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Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by cm2187 »

jiehong wrote: post #15

Or maybe Starbucks should install a common printer with a fee? The large items policy still makes sense, though

Is that a business they even want, someone occupying a seat for 8 hours only to consume two coffees?

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by krogenx »

sschueller wrote: post #16
jiehong wrote: post #15

Or maybe Starbucks should install a common printer with a fee? The large items policy still makes sense, though

That will ruin them at $1,500 to $2,000 per litre of ink...

Maybe they could do some R&D to see if coffee could be used as ink.

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by sandspar »

It's hard to run a global business. Different people have such different ways of doing things. Every day, tens of millions of people run pen tests on Starbuck's rules. And Starbuck's front line of defence? A bunch of shy college student baristas.

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by paranoidrobot »

cryptoz wrote: post #12

Reminds me of the Improv Everywhere sketch where they did this exact thing. https://youtube.com/watch?v=EKEeHREK2nQ

I thought about Improv Everywhere recently - they had some great things in the early 2000s.

Re watching this, at about 1:16 one of the agents looks familiar. "Huh, she looks kinda like Aubrey Plaza". Then the credits come on: It was actually Aubrey Plaza.

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by codeulike »

unglaublich wrote: post #19
sschueller wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That will ruin them at $1,500 to $2,000 per litre of ink...

They could provide Starbucks branded ink of which 95% of the cost is licensing fees which they pay out tax-free to themselves.

They could scribble each customers name on the printouts with a sharpie

"Got a flat black and white parking ticket appeal form for Kim"

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by somedude895 »

arkh wrote: post #20
shinycode wrote: post #7

People bring printers to Starbucks… really ? I’m kind of surprised it feels like an abuse to me o_O it would never cross my mind

South Korea is cyber café country. If you open a café there, people expect some specific services. I guess the fact people come with PCs and printer is a way to demonstrate how they don't want this part of US culture and would like to keep theirs. So either adapt and start offering PC bang in South Korea or go home.

Or you know, you could just not go there if you don't like the place rather than be a prick to people who work there and customers who like going there.

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by tennisflyi »

paranoidrobot wrote: post #26
cryptoz wrote: post #12

Reminds me of the Improv Everywhere sketch where they did this exact thing. https://youtube.com/watch?v=EKEeHREK2nQ

I thought about Improv Everywhere recently - they had some great things in the early 2000s. Re watching this, at about 1:16 one of the agents looks familiar. "Huh, she looks kinda like Aubrey Plaza". Then the credits come on: It was actually Aubrey Plaza.

I thought that too!
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