According to a report in The Guardian, a cafe in eastern USA
has banned the use of laptops and tablets at its tables and claims business is
better.
This bakery/cafe got sick of patrons who used their tables
to work, often spending hours glued to their screens. It didn’t take much
analysis to work out that these customers were a lot less profitable than
average customers and so the owners of the cafe decided to ban the technology. They
had always envisioned that their cafe would be a place for socialising,
laughter and chit-chat.
The owners estimated that the average customer spent $15 per
hour in their premises while the technology buffs spent around $5 an hour.
Something had to be done for the business to survive. Since the ban, growth has
been recorded at 10% which is around double previous levels.