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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 mrtksn »

cmavvv wrote: post #117
mrtksn wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or have actual public places? The Cafe's are there to serve coffee, it's just courtesy as business model to let you hang around in the premises and when the business model starts to fail in some way they adjust it. After university, the most I miss is the actual places that are mine to use and are made for hanging around or working and not necessarily consuming anything.

> The Cafe's are there to serve coffee, it's just courtesy as business model to let you hang around Traditionally it's the other way around, the drink is a by-product of a public house where people can gather. Could you imagine a bar where people are just supposed to drink and leave?

How does this work? Were these public houses literally owned by the public and someone noticed that they may sell something there? AFAIK it's more like people opening their premises to outsiders to hang around and sell them stuff.

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Post by The-Bus »

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.

Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. is a Korean company, owned by a Singaporean wealth fund and a Korean company. US Starbucks provides licensing and supplies, nothing more.

So this is a decision by a Korean company, not an American one.

https://stories.starbucks.com/asia/stories/2021/starbucks-tr...

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Post by kmfrk »

rich_sasha wrote: post #60

Cafes provide two distinct products, usually bundled into one: seat rental and food/drink. How about charge separately for each? I get that it would be awkward to try, but why not.

Last week's submission is a company created to do this, too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44811602.

https://badgeapp.co.

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Post by ljf »

iainmerrick wrote: post #109
ljf wrote: post #71

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Just looked up my email - and in 2012 I paid £10 4 hours in the Regus shared working space in central London - I think a 7 hour day might of been £12 but I don't have a full booking. From memory it was behind Bond Street - I was working for a small company in East London, and was taking the afternoon off to interview for another role. I wanted to be able to work right up until the interview and have somewhere to get…

I mostly used the British Library, which was lovely and just the right level of quiet. But it gradually got more popular -- when I popped in recently, the (expanded) working areas were very crowded.

Nice - I tried libraries and also used friends club memberships - but I needed to do a lot of video calls, so a place I could talk freely was needed.

A friend of mine seemed to manage to join nice clubs early on good terms (and low costs), and ran a mobile advertising business for a good few years without ever having a proper office space - just working from home then the clubs as needed for meetings etc. But his line of work seemed rather boozy.

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Post by thepryz »

londons_explore wrote: post #111
JKCalhoun wrote: post #110

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I'm not surprised if you used the Breakfast Blend. Did you try the Caffe Verona or Espresso Roast?

It was Lidl's red topped instant - don't even know the name - the jar with the red lid, and I made it pretty strong but without milk/sugar (which I thought would cook/burn onto the inside of the nozzle)

That's my printer recommends Bulletproof Coffee. The coconut oil helps ensure smooth flow without clogging while the MCTs improve coffee adhesion to the paper.

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Post by onlyrealcuzzo »

mrtksn wrote: post #107
rich_sasha wrote: post #60

Cafes provide two distinct products, usually bundled into one: seat rental and food/drink. How about charge separately for each? I get that it would be awkward to try, but why not.

Or have actual public places? The Cafe's are there to serve coffee, it's just courtesy as business model to let you hang around in the premises and when the business model starts to fail in some way they adjust it. After university, the most I miss is the actual places that are mine to use and are made for hanging around or working and not necessarily consuming anything.

> After university, the most I miss is the actual places that are mine to use and are made for hanging around or working and not necessarily consuming anything.

You just pre-paid for the consumption in your tuition fees.

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Post by NuclearPM »

cmavvv wrote: post #117
mrtksn wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or have actual public places? The Cafe's are there to serve coffee, it's just courtesy as business model to let you hang around in the premises and when the business model starts to fail in some way they adjust it. After university, the most I miss is the actual places that are mine to use and are made for hanging around or working and not necessarily consuming anything.

> The Cafe's are there to serve coffee, it's just courtesy as business model to let you hang around Traditionally it's the other way around, the drink is a by-product of a public house where people can gather. Could you imagine a bar where people are just supposed to drink and leave?

> Could you imagine a bar where people are just supposed to drink and leave?

Yes.

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Post by mantra2 »

mhitza wrote: post #100
mathiaspoint wrote: post #83

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I haven't seen a coworking place that isn't insanely overpriced compared to a coffee shop so it's no surprise they're not doing well.

In my experience price isn't the only issue. One of the (smaller) coworking spaces I can have access to locally, closes at 6pm while a coffee shop at around 9-10PM and it's also open on weekends. But then again, I find working in coffee shops too distracting, so work from home and randomly popping into a coworking space now and then.

Little overpriced but I've found Loop Earplugs to help working in coffee shops, etc. Muffles out most of the sound but not everything, enough to focus but not fly off your seat if someone taps your shoulder.

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Post by NuclearPM »

Mistletoe wrote: post #113
stby wrote: post #63

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Newer Coworking places generally seem to have some Starbucks-vibes, but AFAIK they are not doing to well. Maybe the price of a coffee is exactly what people are willing to pay for a seat, a small table, and wifi for some hours.

Imagine if a little critical thinking like this had been allowed to enter the minds of WeWork investors.

Companies pay more than coffee prices for offices
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