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People bring printers to Starbucks… really ? I’m kind of surprised it feels like an abuse to me o_O it would never cross my mind
by shinycode 1y ago
People bring printers to Starbucks… really ? I’m kind of surprised it feels like an abuse to me o_O it would never cross my mind
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago[flagged]
- arkh 1y agoSouth Korea is cyber café country. If you open a café there, people expect some specific services. I guess the fact people come with PCs and printer is a way to demonstrate how they don't want this part of US culture and would like to keep theirs. So either adapt and start offering PC bang in South Korea or go home.
- somedude895 1y agoOr you know, you could just not go there if you don't like the place rather than be a prick to people who work there and customers who like going there.
- thrown-0825 1y agoHard to do when starbucks is a real estate holding company that sells coffee. They have sucked all the air out of the cafe space and driven out their competitors.
- yorwba 1y agoDriven out their competitors where? In Seoul, Twosome Place and Hollys are ubiquitous, there's a few more chains whose names I don't remember off the top of my head and plenty of single-location cafes remain as well.
- true_religion 1y agoIs this to the point that no internet cafes exist?
- tasuki 1y ago> They have sucked all the air out of the cafe space and driven out their competitors. How?
- delfinom 1y agoBy addicting consumers to coffee flavored sugar I suppose?
- tonyedgecombe 1y agoThey had a policy of saturating an area until all the competition closed then withdrawing shops until they were profitable. It was quite common to see two Starbucks across the road from each other.
- ch4s3 1y agoI couldn't tell you where the nearest Starbucks is in Philly but I can name at least 9 other cafes within a short walk.
- shinycode 1y agoI agree, following the logic means any customer from any shop can start doing anything regardless of policies and shops just need to adapt just because of my expectations ?
- The-Bus 1y agoStarbucks Coffee Korea Co. is a Korean company, owned by a Singaporean wealth fund and a Korean company. US Starbucks provides licensing and supplies, nothing more. So this is a decision by a Korean company, not an American one. https://stories.starbucks.com/asia/stories/2021/starbucks-transitions-retail-business-in-south-korea-to-e-mart-and-gic/ https://stories.starbucks.com/asia/stories/2021/starbucks-tr...
- robin_reala 1y agoThere needs to be a resurrection of the Canon NoteJet laptops.
- criddell 1y agoYes, and not only in Korea. https://laist.com/news/starbucks-swag https://laist.com/news/starbucks-swag