"Cyber cafe" timekeeping software [moving OT]

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jonathan Hutchins 
>
>> Just me, but I wouldn't automatically log them out after 5 minutes of
>> inactivity.  If it kept them logged in and chewed up their hours faster,
>> they would soon develop the habit of logging out when they were done, which
>> is a good computing habit to have.  You figure if everything you are
>> talking about is in place, the most it would chew up is an hour at a time
>> anyway.
>
> In a commercial situation this would be a real headache, as it would generate 
> a lot of customer complaints - complaints that would have to be handled by a  
> barrista or some equivalent, who wouldn't have any real input to management's 
> policies.
This is the way all internet cafes I've ever seen work. You pay for x minutes of use. It's not the 
responsibility of the cafe to log you off if you go inactive.
This is the real problem with America today, shoving off one's own responsibilities on other people 
and then suing them for not being one's own private handsitter. If someone wants to drive with a 
cup of hot coffee
in their hand and they spill it on themself it's their fault, not the company that sold it to them. 
If a company sells you a cup of coffee that makes you sick, *then* it's the company's fault.
</rant - I guess you trigger a button>

 Ok this is moving way off topic now.