[lcfg]

If someone "just" bought something in your shop (as mentioned in the article) you shouldn't bother them. If you're running a business like this, managing expectations is a large part of your job.

When discussions with customers occur frequently maybe it's time to review how your business is communicating with customers. What can be done to prevent misunderstandings regarding using laptops/hogging tables? etc.

[rrss1122]

What can be done is really to bother them. They set up to filter all outside noise anyway so that's the only way to get their attention.

If a coffee shop owner gets a bad reputation among teleworkers doing this, then that just means less for the coffee shop owner, getting him exactly the objective he wanted.