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I don't see the problem here. Proper protocol is to leave the table and go outside or maybe to the bar area (if the weather sucks) to speak on the phone anyway. They're only putting it on there to catch the small number of douchebags for whom this isn't obvious.

By the way, I only know of one restaurant in Phoenix where this policy is in place (Durant's, the legendary chop house on Central), but know of quite a few private golf country clubs that don't allow cell phone usage on the course.