Coffee Shop + Laptop + Restroom = ???
Posted by Blake | Posted in Stuff | Posted on 23-09-2011
Okay, picture this situation. You need to get out of the house/office/dorm room and think it’s a good idea to head to the local coffee shop because you still have some stuff to do. Maybe you’re writing a paper, or Christmas shopping online, or tweaking your fantasy football team, or Facebook stalking, or reading blogs, trying to get to Inbox Zero, or whatever.
But as the minutes pass by and you drink more coffee (or tea or Coke Zero) you start to feel the need to go to the restroom. So then you’re faced with the conundrum: What do you do with your laptop?
Assuming you’re there by yourself, do you
- Close it up and carry it in the restroom with you?
- Close it, pick up the cord, put it all in the backpack and carry it in the restroom with you?
- Do you make eye contact with someone and say, “Would you mind watching my stuff?” all the while hoping they don’t run out with your computer as soon as you lock the restroom door?
- Do you just hope that everyone is as nice as you and would never steal a computer in a coffee shop?
I’ve walked in and seen a PC laptop sitting on a table next to an empty coffee cup and thought, “Who would want to steal that anyhow?” [Just kidding!] But there have been times I’ve seen a MacBook Air sitting there and wondered who would just leave that sitting there unattended? But there are sometimes the shop is crowded, right? So if you pack up your stuff you’re table will be gone when you get back. So you leave it right? But is a crowded shop more or less conducive to such a theft?
So the question to you is “What do you do with your laptop in a crowded place when you need a quick restroom break?“
That's so funny. I guess I would bring with me my laptop when I have to go to the restroom. But I would probably go home to make sure that my laptop is safe and my tummy too..
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