{"id":18215,"date":"2025-03-22T10:38:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T09:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/loud-zoom-calls-hogging-space-spending-a-pittance-no-wonder-laptoppers-antics-irk-cafe-owners-emily-watkins\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T10:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T09:38:23","slug":"loud-zoom-calls-hogging-space-spending-a-pittance-no-wonder-laptoppers-antics-irk-cafe-owners-emily-watkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/loud-zoom-calls-hogging-space-spending-a-pittance-no-wonder-laptoppers-antics-irk-cafe-owners-emily-watkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Loud Zoom calls, hogging space, spending a pittance: no wonder laptoppers\u2019 antics irk cafe owners | Emily Watkins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cafes are cracking down on remote workers \u2013 but we can save ourselves by following a few simple rules<\/p>\n

Once upon a time, it was socially acceptable to smoke inside, wear those mad, wide ties and pat your secretary on the bottom. Norms change, and that\u2019s often for the best. But when it comes to laptops in cafes, falling from favour<\/a> as owners lose patience with remote workers, I am begging society to reconsider. Don\u2019t take my cafe nook \u2013 it\u2019s the only thing keeping the WFH brigade and lonely freelancers like me sane.<\/p>\n

My kitchen table, where I do most of my work, is fine. It\u2019s got a window next to it. There\u2019s a kettle I can use whenever I like. I can play my own music, make loud phone calls and migrate to the sofa when being upright gets a bit much. But variety is the spice of life, and truly I would lose my mind if those were my only options. Yes, I\u2019m aware of co-working spaces, but they are a) full of awful people and b) I can\u2019t afford one. Luckily, the buzz of the outside world, the soothing white noise of life beyond my keyboard\u2019s tip-tapping, is only as far away as the nearest cafe \u2013 for now.<\/p>\n

Emily Watkins is a freelance writer based in London<\/p>\n

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\nCafes are cracking down on remote workers \u2013 but we can save ourselves by following a few simple rules
\nOnce upon a time, it was socially acceptable to smoke inside, wear those mad, wide ties and pat your secretary on the bottom. Norms change, and that\u2019s often for the best. But when it comes to laptops in cafes, falling from favour as owners lose patience with remote workers, I am begging society to reconsider. Don\u2019t take my cafe nook \u2013 it\u2019s the only thing keeping the WFH brigade and lonely freelancers like me sane.
\nMy kitchen table, where I do most of my work, is fine. It\u2019s got a window next to it. There\u2019s a kettle I can use whenever I like. I can play my own music, make loud phone calls and migrate to the sofa when being upright gets a bit much. But variety is the spice of life, and truly I would lose my mind if those were my only options. Yes, I\u2019m aware of co-working spaces, but they are a) full of awful people and b) I can\u2019t afford one. Luckily, the buzz of the outside world, the soothing white noise of life beyond my keyboard\u2019s tip-tapping, is only as far away as the nearest cafe \u2013 for now.
\nEmily Watkins is a freelance writer based in London Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cafes are cracking down on remote workers \u2013 but we can save ourselves by following a few simple rules Once upon a time, it was socially acceptable to smoke inside, wear those mad, wide ties and pat your secretary on the bottom. Norms change, and that\u2019s often for the best. But when it comes to …<\/p>\n

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