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Comment by arkh

8 hours ago

South 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.

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somedude895  8 hours ago

Or 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.

  • shinycode  6 hours ago

    I 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 ?

  • thrown-0825  7 hours ago

    Hard 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.

    • ch4s3  1 hour ago

      I couldn't tell you where the nearest Starbucks is in Philly but I can name at least 9 other cafes within a short walk.

    • yorwba  6 hours ago

      Driven 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.