Restuarants Requesting People Turn Off Their Cell Phones.

[Banks2334]

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However, in fast food or casual places a policy like this is dumb. In Seattle, Red Mill burgers has this policy, despite the fact that they cater to and thrive on families with loud muddy kids, etc. The cell phone policy is just borne out of a hate of phones and them trying to foist their ideas on other people, and for that I dislike it.

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They are not trying to foist their ideas on other people, they are trying to run a business and cater to their customers. There are quite a few places like this in LA and they are great. If you don 't have the courtesy to get off the phone when the waitress is there to take your order or when you are at the counter then you don't get service. And I would rather listen to some 3 year cry during my meal(because he doesn't know any better) than listen to someone have an inane conversation at ridiculous decibels.

[tsearcher]

A lot of places have that policy. Usually there's a small sign up front in addition to the menu.

I'm perfectly happy with that policy.

[edfurlong]

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The cell phone policy is just borne out of a hate of phones and them trying to foist their ideas on other people

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I kinda want to write them a check.

[GuyOnTilt]

Mistral in Seattle has this policy, tho it's not written anywhere. In high end restaurants, this isn't that uncommon in my experience. Perfectly acceptable.

[emon87]

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However, in fast food or casual places a policy like this is dumb. In Seattle, Red Mill burgers has this policy, despite the fact that they cater to and thrive on families with loud muddy kids, etc. The cell phone policy is just borne out of a hate of phones and them trying to foist their ideas on other people, and for that I dislike it.

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They are not trying to foist their ideas on other people, they are trying to run a business and cater to their customers. There are quite a few places like this in LA and they are great. If you don 't have the courtesy to get off the phone when the waitress is there to take your order or when you are at the counter then you don't get service. And I would rather listen to some 3 year cry during my meal(because he doesn't know any better) than listen to someone have an inane conversation at ridiculous decibels.

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There is a big difference between the minute spent at the counter and the 40 spent in the place if you eat there. And believe me, it's usually pretty loud in there - a cell phone won't bother you unless you are a hypersensitive whiner.

[ICMoney]

I have read about scrambling technology that will not allow calls to be received within the restaurant.

I guess asking is better.

[[Phill]]

Why does your phone make noise when turned off?

There are scramblers out there, plus you could build a faraday cage into the walls. As far as i can tell just saying "turn off your phones" will suffice 99% of the time.

I do wish they put these scramblers into cinemas as standard though.

[adsman]

I worked in a groovy bar/restaurant back in the early ninties when having a mobile was a sign of wealth and prestigue. This one guy came into the bar and had lunch every day of the week. He would sit by himself and spend the whole time talking on his phone and doing deals. This went on for quite a while. We didn't say anything as he had a mobile phone and he had the money to actually use it.

That is until the day he's sitting there yakking away on his phone when suddenly his phone rings.

He never came back. It was worth all that time listening to his, "conversations".

[Uglyowl]

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I do wish they put these scramblers into cinemas as standard though.

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Sporting events to please so the fans aren't doing silly [censored] when they know they are in camera range

[Ook]

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I worked in a groovy bar/restaurant back in the early ninties when having a mobile was a sign of wealth and prestigue. This one guy came into the bar and had lunch every day of the week. He would sit by himself and spend the whole time talking on his phone and doing deals. This went on for quite a while. We didn't say anything as he had a mobile phone and he had the money to actually use it.

That is until the day he's sitting there yakking away on his phone when suddenly his phone rings.

He never came back. It was worth all that time listening to his, "conversations".

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Gold. Also, as much as I'd like to see cell phones jammed in movie theaters and higher end restaurants, it's completely illegal in the US. Up to $11K in fines and 1 year in jail for a first offense [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] If only the thoughtless douches who use their phones in these places could have a similar penalty...