On 2018-09-29 11:53 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 9/29/2018 10:58 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>> You need to go to better restaurants.Â* I never get hustled out by the
>> server.
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>
> On a busy Saturday night most places will frown upon you dawdling for an
> extra hour.Â* I don't blame them if others are waiting.Â* There are places
> that allow you the table for the night though.
>
> This morning I met a friend at the clinic for flu shots and we went for
> coffee after.Â* We took up a table for over an hour, but there were other
> tables available so not a big deal.
>
> Seems like the flu clinic is an odd place to meet but it is run by our
> medical provider paid for my our former employer.Â* I live 10 miles south
> of it, she lives 10 miles north of it.


Our local bakery/coffee shop will not hustle people out. You can stay as
long as you like and use their free wifi. It can be annoying and I know
some of the staff aren't thrilled, though they are still pleasant to the
people who abuse it. There is one woman is almost guaranteed to be there
any time I go. She uses it as her office, sitting there with her lap top
and her cell phone, making and receiving business calls. She will even
park there throughout lunch time when the place is full. There was
another woman who spent a lot of time there doing business too.

It wouldn't be so bad if the place was bigger and had more seating, but
it has only 7 tables. If they spend all that time at a table for four
and there is no seating for the lunch crowd the business isn't making
making money from the people who could have been seated, and the staff
aren't making tips.