Smuggling coffee into the library

Yes, sounds like an episode of Seinfeld where, say, Elain would smuggle a cup of coffee in her bag into the library. Why? because the coffee shop inside the library is up there on the top(3rd) floor at the very corner of the building. So, in order to get a cup of cofee you will have to walk through pretty much the entire building to get your fix. It is just not convenient. we are talking about a grocery-like business, not high-end fine dining, some speicialty store that customers will bring themselves. There is no need to attract them for business.

Yes, there is a outside balcany there. Very thoughtful. But from a business point of view, it is a bad design. Unless the library is subsudizing the coffee shop, with the tax money. Another sad example of bad design/analysis. Just like the Bart ramp between SFO and Millbrae. What a waste of money!

It could be on the same location, but only on the ground floor, so the neighbors or anybody, not just library patrons, can drop by to get a cup of coffee or pastry. They can also sethey can start early in the morning and close they want. So, they are fee of any limitations that the library is imposing on them.

Yes, sad. Do I want to support the coffee shop in the libarry, YES. The location is a problem? Definitely. Do I want to bring my coffee from outside? It depends.