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03-05-2024, 02:35 PM | #1 | |||
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[The cafe that banned Zoom: Coffee shop owners
outlaw laptops after remote workers demanded everyone be quiet for online meetings and sat nursing single drink for hours while they tapped away] [Alfie Edwards (pictured), who owns the business with his partner Olivia Walsh, said it was a 'tough decision' to ban remote workers but has been ultimately successful] You trouble maker. [Then we just sort of figured out it - this is not what it is about.There are so many places you can go and rent desk space, you can work in the libraries. 'There are loads of places where they're dedicated to people working - and they have cafes as well. Here, we just realised we wanted to take hospitality back, have it dedicated to just serving people and letting them have a nice experience.' Mr Edwards and Ms Walsh set up the cafe in July 2020, shortly after the first Covid lockdown restriction was lifted during a high point for remote working as thousands worked from home or faced furlough. But as time progressed and lockdown rules were removed, workers would spend hours hunched over their computers, typing away in silence. Describing how the atmosphere changed since the laptop ban, Mr Edwards said: 'It's just so nice to have people who were previously strangers that now chat regularly. 'To see people connecting, we've kind of built a community here. 'It's a neighbourhood hangout for a lot of people.] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-workers.html Last edited by arista; 03-05-2024 at 02:38 PM. |
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03-05-2024, 02:58 PM | #2 | |||
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Good for him
I bet 100% of these zoom meetings were entirely unnecessary and just about power and could have been made via a couple of emails |
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