‘Don’t be a table-hogger’: Debrett’s issues guide for working from a cafe

‘Avoid video calls or conferences when you are working in a cafe,’ recommends Debrett’s. Photograph: Eva-Katalin/Getty Images

One must always wear headphones when watching video, take care not to be “a table-hogger”, and one must not – in any circumstance – look askance at a crying baby.

Those are the cardinal rules of working from a cafe, according to the etiquette bible Debrett’s.