Comment by mrgoldenbrown

6 months ago

>people would just scoff at it and not visit such a café.

That would be to the benefit of the shop - scaring away non paying customers who are hogging a scarce resource is a good thing, not a bad thing.

But you're also scaring away good customers who would spend money at your café and not overstay their visit.

  • Why do you think that?

    • "A Badge would place a discreet flyer with a QR code: “Planning to stay and work? Great! A minimum spend of €12 every three hours keeps the Wi‑Fi flowing.” Staff could simply point to the flyer—no awkward confrontations, no hard feelings."

      If I'm a respectful customer with a laptop and I sit down and some staff comes and does this, I would simply leave. People will go to cafés where they feel welcome.