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Restaurant Designates No-Cell-Phone Area |
axxxr
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Due to customer complaints, The Vineyard restaurant of Bentonville, Arkansas has designated a “No-cellphone” area after customer complaints about annoying cellphone chatter while they were trying to enjoy a meal.I'm not even going to touch this but sheesh, what’s next?No smoking? Oh, right, sorry. 
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Diners at The Vineyard can distance themselves from the din of cell phone chatter. The restaurant has designated a "No-Cell-Phone" area, after customers who complained about listening to conversations from adjacent tables asked for the ban.
"We had a therapist in from New York in who was giving marriage counseling on the phone for 30 minutes and there were two other tables in the dining area and both complained," server Brittany Peacock said.
The seating preference changes with the time of day.
"At dinner there are people who don't want cell phones," Peacock said. "At lunch people come in and expect to take a call in the middle of the day and they want cell phones."
If someone receives a call while in the cell-free area, they are asked to go outside or into the other area.
"It's an interruption. It's loud. Normally you speak louder on a cell phone and it interrupts the peaceful atmosphere of a restaurant," customer Bo Landry said.
"I think you need an option if you have emergencies a lot of people have kids at home with a baby sitter, but also think it's a nice to go to an area where it won't interrupt your meal."
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methylated_spirit
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Im all for it, you pay good money to enjoy your meal, the last thing you want to hear is what the person at the next table got up to last night.
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Burgaz
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There's a couple of pubs near me that already do it! |
csi_bha
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On 2004-10-24 15:33:27, methylated_spirit wrote:
Im all for it, you pay good money to enjoy your meal, the last thing you want to hear is what the person at the next table got up to last night.
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But you might hear that anyway if that person is with a friend... so where is the issue? |
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i'm not really for it. but then you can have seperate places for people who don't want to hear people's watch beep when its x hour, people that burb, people that make noizes, people that talk to other people at the table, people that have something to eat with garlic, ...
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mixin
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On 2004-10-24 16:39:26, csi_bha wrote:
But you might hear that anyway if that person is with a friend... so where is the issue?
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I generally find people talk louder when they are on their mobile phone.
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Vlammetje
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People do talk louder on cellphones because their instincts tell them to be louder than the surrounding noise. Phones have that effect.
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On 2004-10-24 18:19:33, bart wrote:
i'm not really for it. but then you can have seperate places for people who don't want to hear people's watch beep when its x hour, people that burb, people that make noizes, people that talk to other people at the table, people that have something to eat with garlic, ...
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You already have a place for each of those people. it's called home
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Yeah this surely is a good news - "Phone-etics" ! This must also be applied to numerous public places, such as: churches and cinemas! The last thing about I ever heard of such news in restos is the . . . 'no smoking area section' . . . | |
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