The Vancouver Indy Coffee Scene

Answers.com defines a loafer as:

One who is habitually idle

A cafe loafer is some one who spends all day in a cafe and makes it is home/office and barely purchases anything. Loafers are usually found in the most comfortable seat surfing the net on the free wifi with his laptop plug into the nearest power outlet.

Authors note: Loafers can be working on their best selling novel, screen play or the next twitter, but usually they are just looking for the next piece of Internet Lore.