On 2017-02-26 10:50 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/26/2017 9:54 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

>> That is a surprise. My wife got kicked out of McDs for bringing in
>> coffee. We were car pooling for a while and I started work earlier than
>> she did, so she would drop me off and go for breakfast. She hated their
>> coffee, so she would stop at Hortons to get coffee and them go to McDs
>> for eggs. They told her several times not to but she kept doing it until
>> the ended up kicking her out.
>>
>>
> Well hey, they're in business to sell things. I'm sorry your wife got
> kicked out but at least she was warned first. I saw these same people
> doing this for about two weeks and, at least when I was there, not one
> employee said a word to them. It struck me as very odd.
>

It's not like she is holding a grudge. She told them she would have
bought their coffee if it tasted better. Back then their coffee was
horrible.

It usually surprises me that some places allow outside food. It happens
sometimes at the Tim Hortons stores around here. There are a few of them
near high schools and they come at lunch time. Some buy lunch, some buy
drinks and bring their lunch, and some just bring a lunch and sit with
their friends. I guess it is up to the store to decide if it is worth
alienating customers.

Our corner bakery/coffee shop has free wifi and there are several people
who really take advantage of that. There are two women in particular
who seem to telecommute and spend half the day in there, each one taking
a table for for, have laptops plugged into the wall sockets and are on
their cell phones. I have a hard enough time being patient when I am
subjected to loud one sided cell phone conversations, and I find it even
worse when they are business calls. They don't even restrict their table
hogging to off hours. One of them is pretty much guaranteed to be there
are lunch time, no matter how busy the place is.

The owner is a friend of mine and I suppose it is up to her to decide
whether the amount they buy is worth the space they take up. If it were
me, I would be changing the WiFi code.