▲ 101 ▼ Phones are the new cigarettes: why restaurants are discouraging and even banning them (www.theguardian.com) submitted 1 month ago by Fossy@programming.dev to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] dektep@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children) wish gyms and cinemas would also ban them permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Alamo Drafthouse Cinema used to ban phones. But, they've fucked that up by switching to needing a phone to order drinks/food from your seat. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago cinemas? yeah, there's not really anything you can do with a phone there that isn't incredibly annoying to everyone else. Gyms? no, let's not make fewer people get the exercise they dearly need to stay healthy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kaligalis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago I get that you still take your cassette Walkman to the gym and therefore have no use for a phone there. But normal people use their phones to play music on their headphones. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Alamo Drafthouse Cinema used to ban phones. But, they've fucked that up by switching to needing a phone to order drinks/food from your seat. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago cinemas? yeah, there's not really anything you can do with a phone there that isn't incredibly annoying to everyone else. Gyms? no, let's not make fewer people get the exercise they dearly need to stay healthy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kaligalis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago I get that you still take your cassette Walkman to the gym and therefore have no use for a phone there. But normal people use their phones to play music on their headphones. permalink fedilink source parent