That Cup of Coffee can Land you in a Soup

Coffee shops have long been a haunt for fabled novelists. Before the advent of roving technology, a barnacle with ruffled hair, chewed pencils and dog-eared notepads were alright, but modern laptop squatters are resented by Baristas for their patronage. This necessitated rulebooks to be set for Laptop in Coffee Shop Etiquette, with obvious pointers like

Keep buying things at the cafe.
Don't steal the bandwidth.
Don't hog the electrical outlet.

To read the rest of the list on coffee shop etiquette, go to Suite 101.

One of the coffee-shop chains in New York City has become infamous for attracting nabbers who make off with your laptop, along with that Pulitzer-worthy work.

During my 10-day visit to New York City recently, I barely had time to sit down for a minute’s rest, let alone squander it with my laptop in a coffee shop, which takes 5 minutes just to come alive. Way longer than my coffee lasts.