My friendly neighborhood cafe installed one of the battery rental stations (ChargeSpot) and says it’s the best thing ever.
Eliminates people asking for an outlet (which they don’t have) and since it finally prices the 31st minute at a table it encourages people to drink and go.
Eliminates people asking for an outlet (which they don’t have) and since it finally prices the 31st minute at a table it encourages people to drink and go.
(The cafe will, naturally, let you stay and enjoy your coffee for a socially acceptable amount of time, and would not dream of having a countdown clock until a 180 yen charge hit your credit card, but if your battery pack did then well that is their business isn’t it.)
“Also sometimes people drop off a battery from 7/11 at our cafe and then stay for a coffee!”
“But nobody comes in and just gets the battery and leaves because can you imagine how rude you’d have to be to walk into a cafe past everybody and not have a coffee.”
“Is that why it’s in back?”
“They suggested it!”
“Is that why it’s in back?”
“They suggested it!”
“They said ‘Don’t put it by register if you have a morning rush. Put it right by where you put the creamer/etc, ideally away from the door. High visibility, low direct access from street.’”
I love that this both implies that ChargeSpot has some PMs who *really* grok cafe economics and that those PMs have somehow communicated that understanding to onboarding teams.
(It would be my expectation that this product is sold not bought and that literally every installation is done by someone walking you through process over a telephone.)
(Facts in favor of this: the one time friendly local conbini had a transaction error on it they called a 1-800 number and someone walked them through a remote hands initiated diagnostic after answering on second ring.)
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