proletarian2
join:2007-01-08
00000 | I'll take my $8 (actually $4) coffee at
my LOCAL AND INDEPENDENT coffee house that provides free wifi. |
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Thaler
Premium
join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA | Ditto. Charging $6 for a coffee that costs $1 to make, and then dinging extra for the coffeshop WiFi?
No thanks. I'll just get my overpriced caffine swill (bundled with free WiFi) elsewhere. |
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demontop
join:2001-08-21
Chicago, IL
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what the is an "independent" coffee house? independent of what, praytell? independent of a working profitable business model, or independent of a long-term growth plan or independent of the need to provide their employees with an actual living wage and accessible health care?
And last I checked, all the peeps at my Starbucks down the street are local...in fact, I'd wager most of them walk or bike to work - don't think ya can get more local than that.
And again, somebody's paying for the wifi - advertisers, some shady back-room deal to skim a few cents off the top of each drink sold, or its a write-off for the owner as a means to lure and retain customers - somebody pays for it, 'cuz bandwidth, hardware and administration ain't free. |
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