Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop

ccanergl about 5 hours ago 8 commentsRead Article on vouchatlas.com

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.

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m463•26 minutes ago

I've seen people leave purses unattended in japan in a fast food restaurant while going to the bathroom.

amazing (and kind of uplifting)

toast0•about 1 hour ago

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?

newsdeskx•about 3 hours ago

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

dooberdeats•31 minutes ago

Yes, it's very difficult to make an accurate statement about an entire country that applies and an individual experiential level. You don't experience the average crime statistics of a country at a corner coffee shop.

sparrish•about 4 hours ago

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.

canergl•about 3 hours ago

Thanks, I couldn't imagine such a distinction initially. I have added a separation between Local and Chain coffeeshops in the site.

iamjs•about 4 hours ago

Might be more effective if this was by postal code instead of by entire country

canergl•about 3 hours ago

Thanks, I will consider to add such granularities.