Pubs, Inns, Wi Fi and Stowaways

I approached an interesting note written by Mariano Pantenetti especially for the blog.



May have noticed (or suffered), at some point (usually urgent) when they needed to sit in a bar to do some urgent work, or enter your Wi Fi Notebook, which all seats were occupied, even those which whom used does not have any drink in front of him to justify the use of facilities, or otherwise, are on the table the remains of a lean to the clear coffee was drunk at the very least makes some long hours.

The dilemma of the stowaway is the enjoyment of public property by individuals who use them either on their part fair share as paid or avoiding the cost of their share.

Although the case arose in the first paragraph, we are clearly looking at a private good, use that gives the time over which provides the service seems to be analyzed from the perspective of the free rider problem.

The existence of stowaways leads inevitably to a loss of productivity, since many more individuals are "fed" a well thought originally to fewer participants.
It takes an excessive use of common property.

Trying to be Pareto efficient is that I consider as far as the comfort of who first occupied the chair does not conflict with the convenience of those who come second and (after a logical time) starts to pay the cost of discomfort.
Find another bar also has a cost for those who came second.
These costs, eventually moving to the owner of the establishment because the customer alerted of this situation will certainly look for an open bar, efficiently avoiding being the second.

Find a balance then represents a potential improvement in the outcome of any situation that arises as Pareto-efficient, where the improvement of one of the agent is not possible without harming the other. A situation that is optimal from the standpoint of utility.

Getting in the skin of who should manage a bar, restaurant or similar, ask to what extent it is efficient to give free will to decide who will occupy a table for a long period of time, so that others with the intention to consume are far from the place or simply do not enter.
Are these first considered stowaways?
It could be argued that the former may present long-term profitability (are customers of the house), while the latter only have occasional use and is difficult to quantify their income in perpetuity.

Some retailers like Havanna coffee seem to have realized this and delivered a limited service (in time) of Wi Fi, forcing the start following products for more time consuming or simply leave.
This does not limit the time of those who read all the newspaper, every magazine, they receive visits and make your office coffee, for the modest sum of about ten pesos in 6 hours.

On this situation, seem to have more experience that bars restaurants, experts often drive the customers to have on board.

I think this is a new consumer and a new way of delivering service, so I do not see a clear answer to the dilemma posed.
Therefore it seems best in this first instance to perform some testing activities, analyze, think about trying not to neglect the customer above all else. But which one? Which is two hours ago with your coffee and newspaper or waiting.