#### you.
I spent probably 3-4 days a week in Panera Bread...with my laptop...and papers...about 4-6 hours each day when I was looking for a job...for over NINE MONTHS. When I wasn't working my retail job just to pay my bills, I was in Panera Bread using their Wifi to get me the awesome position I have now. SO SORRY I was too poor to afford my own internet, JFC...I couldn't even afford rent. Although I made damn sure I bought a meal and coffee/tea from Panera every time I was in there. I prefered Panera bc people left me alone, the ambiance was nice, and I could get tons of work and research and planning done. I tried McDonalds. Kept getting approached by welfare mother####ers. And at the time, the closest library was pretty ghett-oh.
I never took up more than a table for two. If it was slow, maybe I'd set up in a booth, but as soon as lunch rush started I made sure to fold up and take up as little space as possible. I was there so often I was so sick of their food, I don't think I've touched it since I've started this job a year ago.
Panera specifically markets itself as a place to come and hang out, spend some time, unwind, use the wifi, write a paper, write a book...it's not just to stop in and grab lunch. It wants customers of all types, customers like you and customers like my past self. I live with my best friend and her toddler now...you know what? If for whatever reason I needed a place to go get some work done, I'd go hole up in a booth in Panera Bread. Because I can.
And I
lived in yoga pants in those days. Not one person has ever complained about my yoga pants collection