Coffee Shop Etiquette For Remote Workers Who Stay For Hours [The Question]

The age-old question of how long a single latte buys you a table and an outlet is getting the etiquette treatment from Patch’s “The Question” column. Coffeehouses have hosted business dealings since the 1600s, but the laptop-and-Wi-Fi crowd has added a new wrinkle: at what point does a remote worker overstay their welcome, and does good coffee-shop citizenship require periodic re-ordering? Patch is collecting reader takes on where the line falls between productive patron and table squatter.