Repair cafés waging war on throwaway culture
As a repair café volunteer, I&#x27;ve found two drawbacks to being a volunteer&#x2F;having repair cafés:<p>- A small subset of people buy shitty products (1$ bicycle lamps, lights, cheap-as-shit appliances like clocks, hoovers, …). I have no problem fixing stuff, and showing them how to fix stuff, but I always refuse to try to repair really cheap stuff. It&#x27;s not even repairing at this point, but more sticking it back together.  When this case happens, I explain in good term that they should buy a slightly better quality next time; it&#x27;ll last them longer<p>- these cafés attract in general &quot;alternative&quot; people. I&#x27;ve got no problem with that, but I&#x27;m a bit fed up with conspirationists, anti-nuclear, really left-wing people.<p>But in general, it&#x27;s a really rewarding experience !