Comment by kazinator

> Starbucks South Korea implemented a policy asking patrons to not bring bulky items like desktop computers and printers into stores.

.. says the caption under a Getty image which shows no such thing! No wonder people don't respect the media.

The only reason I would click on this sort of thing would be to see a video or image of Koreans bringing their desktops and printers to a Starbucks and setting them up.

Without that, I can imagine it just fine without relying on any words in the article.

Searching YouTube, I'm not able to find any videos footage of people with desktops that they brought to a Starbucks in South Korea. The story is circulating and there are various new stories in various languages from various news networks, but all have only generic footage unrelated to the story.

I found this 17-year-old prank video (not Koreans): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKEeHREK2nQ

One 7-year-old video (likewise): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBRkRZzCeTo

Ho-hum content. They brought a computer, set it up and sat down.

I'm guessing this Korea thing was probably a very small number of people in specific locations (possibly pranksters) and not a national trend.