The outlet is a good ten feet away.  And it’s behind someone’s chair.  Suddenly you regret lazily running your MacBook on battery power in the convenience of your own home this morning.  You really need to start planning ahead.

If that weren’t bad enough, you’ve forgotten the extension cable for your power adapter.

Always bring a Mac-compatible friend to the coffee shop with you.  He should have his extension cable in his bag.

That’s why he’s a MacBookPRO.

The hand-off.  And now for the awkward part…

“Do you mind if I get behind you and plug in?”  Poor choice of words.

“Maybe if I just get under you”.  Oh God.

“Hey, there was an outlet under my seat the whole time”.

Yeah.  You always seem to make that mistake at this coffee shop…