Oct 16 2008
Wireless Restaurants
I am hopeless, I admit it. I am glued to my iPhone and my laptop. So when I head out to eat, especially for lunch during the work week, I often judge where I am going by the availability of free wi-fi. I know fast food places like Chic-Fil-A, McDonald’s and Moe’s have free wireless. There are also some middle of the road places around that offer it too. But sometimes I just can’t figure out which ones do or don’t. And when I am on the road I have an even harder time and those are the times when it may be even more important to me.
In the same way that you used to be able to look up on many review sites whether there was smoking or not, I wish that review sites would show whether or not a place has wireless. I love UrbanSpoon on both the web and my iPhone. It is a great reference to have and I hope they spread to more cities. But I also want them to include a denotation of wireless. Since they have some a great iPhone app you would expect Internet connectivity to be important to them.
And it should also work in reverse. It would be great when you are planning a date or romantic evening with the spouse to know you can go somewhere without the threat of typing. Even would work for when you just have a headache. And even better, what about no-cell phone establishments? There have been many times that I would have chosen one restaurant over the one next to it if I had known I would have been safe from loud-mouthed people with bluetooth headsets.
So what do you think? Do you make you lunch plans based on food, price, or Internet connectivity?
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Uhhhh, I live on a farm. I eat at home (generally whatever is in the icebox, I am too far away from civilization for wi-fi, and I work at home. I guess this question wasn’t really intended for a Nebraska hillbilly — but I thought I’d answer it anyway.
You urban socialites and your fancy, schmancy laptops and wi-fi… my internet connection depends on how early the squirrel wakes up in the morning… no wake-y, no type-y.
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@Snow – That is so cute! Do you have paved roads out there? I am just teasing you. Sometimes I really do think it would be easier not to have all this stuff. Of course then I would have no means of income, but that is an entirely different story.
Oh, and give that squirrel a coffee and nut break, he is probably tired.
As a matter of fact, Michael, we do not have paved roads out here. I’m not kidding.
I’m about nine miles from the nearest town and five miles of that is gravel. It’s real fun in the winter — four foot drifts and white knuckle four-wheeling is all I know from November to March. It’s great. Really.
But like you, I do like stuff. I just don’t have the means (or the spouse) that allows me to have it. Just as well — between the laptop and the squirrel — I barely have time to haul water from the pond to wash my dishes.
Later —
Snow
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