When coffee shops only serve takeout to prevent Covid-19, many young people have difficulty working from home for fear of losing focus and not being inspired.
“In order to comply with Covid-19 prevention regulations, the store will only serve takeaway customers.”
The line of notice posted in front of the familiar coffee shop on May 28 made Tram An (25 years old, HCMC) a bit disappointed. As a freelancer in the field of design, she often “roots” here 4-5 times a week to work. Before that, she once breathed a sigh of relief when the City People’s Committee only asked restaurant and coffee shop businesses to limit the number of guests to use on the spot, encouraging take-out sales to prevent the epidemic. 
Coffee shops in Ho Chi Minh City are only allowed to sell take-out to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: Duy Hieu, Quynh Danh. “I told myself that it’s better to limit the number of guests coming in and out than to close it completely. At least, I can still text to ask to keep the table or confirm the number of guests before coming,” An told Zing . No longer being able to go to the cafe to work, the female freelancer is quite worried, not knowing how she will work from home in the coming days. Tram An is not the only young person who is troubled by the loss of a familiar workplace. Many people try to get used to working from home, others see this as an opportunity to change the environment. ‘You know what, the epidemic’ In recent years, the trend of going to coffee shops to study and work has become more and more popular. Not only a space to enjoy drinks, meet friends, these places also become a workplace for a part of young people. “The house is quite crowded, so I live in the same room with my grandmother and my sister. When designing products, running deadlines, I want to go to a coffee shop to focus and be more comfortable,” An explained. In addition, the uniquely designed space, with a variety of styles in the stores, also helps her find inspiration and motivation to work more easily. 
Not only a place to enjoy drinks, gather friends, cafes are also chosen by many young people as a “work place” regularly. Photo: Phu Qui, Hong Anh. Now, when all familiar places are closed to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, An said that she faces many difficulties because she has to share a working space with relatives, and is more easily distracted. Phuong Thao (20 years old, HCMC) also often chooses a coffee shop as a place for group study with friends. Every 1-2 days, her friend goes to the “gut shop” near her house to find inspiration to work. “The internet in my room is quite weak, the space is small, so I like to go to the restaurant to sit. There is a nice space, good drinks, good wifi, so it is faster to run the deadline at school.” She added that going out to study and meeting deadlines also creates a sense of separation between work and rest. Share with Zing , this female student said she spends about 1/3 of her monthly income from part-time work in the category of working coffee. Thao feels that this amount is not too large, has practical effects, so she has no regrets. “Now, the shop, the library are closed. Personally, I find it difficult to concentrate when studying at home, sometimes when I’m at work, I get caught up in this and that. But I don’t know, the epidemic.” Phuong Thao said. Renovate your own workspace at home About 1-2 times a week, Man Linh (23 years old), a reporter, will go to the cafe to work for 2-3 hours. Outside the editorial office, she likes to write, find inspiration and topics for articles in unique, quiet spaces. “For me, a highly aesthetic scene helps a lot in the creative process. In addition, watching people attentively type at a computer, write, and sometimes hear people whispering loud and loud also makes me feel good. God works more,” she shared. 
Before the epidemic, Man Linh spent 1-2 times a week going to a coffee shop to work and find inspiration. Photo: NVCC. Due to the complicated development of the epidemic, coffee shops in Hanoi also stopped allowing customers to sit back, only accepting take-out. Since then, Man Linh has moved to work from home most of the time. Although quite sad because there is no longer a chance to change the working environment from the office to the restaurant, Linh said that this is a necessary job in light of the current situation. Therefore, she took the time to arrange the neat and delicate working corner, with the desire to create the ideal space at home. “Luckily, I have a spacious, well-lit private room, so I just need to arrange a little. Sometimes it’s distracting because of housework and the ‘charism’ of my beloved bed, but everything is fine “, Linh smiled and said. 
Long Hai self-renovated the bedroom space, study desk to increase aesthetics, help increase performance and be more motivated to work in the near future. Photo: NVCC. As for Long Hai, a 23-year-old office worker, not being able to sit and chat over coffee and work in the coming days does not bother him. On the contrary, he sees this as an opportunity to change his lifestyle and save money. “The epidemic is stressful, it’s not very safe to sit in a coffee shop with many people. I think working from home is also good, saving a ‘good’ amount of money every month,” he said. Since the previous epidemic, Long Hai has become more interested in creating an ideal living and working space at home. Taking advantage of the long break, he redesigned his bedroom by himself, buying furniture and equipment needed for the renovation. “Thanks to that, I have a satisfactory private space so that I can feel comfortable and quiet in the house. I can both work, rest, avoid the epidemic safely and without spending money,” he said.
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