I continue to be amazed at people using laptops in restaurants

[thewayne]

Not that people are doing that, because I do it all the time. Right now I'm at Arby's (one of three restaurants in town that I know of that has free wifi), I can see at least three other laptops in use. All of the others? Windows laptops. Mine? Mac. The others? Plugged into the wall. Mine? Not.

Don't people keep their laptops with at least a reasonable charge on them? Mine's not fully charged, and I freely admit it was plugged in last night when Russet and I grabbed a bite after she did an Apollo run (I sucked the battery dry finishing up the astronomy t-shirt mentioned in a previous link), but what gives? It's consistent. Every time I see someone with a PC laptop, they're plugged in to the wall! I cannot believe that all of these people are road warriors and they come in at lunch to punch up their charge a bit.

I'm not saying this is a Mac vs PC thing. I've been using laptops for years, and I always make sure my laptop has a reasonable charge, if not fully charged, when I leave home in the AM. Doesn't anyone else? Do they also not charge their cell phones? Their cameras?

I just don't get it.

Comments

[silveradept]

I think most people are trying not to run on their battery life if they can avoid it. Considering how much charge can deplete in a sneaky manner if not paying attention, most people just are accustomed to having the laptop plugged in.