Is it okay to sit in an open cafe without ordering anything?

[Anonymous]

Yes

No

[jshm2]

I think the owner is legally allowed to stab you in the arm for doing so. But as he is not legally allowed to make you clean up your own blood, it's why most don't do it.

Joking aside, don't be a fuckwit that sits in cafe's ordering nothing or nursing one cheap drink for a whole day. They lose money with you taking up the space.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Oh hell No & that is like breaking out a lawnmower & you don’t intend to cut the grass. The owner should kick your ass out for loitering you SEAT HOGGER YOU!

[PetiteBabe64]

Yes I mean it's not a crime The most they can do is Ask you to leave and if you don't they could get you for Trespassing If you ever come back.
But if that happens Wait some time and go back I've been told if I come back to stores They would get me for Trespassing and they never did.

[PetiteBabe64]

But don't have an Attitude if your a Karen Don't come back. But if you Just call them evil and stuff Then Leave you can come back if they Have cops tell you that you can't just wait time and then go shopping there again. Not sure about a Restaurant Only one way to find out.

[Sour-rose]

Not having a coffee while on ya laptop... fine.

Just walk in to enjoy the people around you and the smell of coffee but doing NOT A THING: you gonna be seen as a murderer.

[Moose304]

Yes, it's OK provided you do two things. Make sure you are not tieing up a busy business and let the business know what you are doing. I once set in an outdoor cafe in Europe for almost 4 hours. Think about it this way. What is the difference between doing this and Loitering?

[watercolor_lions]

I sit in open cafes. But I'll usually order a drink or something. It only costs a few bucks and makes it fair to the business.

[TheSpaceGnome]

If I owned a cafe, I'd be ok with people doing that for a bit when capacity isn't full, but as soon as we ran out of places to seat paying customers, I'd tell the people not odering anything to leave so we can make room for the new customers.

[jennifer_bloom]

My friends and I used to order coke and nothing else so we could sit in a restaurant for one hour and talk.

[AviatorTom]

You should at least order something. The cafe is a business, not a public hangout.

[AddylynnNightingale]

Sit if you want, but if they ask you to leave, leave. They have bills to pay and it should be for customers only.

[TonightYouu]

Not if you’re black

[dustybiker]

The owners have bills to pay. They use that seat, they bought, to make money.

[LEETSBEREAL]

I tried to do that but watching people eat made me hungry and I had to buy 😩

[misfittoy]

its referred to as loitering, most businesses frown upon this

[Iron_Man]

You can do that if you want they don’t really care that much at some places. They are so busy they’re not singling you out but I usually try to order something.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I would say at least order coffee or soda pop.

[genericname85]

sure. but if they kick you out for not ordering anything, you gotta go, cause it's their place not yours.

[Hotboy_booblover]

I did once.. after ordering only cup..4 hours.. the wiaters kept coming back.. and finally asked me for feedback.. politely suggesting me to fuck off🤣

[douride2]

I'm ok with it as long as they aren't busy & need the table for a paying customer.

[douride2]

I usually at least order a coffee though.

[MysteriousDarkness]

Cafes need to make money so using the cafe and not ording anything is an insult

[Jamesshinobi]

oh Hell no. thats illegal. they send you straight to jail

[Pudsmucker]

They make the money off of people buying things in their Cafe.

[msc545]

Not at all. They are trying to make a living too.

[Grubhub]

Maybe I’m guessing you’re expecting to get hit on in there