Over Moka Lunch and Irish Times twice this week I pondered some of the great imponderables of our time, ten of which I submit to your consideration:
a. Do Internet Cafes make any money on their coffee?
b. Was Cafe Moka ever intended to be an Internet cafe?
c. Was Cafe Moka ever intended to turn a profit?
d. How many hours can you spend over your laptop, a pot of Earl Grey and a brownie?
e. If you bring your own, shouldn't Kevin charge £10 for Wifi-corkage?
f. If six laptops spread over three tables, where do I insinuate myself?
g. If six laptops colonise the Moka for 2hours+, won't real customers just give it a miss?
h. If you insist on making intrusively loud business calls, how can I concentrate on solving the many problems of Ireland, Greece and the Euro?
i. Without real customers, how long before the Moka folds?
j. Have these bloody people got no homes to go to?
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I've still not been but plan to go next week, will definitely leave the laptop at home.
I was there yesterday late morning and it was buzzy busy with 'real' customers having breakfasts as well as coffee and other stuff. Veritable hive of activity and consuming going on. No laptops in sight but probably cus it was a Sunday.
Point about the cafe culture is that without wi-fi, some parts of the day would be completely dead, no-one at all. Best to have a few laptoppites with coffee and brownie. The profit margin is probably enough, I hope, to keep them ticking over till the busy periods.
Something to do with the meteor I think??!! Wasnt something falling out of the sky last week and no-one knew where?
The nice guy who runs the place whose name escapes me mentioned a possible writers club to me so maybe it's up and running. Perhaps they do writing competitions, first one to write a novel and drink ten lattes, get a cup cake or something?
There are a lot of self employed, semi employed and unemployed people, including writers, around here. And we need to break out of our confined spaces sometimes. Laptopites are real customers as well. Just ones who are more attached to their bits of technology rather than crosswords, papers, or kids. Though they can do all them as well.
I understand. Sometimes I feel like that when cafes or pubs are full of small children making lots of noise and their strollers all over the place..... But I hope no one takes that the wrong way. I just want to enjoy my coffee peacefully or have nice chat with a friend or two. but sometimes it's the adults making the noise, true. Phones and laptops....
I guess these days any venue offers something to everyone and so there isnt much peace and quiet let alone elbow room! If I find a quiet place with good coffee I'll let you know!
all the best
I think the fact that Kevin had the WiFi set up and running long before the place even had a sign on the door was a clear indication that he had set out to attract the many people who work freelance in the area. I am a laptop as well as a non-laptop Moka person and he always seems glad of my very regular custom. Sometimes it's just a coffee, sometimes it's lunch. If it's full then of course I wouldn't expect a table and I'm sure other laptoppers are the same. Yes, we do have homes to go to, but we like to get out occasionally - that's allowed I think.
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