This is sort of funny if it were not a pathetic business model meeting rude nerds:
Even worse, when lingerers were confronted, they were bellicose. "We get yelled at by people who feel it's their right" to use Victrola's Wi-Fi without making a purchase, Ms. Strongin said. Tony Konecny, the shop's head roaster, added, "It's rarely a pleasant interaction."...Some of Victrola's customers were in a slight state of disbelief when the Wi-Fi was disconnected. One regular customer repeated over and over, "That just doesn't work for me," Ms. Strongin said...More wi-fi freeloader backlash from last month and last year.
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Cyn - June 13, 2005 9:14 PM
Today at Timothy's World coffee in Charlottetown I counted 6 people using the wifi on their laptops and 2 using the free-use-with-a-purchase-desktops. There are only 8 tables and a tall counter. I was using a table for 4 with one other person and the rest had one person at the table. There was a long line-up of people waiting for coffee and most of them had to leave because the wifi-ers were hogging tht tables. To be sure, I buy coffee and usually some food. It's only a matter of time before the management has to make a change to accomodate more people.
Alan - June 13, 2005 10:03 PM
It's CB radio for the new millenium.
Cyn - June 14, 2005 5:42 AM
OMG! CB radios, what fun they were. I think my call sign started with XM64. My handle was "G-ock" (girl jock). Something my brother and I fiddled with as teens.