Re:This girl in SF stole my MacBook Air
by sciguy77 on Saturday April 05, 2014 @08:32PM
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That's very much true for SF too, though I can understand the temptation. I always feel weird carrying my stuff to the bathroom with me (not to mention if you're trying to save your spot - at Philz coffee getting and keeping a table is a battle).
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Singaporeans have a solution for this: they understand a pack of tissues or a business card on a table to mean "reserved": http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fXrUY-3NMjc/Tspv4vvgSDI/AAAAAAAANv...
But what if they have no tissues at hand? Using a smartphone is also fine, because there is so little crime: http://www.mrbrown.com/.a/6a00d83451b52369e2019aff6d022f970b...
Re:This girl in SF stole my MacBook Air
by oneeyedpigeon on Saturday April 05, 2014 @08:45PM
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Yeah, that's why I'd probably ask someone to keep an eye on it, rather than take it with me - I often do that with possessions, although not a laptop, in public situations (cafe, bar, train, etc.) I'd rather live in a society in which we trust each other to keep an eye on our stuff, than one in which we have to take everything with us for a quick pop to the bathroom. Of course, I'd rather one in which the threat of something being stolen didn't exist at all ...
it's gotta be true just about everywhere. in the suburbs, people ask me to watch their laptop all the time (but only when I'm working on my own laptop). And I often see people pack up all their stuff, just to go to the bathroom.