Which Taipei rooms actually work for laptops
Outlets, limits, and tolerance, ranked honestly.
The three tests
Count the outlets per table, check whether the chairs have backs, and look for a time-limit sign. Those three predict ninety per cent of whether you can work.
A room with a long shared table almost always works. A room with stools and no surface almost never does, regardless of what the staff say.
Working in a café is a rental. Pay the rent in coffee.
The etiquette
Order something every ninety minutes, take calls outside, and leave before the after-work rush. That is the whole social contract.
If the room fills up, you are the one who should move, even if nobody asks.
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