Is it rude to ask to meet in a mall?

Public, air conditioned, and there's always a way out. But does it look lazy?

Two coffees, then decide. No dinners for a first meeting, you're stuck for two hours.

A mall is fine. Nobody has ever complained about air conditioning in October.

Anywhere with a window and no music. You'll thank yourself.

Book something with an end: a gallery that closes at six, a class that finishes.

I always do the video call. Five minutes tells you more than fifty messages.