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

Post by john01dav » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 5:09 PM UTC

mantra2 wrote: post #128

mhitza wrote: post #100

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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.

Post by jerlam » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 5:37 PM UTC

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They'd have to charge people for using those, which people won't be eager to. The point of coffee shops in this regard is that the use as free coworking space is "parasitic" on the space being financed by the café business.

they could integrate it with their loyalty points system, whatever it was called, starbucks card or sth either pay with points, or get a cheaper rate for points, or even get points if you pay normal for the cowirking space the card could also double as a validator, either for the reserved space or as a key card to a closed one, saving on in-store admin work if i were starbucks, i would 100% try this clearly there is…

Post by pstuart » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 5:51 PM UTC

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pstuart wrote: post #2

Seems like an opportunity for a coworking-lite space -- rent a seat/desk spot for 1 hour blocks.

Isn’t that how most coworking spaces work already? I’ve worked from a lot of them, and it always worked like that: I check in when I arrive in the morning, and when I check out at the end of the day, I pay for the number of hours I have spent there (often capped to a maximum of 5 hours or so, even if I stay longer).

Post by testing22321 » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 6:08 PM UTC

mock-possum wrote: post #135

samschooler wrote: post #99

There is a photo in the Korea Herald article linked in op's article. https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10550038

Bizzare entitlement

Post by rrrrrrrrrrrryan » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 6:40 PM UTC

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> 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.