Seven Types of Customers that Still Frequent Internet Cafes in 2019
Internet cafes are, surprisingly, still alive and well, and they attract very specific customers. I know that because I work in one of them.
Table of Contents
- Seven Types of Customers that Still Frequent Internet Cafes in 2019
- The Addicts – Millenials
- The Nerd
- The Only Girl
- The Erotomaniac
- Drunkard Brawler and Sexist
- The Aggressor-lamb
The Aggressor-lamb
The Aggressor-lamb drew my attention when there was a renewed debate in the USA media about how computer games can cause aggression. Remember that? After a plague of shootings, Republican politicians appeared on Fox and dumped all the blame for these acts not on a mental disorders, but on shooter games. Completely oblivious to the results of studies that refute this myth. The industry was seething, and Donald Trump announced he'll solve the problem of gaming. Eventually, it all passed, and I started noticing some trends among the regulars.
Customers are different. Some are kind, some are not. Grumpy, talkative, flirtatious, rude. Some come and play silently, hour after hour, frag after frag in CSGO. Others play in headphones with a microphone. And scream like banshees. I hear it all. These are not funny little curses. No-no. These are elaborate bouquets. Punishable threats. Things that I could not invent myself; which I don't even fully understand. There are different levels of inventiveness. What doesn't change is the level of aggression and the emotive charge. Outsiders react to this in different ways, often asking what kind of pathologic psychos, junkies with warped minds come here. Wrong. These are just Aggressor-lambs.
Once they finish the session, they come to pay up, and believe me, they suddenly turn into the best customers you can have. Always smiling. Absolutely happy. Just as if they finished working out. Totally amiable.
Epilogue: the worst customers
There is another group. The worst of them all. Those that don't respond to "good afternoon."
