the post no longer allows “computers” on its premises. But if Bilton brought out a magazine or a paperback, would he have been asked to put it away? That’s the test here.
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