It still is considered chic to hang out in a coffee shop that features a WiFi hotspot and surf the Web, but you better make sure you buy something while you're there or you may end up in handcuffs or at least in the newspapers.
A coffee shop in Vancouver, Washington called the police after a local man used the shop's free wireless Internet service for over three months without buying a single cup of cofeee, a muffin, or even a cookie. The police charged the man with "theft of services" and the local prosecutors are reviewing the case.
Apparently, the guy parked his truck in the shop's parking lot and surfed the Web from there. Why did it take so long for the shop keepers to act? You'd think that after a couple of days somebody would take action. Doesn't caffeine make you more alert?
1. Evidently, the people in the coffee shop never checked to see if anyone else was using their network outside the coffee shoppe!
Posted at 12:47AM on Jun 23rd 2006 by webmetricsguru