Two coffee shop customers discuss how to plug in laptop computer.

— Pardon me sir. I need to plug-in my laptop computer. Would you mind if I used the outlet by your chair?
— Not at all, but I'm afraid it doesn't work. I tried it earlier.
— Oh, that's a problem. I guess we can't always count on the outlets. After all, this is a coffee shop, not an office. But it seems all the other outlets are being used.
— Why don't you ask at the counter? Maybe they have an extension cord, so you could plug into an outlet down the hall near the restrooms.