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Making your coffee shop an uncomfortable place to be seems like a great way of discouraging the majority of your customers from returning.

Low tables and lounge-style chairs are comfortable but they can't reach anywhere near the density of the standard arrangement.

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I've sat on chairs that are comfortable for only a few minutes, then start to get increasingly uncomfortable the longer I sit in them. That's more of what I meant.

I understand what you mean, I was saying that having to use such seating is likely to result in customers not returning to your coffee shop.

That might be ok if you're a tiny shop that only really wants to do takeaway but to me, most coffee shops are a place to relax and have a conversation with someone. A chair that becomes uncomfortable after a few minutes is in direct contradiction to that purpose and indicates either hubris or ignorance on the part of the owner.

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