Korean Starbucks bans desktop PCs, printers, and office partitions — power strips also forbidden in crackdown on industrious customers

That was common in my city too. They "solved it" by making tables smaller and putting little cutesy signs like being considerate to sharing the space/power.

I stopped going to Starbucks so uncertain if it continued.

Also below that..

In our topmost picture, which the Korea Herald simply credits to social media (X)

You can tell this triggers the author.

If lemmy would Grant awarda i would give you one!

You need to leave the gennie outside so the carbon monoxide doesn't poison you. Then you can run some long-ass cables to where you're seated, blocking the door from shutting properly and causing a tripping hazard for the non-dickhead clientele.