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I finally took that old barista's advice on outlet hunting
At a shop in Portland last month, a guy who worked there told me to scout tables near the power strip before ordering. I ignored him and ended up with a dead laptop two hours in. Anyone else learn the hard way that seating matters more than the coffee?
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noahclark1mo agoTop Commenter
Huh, I gotta respectfully disagree with you here. I've been in plenty of coffee shops where the best seat in the house is nowhere near an outlet and I'm still happy. Like, there's this place in Seattle I go to that has this giant couch in the corner near a window, zero outlets around, but the natural light is amazing and it's quiet enough to actually focus. I'd trade that for a table near a power strip any day, even if it means my battery dies after a couple hours. Plus, if I'm honest, the coffee quality matters way more to me than the furniture setup. Good espresso makes up for a dead laptop, but bad coffee just makes a charging station miserable.
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My friend Jenna learned this the hard way in Austin. She found this tiny place with killer cold brew and snagged a table by the window. No outlets around at all. Two hours into writing a work report her laptop went black. She hadn't saved for like 45 minutes. She spent the next hour crying in the bathroom and begging the barista to charge her phone behind the counter so she could email her boss. Now she literally walks around every shop with a portable charger in each pocket like some kind of tech cowboy.
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