Maybe they're just sick of the laptop drones who stay 8 hours for the wifi. (Via)
Earlier this month, a Starbucks barista stood up to a customer who complained about a mom breastfeeding inside the location. The story went viral, as stories about global mega-chains proving they aren't monsters often do.
But one cafe in the UK is finding out you don't have to be a mega-chain to get mega-press. A Cheltenham branch of the Brasseri Blanc chain of restaurants hung this sign outside their location recently. When someone posted it on Facebook, it blew up, earning over 10,000 likes and almost as many shares.
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The restaurant manager told The Independent that she was inspired to hang the sign after serving a tired mom one day. "I made her a cup of tea and she looked like I'd given her am million pounds," Emm O'Connor said. “Sometimes you just need to sit down with your baby. Not everyone is as confident, and it’s not as easy for everyone. You can’t just sit on a park bench sometimes."
It seems like a slam-dunk business plan: directly appeal to a group that is exhausted and feeling ostracized for doing something as natural as giving a baby sustenance, show them you're even the slightest bit appreciative of their ordeal, and they'll "Like" the living crap out of your cafe.
Seriously, though, it's got to be nice to have a bunch of babies taking up seats that would normally be taken up by sullen dudes who spend three hours complaining that the Internet's too slow.
(by Bob Powers)