Yesterday we went to the large Scandinavian furniture shop at Alexandra Road. The wife went looking for things in the shop and I settled in the cafeteria, next to the wall electrical socket to power my laptop. I was surprised that there was no wifi but it did not bother me as I was working on my report.
The cafeteria at about 3pm was quite empty. After less than 10min on my PC, an elderly lady staff member approached saying, “Sorry Sir, you cannot use our electricity”. Throughout the half an hour I was there, different staff members walked near to me to discreetly check if I was using the electricity. This is the first time I encountered such a situation. Maybe the store wants to discourage people from hogging the place in the cafeteria, as it seems to be very crowded during mealtime. But the place was almost deserted when I was there. Anyway not everyone is a Starbucks.
Talking about Starbucks, a friend of mind produces an electrical system that runs along the entire wall. A plug socket adapter can be inserted into the railing like devise on the wall to draw electricity. You can insert multiple adapters and presto; you are connected to your electricity, anywhere next to the wall. Why Starbucks, you may ask. I understand Starbucks actually fixed this system in an outlet in Singapore. I wonder where it is?
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