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West London Café Customer Given Note Accusing Her of Being Too Loud

Her account highlights British-style confrontation avoidance in small coffee shops.

Overview

  • Paulina, a 32-year-old teacher, says an older woman placed a handwritten note on her table in a small Hammersmith café while she chatted with a colleague.
  • The message, written in green cursive, complained her volume was "overwhelming" and added, "we now know the names of your cats."
  • The group with the note-writer left the café, and the owner later told Paulina he had not heard their conversation.
  • Paulina describes feeling mortified yet reflective, suggesting she may have been in "teacher mode" and noting her rescue kittens are called Prada and Miu Miu.
  • Local coverage relies on her first-person account and has prompted conversation about passive-aggressive etiquette and managing noise in shared public spaces.