Remote worker brings his camping chair to coffee shop after one regular customer keeps "reserving" half the seats for friends who never show up: 'Is your friend currently in this building?'

Coffee shops are public places, not private office reservations with espresso in the background. Everyone knows the rules. You buy coffee, find a seat, and act respectfully toward the rest of the customers. A Reddit user under the name Broccolibigboi commented on a coffee shop situation where being respectful wasn't exactly one of the rules. He has been going to the same small coffee shop near his apartment for a while as part of his routine. The problem was that one regular customer seemed to arrive earlier than him and take up more space than he actually needed. Every single day, he claimed half the seating for friends who may or may not appear sometime before closing time. His way of occupying empty seats for his friends was not the ordinary kind. He used backpacks, jackets, water bottles, an AirPod case, and one time, a banana. The original poster soon realized his friends were never showing up, and that the seats remained empty. At some point, he began to feel frustrated and confronted the compulsive seat-saver. He started by asking nicely if anyone was sitting there, where the friend was, and when they were arriving. That sounds like an interrogation, but the man had lots of…

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