I think I ran into this guy’s brother in the Atlanta airport! Damn sleeping plug-hoggers!

so, unplug him.
Guerrilla Warfare

Next time stomp that muthafucka out

Coincidence: I read this after waking up on a NY-Baltimore Amtrak, having plugged in both laptop and PDA and promptly falling asleep for most of the three-hour commute. I know, I know…

Thank you – you gave me a real Laugh Out Loud this morning! My question is: Was this guy drinking decaf?

Wait…is that *two* empty Venti caffe lattes? Who can sleep with that much caffeine in their veins?

I agree with Wendy’s response. I would have unplugged him… But I’m fiesty like that…

PS – Where the hell are you that you still need to be dressed like an eskimo?

On an opposite note, I carry an extension cord with three 3-prong outlets for taking my laptop to conferences (and a roll of duct tape for the carpet, so the hotel management doesn’t throw me and my cord out in the street). Then cool people with sexy laptops want to sit near me to share my plug.

Oh wait! This is not different. At the last such power-sharing conference, some nitwit unplugged ME to get a spot on my cord!

And what does this have to do with the mortgage crisis? (sneaking in a keyword for the trackback)

Hey, now…maybe he’s running a dynamic website that requires lots of time and creativity, and he’s just not up to the task. Not like someone ELSE we know, right, Peter? ;-)

Hilarious! Looks like that Starbucks “We-need-to-close-for-training-PR-stunt wouldn’t have affected this guy a bit. Love what you’re doing Peter!

You should have dropkicked his laptop into the street.

Wow, it would’ve been such a pity if someone accidentally spillied their frappuchino on that guy’s laptop, doncha think? :)

Oh, man! Using a Windoze machine? Definitely, take the passive-aggressive stealth route and just unplug him. Looks like you’ll be done and gone before he wakes up anyway, wondering why nothing’s charged and who unplugged him.

If he wakes up and dares to say anything, just say it looked like he was taking a break and you didn’t think he’d mind if you got some *real* work done while he was sleeping.

So this is odd; I wake up today after taking my medication in my favorite WiFi-enabled coffee shop and find myself profiled (and reviled) on someone’s website! What did I do wrong?? Dear God I think I topped my Depends again, too.

Why not sneak over and point his broswer to something completely inappropriate.

Sounds like business-plan fodder: After the store opens, enter and insert coin-meter power strips that sit on the table tops into all the outlets. You may have to share revenue with angry employees whose tip-jar take tanks…

OR market coffee shop tables with built-in outlets (duh!).

Agressive response: Carry an 8-16 outlet METAL powerstrip in your laptop bag. Pace back and forth nerviously near the outlet-hogger muttering under your breath, or hold it in a threatening manner while asking politely if they mind if you jack in…