Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop
Hi HN, I wanted to know which countries you can simply leave your laptop at a Starbucks, and where you can't. Feel free to click and vote.
Hi HN, I wanted to know which countries you can simply leave your laptop at a Starbucks, and where you can't. Feel free to click and vote.
Discussion Highlights (8 comments)
sparrish
Which is it? A random coffee shop or a Starbucks. In the USA, I could leave my laptop at a small town coffee shop without any trouble, but never a Starbucks, which are only in larger towns and cities.
iamjs
Might be more effective if this was by postal code instead of by entire country
newsdeskx
its not just country-level, its city-size level too. lived in a town of 5k where everyone knew each other's cars, left my bike unlocked for weeks. moved to a city of 500k and someone took a jacket from a bar stool in 20 minutes. the variable is population density and how many repeat faces you see
toast0
You should probably find a proper e-waste collector, but I guess if you can't find one, you could leave it at Starbucks and someone will take care of it?
m463
I've seen people leave purses unattended in japan in a fast food restaurant while going to the bathroom. amazing (and kind of uplifting)
JCharante
> Verification not ready, try again. Japan is trusted enough to leave laptops in but not trusted enough to vote :/
fyrn_
"Verification not ready, try again"
badc0ffee
Canada is currently at 31%, and I call BS. Some of us have this self-image of a country where people trust each other, but that doesn't make it true. On one hand, I dropped my brand new iPhone 4 (whatever year that was) at a concert, and it was waiting for me at the bar. Multiple people did the right thing in that particular case. On the other hand, I've had a backpack and camera stolen. I've even had toilet paper stolen while I was loading my car (during COVID). I've worked in offices where laptops have been stolen. Everyone has a story like this.