Marylou’s gave me tremendous service, so that I recommend them for that, but for Coffee Roost
who do have WiFi in the Town of Sandwich, MA, Coffee Roost was the only business that provided me with internet, free internet, no purchase necessary. I was allowed to plug in my laptop at Coffee Roost during business hours. I was glad that I retried Coffee
Roost because they actually have free WiFi, and we all know that on any given day someone can have a bad day. Since our initial skirmish, the owner has been very nice since, and I am pretty sure that she doesn't remember that incident and/or hold it against me.
So, Coffee Roost gets my highest recommendation for internet in Sandwich, MA.
Though Marylou’s did not have available internet, I spoke
with a pretty young lady with the nametag, “Joy.” Joy kindly allowed me use the power available at
Marylou’s, so I did purchase a coffee for $1.79, after intentionally waiting a
long time to see if they would try and give me a bad day. I received no problems at all for making
Marylou’s wait to serve me, a plus.
Coffee is competitively priced at $1.75 at Coffee Roost. The two stores are within walking
distance. In fact, I walked from Coffee
Roost to Marylou’s in order to write this.
I stopped at Dunkin’ Donuts along the way, but did not make a purchase
there because they had neither power nor free WiFi. I would probably alternate between Coffee
Roost and Marylou’s if they both provided free internet service. Maybe other people would to. Generally, I think it is a good idea to walk
and depending how far I want to walk, I may change which store I shop at.
First, I tried Coffee
Roost on 6A in Sandwich, MA. Coffee
Roost was not open on a Monday though it is the Easter/Passover season, so that
is forgivable. However, someone who had
a key to the store showed up and tried to give me a bad day for connecting to
the internet, specifically www.amazon.com.
It is a new business in Sandwich, MA so mercy is probably the best rule
of thumb. If there is any legal dispute
over my internet actions at Coffee Roost,
www.amazon.com,
will most likely be able to inform the investigators of the place, date, and
time. I have nothing to hide about my
actions there.
I am a 3rd party. I
do not work for Marylou’s, McDonald’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, Coffee Roost, or Amazon. I am not affiliated with Marylou’s, the store
I am giving my highest recommendation for in Sandwich.
At Marylou’s, Joy asked me my name, learned it, and
correctly used it. It was first class
service. As I am writing this, business
at Marylou’s has been modest. There is a
lot of competition in town, and getting free WiFi is one way that Marylou’s
might boost their business. Many
businesses, such as McDonald’s are offering free WiFi. If you use someone’s free WiFi, and are
satisfied with it, then I recommend purchasing.
I do. I try to avoid taking
freebies.
My experience with Marylou’s was that Joy knows most
customer’s first names. I have been to
Marylou’s before during a different year, but did not make a purchase because
they did not have black coffee. This
time, Marylou’s had regular black coffee that was tasty. I do not like the taste of Dunkin’ Donuts
coffee when it is black.
Though Marylou’s did not have free wireless at their coffee
shop, Marylou’s, which is a local chain, receives my highest rating for
customer service. Also, I appreciated
the complimentary availability of electricity.
Dunkin’ Donuts is 2nd in Sandwich for customer
service. The people working the register
were kind, but there was no available power or WiFi, so I did not make a purchase. I recommend avoiding making purchases at
places that do not have free WiFi. Also,
I have noticed that most people that buy from Dunkin’ Donuts buy there because
they can’t control their caffeine addictions.
Dunkin’ Donuts provides high test coffee, while I generally prefer full
bodied coffees.
Coffee Roost is 3rd in Sandwich. I will probably give them a 2nd
try, as I know that they do have free WiFi, it was just that someone who was
probably owner was rude to me for using their WiFi and power when the business
was closed. The lady who was rude to me
did not introduce herself, but she did have a key to the store. I did not break into the store. There was an outlet on the side of the store
that the business next door said I could use.
Assuming that they, a local pizza place and Coffee Roost, were both
under the same ownership as they are in the same building, I used the
signal. The power was turned on at the
outlet, and so was the wireless internet.
I asked to use an outlet at the pizza place, but since they didn’t have
one, one of the men working suggested that I use the outlet, so I did.
