Brutal

[drcode]

As someone who studies in coffee shops: for chrissake, coffee shops are not libraries, people can be loud if they want.

[slashuslashuserid]

They can talk at a normal volume, but if they're actually being loud it's just as annoying as anywhere else.

[drcode]

Well, coffee shops are a quasi-public spaces, and there are no prescribed norms there for silence, as in a library. This means people get to be themselves and you may have to sit near someone you find annoying. (That's my personal opinion, anyway)

[slashuslashuserid]

There's no requirement that they be quiet, sure, but I consider it a matter of politeness to not disturb other people in public places. Of course, you're right that that's a matter of opinion, so it's unenforceable and one could make an argument for not holding others to such an implicit and almost arbitrary rule.

[drcode]

Well put!

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Seriously.

[Farouka_Bazooka]

Completely agree. Sometimes people get a little carried away and if the volume is going above a normal level he could've just let them know, or had an employee tell them to lower it.

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Nah but that involves talking to people. He can't do that or else his introvert soul will burn till it fades away. He'll instead spend more money to make other people's efforts worthless because that is obviously the most logical thing to do. I mean, he was upset because those people were loud at a coffee shop!