'I'm an etiquette expert – there's time limit to sit with laptop at cafe before it's rude'

There is a time limit with working in a cafe (Image: Getty Images) We've all probably outstayed our welcome at a cafe. But now etiquette expert William Hanson shared his advice on the acceptable length of time to spend working from a cafe with your laptop. He suggests there is a limit to how long one can stay before it becomes inappropriate and turns the cafe into an "extension" of the workplace.

In a TikTok video titled "No one likes a hog," Hanson advises that common sense should dictate behaviour. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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