People that are on work Zoom calls at coffee shops: killing the vibe. @rufat_agayev
Summary
People with dual monitors and headsets at coffee shops need to stop. A straphanger delivers this scorching take to Kareem, arguing that coffee shops exist for artisans, cobblers, and creatives doing legitimate work like updating their Squarespace or doom scrolling. Not Zoom calls. The conversation escalates when they land on a perfect solution: if someone's taking a work meeting in public, everyone nearby should just join in. "I'm the CEO now. I'm the captain. Chief Eio." It's vigilante justice for the overly caffeinated, and honestly, the logic checks out.
Full Transcript
So, what's your take? People that are on work Zoom calls, at coffee shops killing the vibe. 100% agree. I don't think anyone disagrees. It's not that anyone disagrees. We don't do anything about it. We're just journaling, taroting, minding our business, and they—these people, and I said it, these people—they come in headset, dual dual monitors.
That's true. I've seen those people. They walk up to baristas. "I'm going to need you to turn the music down." No, it's a coffee shop. Shops are for artisans, cobblers, creatives. Right. What are you doing in the shop?
I'm scrolling. Coffee shops are for scrolling. I'm doom scrolling.
You know, I have a problem with this though. What's your problem?
I went to a coffee shop the other day. It said no laptops, no iPads, no phones. I said—I said you—I'm sitting on my phone. That's a little bit too much.
I think there coffee shops are specifically made for people that they sit down, they work quietly like um like like a a person with rich parents working on a screenplay that's going to fail, right? Or updating your Squarespace. Updating your Squarespace. I think the Zoom people are the worst people. They're terrible.
Have you ever gone up to someone and say, "Excuse me, I'm I'm sitting here trying to think"? No, no, no. What I will do from now on, post this conversation, and what everybody else out there should do: join the meeting. It's time to upsize. I'm now a partner in the company. I got ideas.
Yeah. If you're if you're having a meeting in a public place, everyone's allowed to join the meeting. Exactly. I'm in. I like that. I'm the CEO now. I'm the captain. Chief Eio.