The reason I am in search of a wireless internet signal is
that I like to promote local business through review. Review is judgmental, and therefore it would
probably be a bad idea to simply float all of their boats. I am familiar with the WiFi connection at
McDonald’s restaurant chain, and have often used it, but seeing as how their
store in Sagamore is undergoing new construction, I figured I’d give the local a shot. Usually, I use the free signal at McDonald’s
Restaurant in Sagamore, which is about 5min car ride away from my house. That McDonald’s which as I am writing this is
not open, so I thought that this would be a great time to search out a better
connection that the Sandwich Town Library.
Often, when I am at the Sandwich Town Library the connection is choppy,
sometimes fast, but sometimes very slow.
McDonald’s provides the fastest connection. I have informed the librarians at the
Sandwich Public Library, and heard others informing the librarians there, that
there is problems with the internet connection, but it never seems to get
fixed. That may be due to lack of
funding. However, as a result of the
poor internet service, I don’t use it as often as McDonald’s. Beggars can’t be choosers. It is entirely up to the Town of Sandwich to
see if they want to make a free internet connection available 24/7. There is no need for me to purchase an
internet connection because smart stores make it available for free, as it is
generally a smart business move to offer some sort of sample. The Sagamore McDonald’s is just over “The
Bridge,” and is also within walking distance from my house. Internet at the McDonald’s in Sagamore was
24/7 and I assume that it will return to be being that way once the new store
is put in.
When I use free internet at McDonald’s I make a purchase, if
I have the money, and I would call myself a McDonald’s customer. One of the reasons McDonald’s is a preferred
business of mine is that they have offered free ways to give to charity that
are not religiously affiliated. The
local Stop & Shop also usually provides a few ways to give to charity.
I once worked at the McDonald’s in Bourne, and that is the
place I will attempt to make this post at when I am done writing it. However, McDonald’s has not offered free
power, which is not to say that they won’t for things such as laptops in the
future. The store closest to me is
currently being constructed and may have outlets.
The order of places that I have visited today in order to
find a wireless signal are listed below.
I would have purchased a coffee at Coffee Roost if they had wireless,
but that is less important than this blog.
I like to review local businesses, and I like to promote good business
and cut down bad business through reviews.
It is good for the economy.
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I walked to Coffee Roost a local business in the town of
Sandwich to use their wireless internet
down the street from my apartment.
Walking is a great way to get exercise.
I like being healthy, but I am not a health extremist.
According to my computer, the internet connection is called,
“Coffee Roost.” I connected there on
Saturday. Monday, 4/9/2012, I connected to the Coffee Roost
using a plug outside that someone behind the desk at the pizza place suggested
for me to try using. It did have power,
but it required that I unplug outside lights that were not on. Someone walked by and may remember seeing me
checking to make sure that I was not unplugging anything that seemed
important. The lights were for the sign but they must have all burned out and it was the middle of the day, so they
really couldn’t serve a purpose. To see
how much of a loser the person who was rude to me at Coffee Roost was, I asked
her if her lights that are plugged in where on, to which I already knew that
they were off, but I wanted to see if she would lie to me, and she did. She said the lights were on, when the lights
were off. Her exact words where when
she walked up to me were very rudely saying, “Hey! You are using my power.” I am already aware that they provide free
power during business hours, as I have used it.
I replied in a kind voice, “I would have bought a coffee if you had
allowed me to use your internet.” (Not only that, she may have lost a possible
regular customer.) I had used the power
for about 5min in broad daylight on Route 6A.
I informed the lady that I had come to
make a purchase. There were two
outlets available that could be plugged into.
She plugged a cord into an outlet that covered the outlet. I asked her if she would kindly move her cord
over so that I could continue using the outlet, and she basically said,
“Scram.” A little, frazzled, then walked
to Dunkin’ Donuts. I am assuming that
she, the lady at Coffee Roost, was the owner or at least representative of the
owner because she had the key that was required to open the store. When I plugged in I assumed that she would
have cut the circuit breaker if she didn’t want people to use the outlet,
especially since it was near a table outside.
I walked to the library to check if I could get a signal
there. They have free internet, but I
have had problems with the quality, and so I try to avoid using it. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
I will try to make contact with Coffee Roost, Marylou’s,
Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s after posting this via the internet in an attempt
to help improve the quality and customer service of the local businesses.
