Coffee shops inundated with people needing a charge
Photo by Tom Rivers: Tom Lomax of Albion stopped by Dunkin’ Donuts this morning to charge his phone and batteries. He lost power at his home at Oak Orchard Estates on Wednesday. Lomax said he and his wife used extra blankets to get through the night.
ALBION – Dunkin’ Donuts and Tim Hortons both said they have seen big upticks in traffic since they opened early this morning.
At Tim Hortons in Albion the line of customers has been out the door much of this morning. Customers started showing up at 4:30 this morning, a Tim Hortons worker said,
With thousands in the community without power, they came for their morning coffee and breakfast. Others wanted to recharge phones and use laptops for the WiFi.
“It’s been crazy,” said the Tim Hortons worker.
It was a similar phenomenon at Dunkin’ Donuts next door with people set up with laptops to check email and work offsite.
