Yep, been a while since worked at a place like that, but there was definitely a crowed that would be there most days. This was mid 2000’s. Partly dried up when smoking indoors was banned, I think that was the last straw for a big part of the culture that was already drying up.

I guess I understand this trend for battery powered stationary devices, but I really hate it. We already have a common system for powering doorbells that doesn’t ever require charging or changing batteries.