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Re:How To Become Uber Productive While Working For Yourself by fizzbar on Thursday January 30, 2014 @06:52PM (#7154243)
> The café that has the A/C pushed to arctic temperatures when you're in shorts and sandals in the summer. The café that is freezing cold in the middle of winter.

This is done very much on purpose to subtly (passive-aggressively?) discourage people from camping out and using their coffee shops as offices.

Re:How To Become Uber Productive While Working For Yourself by stretchwithme on Friday January 31, 2014 @02:07AM (#7155704)
Layers and no shorts.

Its probably done for the people working there. Working with hot drinks probably makes you hot, while sitting around probably doesn't.

Re:How To Become Uber Productive While Working For Yourself by fizzbar on Friday January 31, 2014 @12:56PM (#7157972)
Maybe, but 99% of the time it's because the proprietors can't pay their bills when people occupy their limited seating area for hours and hours on end without spending any money. Take the hint and find a Starbucks.