theLynch

Are coffee shops really cutting off laptop users? (Download Squad)

Aug 7th 2009 3:32PM I've actually done it. I owned a coffee shop and had free wifi. We had a couple that came in everyday, stayed for hours and never ever once ever bought anything. So I just blocked the MAC address one day. They were furious to realize that ever one else had no problem getting on but they couldn't. I feigned ignorance and they left never to come back.

I never did it for anyone else that bought something. Anything and I'd let them sit there all day if they wanted. But you had to at least buy something.