Why do a lot of places offer free wifi now, all they do is attract loiterers and loafers who come and take up?

space for hours and hours at a time without ever buying anything, it’s totally ridiculous! The place I wortk at just recently started offering free wifi and we’ve always got people loitering around] now with their little laptops taking up precious tables and not ordering anything. the people in suits that create these dumb policies have never worked at a restaurant in their entire life!

I was in a Borders a few days ago while I was in the US. There were about 20 other customers in the cafe using the internet while I was there and most of them seemed to be regulars. Everyone there bought a coffee and something to eat. I also bought a couple of DVDs and several books to bring back to Europe before I let the store. Sometimes, the free wi-fi does bring in paying customers.