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Starbucks reverses open-door policy: Buy something or leave (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

But "hanging out in a coffee shop" while buying little, and honestly even more specifically "going to starbucks to write" are such common activities that they have been the subject of show plots and memes for decades. There's probably a reasonable argument that this cultural perception of coffee shops drives a certain percentage of business.

I personally don't find it troublesome to need to buy a coffee if I'm going to hang out at a coffee shop (and I'm not one to do so anyhow), but I'm also skeptical it's such a widespread problem that they had any reason to do this beyond real-world enshittification.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

I agree that people going to a cafe to write is a cliche, but aren't they typically shown to be buying something while they're there?