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Re:The world is drinking less coffee while office workers st... by setgree on Saturday July 11, 2020 @06:09PM (#23806555)
> Shutdowns for cafes and restaurants -- which typically account for about 25% of demand -- were overwhelming, and it could be a while before things pick up again.

I was originally going to theorize something about office workers having more options to deal with fatigue -- taking a nap, or staring into space (and maybe being less fatigued in general from all the time saved commuting?) -- rather than just drinking coffee and toughing it out at their desks; but in light of this stat, it seems that this is all about how hard cafes & restaurants have been hit by lockdown.

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Re:The world is drinking less coffee while office workers st... by jseliger on Saturday July 11, 2020 @07:48PM (#23807250)
I went to coffee shops not so much for the coffee (as many point out, I can make it for 10% or less of what the coffee shop does) but for the hanging out in a "third place."
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Re:The world is drinking less coffee while office workers st... by setgree on Saturday July 11, 2020 @07:55PM (#23807288)
The coffee shop near my (former) Manhattan apartment is one of the places I miss most in all this.
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Re:The world is drinking less coffee while office workers st... by eli_gottlieb on Saturday July 11, 2020 @09:44PM (#23807955)
... I was going to respond saying that I simply don't limit my sleep anymore. Sure, I work all hours of the day, but I did that before the COVID-19 shutdowns. Now I'm just working all hours of the day, then sleeping until I feel good about waking up.
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