Hourly Wifi Strikes Again, Do You Agree With This Business Strategy? Black Hole Coffee House, 77006

Happy Good Friday everyone!

While on the road this week, I stumbled upon this coffee shop during an emergency work situation. I needed immediate working space and I knew the work was going to take roughly 5 hours. As I walked in, I noticed the only employee present with a 5 person line. The shop was quiet and most patrons were on their computers or reading a book. “A bit of an older crowd”, I thought to myself. The location looked like it was in the center of an older neighborhood with many pedestrians. As I got to the line, I was met with great service but was given a generated Wi-Fi code. As a novice coffee shop nomad, I knew there was about to be a mandatory hourly break between my work and additional stress to make sure things are saved before times are up. Hourly Wi-Fi usage is a bane to recurring working customers in my opinion. Additionally, the seating in the shop is in small groups, mostly tables for 1 to 2 people and outlet access is satisfactory. Which gives me the impression they want people to stay for productive work, but require hourly purchases. I understand this strategy but can’t help but be somewhat repulsed by it, especially in that situation.

As the hours went by, I was hard kicked from the Wi-Fi and of course had to go up to make a purchase. Luckily though, the employee informed me that I can request for the new code without purchase. I kindly acknowledged but still made a purchase for the code purely in spite of this system and would have felt defeated if I had gotten the code for free, because then it would mean this hourly expulsion had no purpose to exist in the first place. I decided that was not a world I wanted to live in.

My first trip to the restroom was somewhat devastating to me. The floor was lined with old school penny glossed floors. A major trypophobia warning for those visiting. My main issue with the outdated flooring is that you cannot tell the cleanliness of it. Which is a major trigger for me personally. The toilet paper was 2 ply but one of those thin ones that reminded me of that time when Mickey Mouse was poor and had to slice the bread really thin. 

Overall, the coffee shop has a unique vibe and felt kind of old school in an unintentional way. Would be a great visit for a quick meet ups and reading with small groups. Even better place if you don't mind the hourly Wi-Fi limit and free from trypophobia. 

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Productivity Rating

Internet: Good but stuck uses the hourly generated system.

Outlet Availability: Should not be an issue.

Seating: Abundant.

Table Space: Mostly in pairs.

Noise: Quite, ambient.

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Poops Rating

Toilet paper: 2 Ply but see through.

Private or Stall: 2 Private rooms but major trypophobia warning and penny floors are hard to determine sanitary values.  

Cleanliness: Cannot Be Determined.

Lock: Slide.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/blackhole.coffeehouse/

Location: 4504 Graustark St, Houston, TX 77006