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

Post by freedomben » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 7:10 PM UTC

HSO wrote: post #156

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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…

PS. they could even apply surge pricing for this. in fact they should .

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 7:39 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #170

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Chicago has "residential zone parking" for the areas of the city that are primarily residential. For $30 per year per car, you get to park on the street in your local zone (2-3 city blocks). Nobody else is allowed to park on the street in that zone. For visitors, you can buy a sheet of stickers for $1 per sticker that enable 1 day of parking. But you can't buy more than 3 sheets in a month (they keep track). I've alw…

Density. If you paid for a parking permit then there's some expectation that a parking spot will be available for you near your house. Except in NYC residents outnumber parking spots 20:1 in some neighborhoods.

Post by codedokode » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 7:56 PM UTC

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samschooler wrote: post #99

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

Imagine you can get up to the bathroom and nobody steals your monitor

Post by petre » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 8:11 PM UTC

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Imagine you can get up to the bathroom and nobody steals your monitor

The words "steal" and "bathroom" reminded me of a funny case when hand dryers started disappearing in bathrooms of several shopping malls in a large Russian city. In all cases, there was the same person with a large bag filmed nearby, but as there is no camera inside, it is difficult to understand if he did anything or not. Guess unsupervised tablet (aka "monitor") would not stay there for long.

Post by eswat » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 8:16 PM UTC

jwr wrote: post #42

In Tokyo, coffee shops seem to have embraced the work culture. Tables and seating have been adapted to working, and you often get a receipt with the time when you are expected to leave printed on it. Most (if not all) people in a Tully's in Tokyo are there to work.