点评:My husband and I are freelance/remote workers and on days we don’t have calls/meetings we find a coffee shop to work, quietly with our laptops, for the day. We have breakfast, lunch and unhealthy amounts of coffee.
Today we thought we would give Crema a try as it claims to be cosy and welcoming… and it is, until, and I can only assume to be the owner, arrives and shatters any feeling of welcome and peace.
He unsubtly commented to his lovely colleagues (genuinely, the ladies that work here could not have been nicer!!) that there were people with laptops. Then 4 coffees and cakes later, in time for us to look at the menu to order lunch, he made a beeline for our table and said:
“I’m going to need this table back as we are getting busy. You can move to a table of two”
1. there were clearly no other tables available - so he may as well have said “LEAVE”
2. He didn’t ask if we were looking to order any lunch - which we were.
3. There were two other tables/areas of two people which would have accommodated 4 people, similar to where we were sitting and he didn’t comment the same to them.
I can appreciate that when a cafe is busy, each seat is a premium. However, to be so short sighted and rude in business, at such a time of economic recession is just outstanding.
With hybrid/remote working still prevalent people are finding places outwith their homes to work for many reasons. If you are like us, rather than going to the usual chains like Starbucks etc, and you feel it’s important to invest in local businesses then I would NOT recommend visiting here. He does not want your custom. He does not want the two people visiting, a minimum twice a week, from breakfast to closing. He wants people to come in with the intention of a quick turn around on the off chance they’ll come back.
翻译:我和我丈夫都是自由职业者/远程工作者,在没有电话/会议的日子里,我们会找一家咖啡店工作,安静地拿着笔记本电脑工作一天。我们吃早餐、午餐和不健康量的咖啡。
今天,我们认为我们应该尝试一下克雷玛,因为它声称舒适而热情……直到我只能假设自己是主人,到达并打破了任何欢迎与和平的感觉。
他毫不掩饰地对他可爱的同事(说实话,在这里工作的女士们再好不过了!!)评论说,有人带着笔记本电脑。然后 4 杯咖啡和蛋糕之后,当我们查看菜单点午餐时,他径直走向我们的餐桌并说道:
“因为我们很忙,我需要拿回这张桌子。你可以换到两人桌”
1. 显然没有其他桌子可用 - 所以他可能会说“离开”
2. 他没有问我们是否想点午餐——我们确实想点午餐。
3. 还有另外两张桌子/两个人的区域,可以容纳 4 个人,类似于我们坐的地方,他没有对他们发表同样的评论。
我可以体会到,当咖啡馆很忙时,每个座位都是优质的。然而,在经济衰退的时期,做生意如此短视和粗鲁,实在是太突出了。
由于混合/远程工作仍然盛行,人们出于多种原因在户外寻找工作地点。如果您像我们一样,而不是去星巴克等常见连锁店,并且您觉得投资当地企业很重要,那么我不建议您来这里。他不想要你的习俗。他不希望这两个人每周至少来访两次,从早餐到打烊。他希望人们带着这样的想法进来:万一他们回来了,就能迅速转身。