Give it away

I’m finding it increasingly difficult to get things done at home, at least until we get the whole ‘home office’ thing set up. Which at the rate we move on these things should be sometime around the time the kids are off in college.

So I’m spending a tremendous amount of time at Starbucks’ throughout Westchester and Fairfield Counties – I’m in Riverside, CT right now.

Here’s a question – why are they charging me for WiFi? I know it’s not Starbucks charging me, it’s T-Mobile. But can’t they figure out that if I’m not thinking about how much time I’m racking up (even though I’m on the monthly plan it still feels like the clock is ticking) I’ll spend more time here and conversely more money on coffee?

It’s the old razors and razor blade analogy – give the razors away and charge for the blades.

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