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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Ziyad Jamal

Coffee Shop Bans Laptops After Remote Workers Ask For Silence During Their Zoom Meetings

Remote working in coffee shops has become more frequent since the COVID-19 pandemic. (Credit: Porapak Apichodilok/Pexels)

A coffee shop in Canterbury now forbids customers from using laptops in their cafe after they grew frustrated with people taking advantage of the setting.

Fringe and Ginge, which opened in summer 2020, is owned by Alfie Edwards and his partner Olivia Walsh. The pair made the difficult decision as they found many remote workers ordering one item and ending up working on their laptops at the cafe for hours.

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