On 2017-02-26 10:28 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

> 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.
>
One popular coffee bar here has free internet plug ins rather than wi-fi
and you have to buy something every hour to keep your place:-)