No, the other one was better- a groan level pun. 
I pronounce "dour’ like “flower,” but I always want to pronounce it like “tour.”
If you’re paying for the electricity, aren’t you, ipso facto, a customer ?
Pun aside the question has to be clarified whether you think it’s actually illegal or technically legal but the moral equivalent of stealing.
You would have to look at your state but in general signs that are put up in quasi-public spaces like parking lots do not have the force of law.
So I admit, the cafe WiFi poll is based on something I actually did. A little over a decade ago I was in Australia. I had a smartphone, but I did not have a SIM card that worked in Australia, so I was completely dependent on WiFi for internet access. The hostel where I stayed in Melbourne charged for WiFi, but my first morning went to a cafe down the street and got a coffee and a pastry or something like that, and used their free WiFi. And then I realized the cafe never changed their WiFi password. So for the rest of my stay in Melbourne, whenever I wanted to use the internet I would go and stand on the sidewalk outside that cafe and connect to their WiFi.
Darwin, on the other hand was very generous with the free WiFi – there was a plaza about a block from my hostel that had completely free public WiFi courtisy of the city.
By coincidence I am just now reading a new translation of “The Count of Monte Cristo”. (A book I’ve wanted to read my whole life, but never got around to.). The translator’s introduction goes to page xxviii.
I would say- if you pay for it, you are not stealing. And what is a 'customer" anyway- say i shop there every Friday, but not today- Thursday when I am chagring- am I a customer? I got a Loyalty card and everything.
I voted I don’t care. But more accurately, it would be I don’t notice. Who looks at page numbers when reading a book?
I didn’t think the poll was asking about the legal status, i thought it was asking about the moral status.
I think the underlying question is “How many pages is too many to have to skip over before the book actually begins?”
Same.
Now that’s a good example of where Roman numeral page numbers should be used. The translator’s introduction is not part of the book itself, it postdates the existence of the book, and many readers may want to skip it.
On the other hand, I’ve seen (IIRC) Roman numeral page numbers used for an introduction or prologue written by the author of the book and intended to be considered as part of the book itself; and I consider that bogus.
So, it’s not an issue of how many pages should have the Roman numeral numbering, but what kind of pages.
I think a translator’s introduction should use Roman numerals, a preface should use Egyptian hieroglyphic numbers, and a foreword should use cuneiform numbers.
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And acknowledgements should use Mayan numbers.
Drinking containers go right side up unless the environment’s particularly dusty or otherwise dirty; then they go upside down to keep the insides clean.
I put shampoo in my hair, then soap my body while the shampoo’s holding my hair up out of the way, then rinse both hair and body off simultaneously. There wasn’t an “other” option.
I am surprised that (so far) I’m the only EV owner to vote in the poll. I do know other dopers have EVs, so I expect it will change somewhat. Of the 10 people or so who work in my office, half own EVs. Of my friends and family, it’s about half as well.
One year for Christmas my mother-in-law bought us a set of V-shaped glasses and tumblers. The whole set only fits in my cupboard if I alternate them rim up and rim down.
Rim up for me. I feel that if the environment is dusty, the shelf is already dusty, so putting the glasses rim down is just going to get dust on the rim. I cycle through my glasses frequently enough than any dust buildup on the glasses should be minimal. But I clean my shelves much less frequently, so dust on the shelves would not be unexpected.
The poll about Wifi- the restaurant should define what they consider 'customers". Say you are a person who eats lunch there every week day.
But you drop buy some evening and use the wifi- yes? No?
Or you come in, buy a coffee and sit their for 8 hours using the wifi? yes? no?
See, there can be no hard & fast rule- obviously customer #1 is a customer- he spends $ there every day. The second person has bought something that trip- but is taking up a seat and abusing the privilege.