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Old 03-05-2024, 02:35 PM #1
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Default Canterbury : Coffee Shop outlaw laptops, workers demanded everyone be quiet

[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

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