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A SIGN HAS BEEN PUT UP IN THE WINDOW TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE NEW RULES NEIL SHAW Assistant Editor 10:32, 19 Feb 2025Updated 13:38, 19 Feb 2025 A popular coffee shop chain has banned
students from studying, or people who work from home from working, at the weekend. Black Sheep Coffee, which has dozens of branches across the country, has enforced the ban from 12pm Friday
until 7pm Sunday at a branch in Reading. According to the store, customers have complained about a lack of tables available on weekends due to university students taking them up. A sign in
the window reading “no laptop, no tablet, no study” was captured by a medical student. The student, who asked to remain anonymous, said: “Working in a café can be much more productive and
give a change of environment for a short time, when you've been studying at home or at university for hours. We love to have a sweet treat and matcha to keep up our energy with the
workload we have as final years. “We were disappointed to not get our matcha this weekend, but overall understand Black Sheep's decision to restrict working in these hours.” Article
continues below People have been left split on the controversial ban. Prisila said: “Are people who go to study at cafes supposed to buy one drink per hour to stay there 3-4 hours.” Erin
added: “I could understand people who would sit and chat for hours but students in session? “Not everyone has a nice place to study or a library available around.” One stated: “Love how
students don’t have any spaces.” Another added: “This makes perfect sense? Study at home? A library?” One said: “As someone who uses a café to study because our library isn’t open on
weekends this would hurt.” Jam Press approached Black Sheep Coffee for comment.