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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull

Has banned the use of phones, iPads etc with a £10 fine to charity to anyone using it.

I think it's brilliant as there are other pubs who don't care but others are in uproar.

My argument is you can turn the volume off check your phone for urgent messages and go outside to call if needs be.

I guess pubs are evolving but to me it's a place to meet friends and catch up on life over a beer or six.

To see a table of friends earlier today just stare at there phones for two hours was quite sad

What are your thoughts ?

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By *ynecplCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

That is what my watch is for. My phone is on permanent silence. My watch alerts me to messages, calls and other such stuff. If I want to respond I do so.

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor

That's a great idea,where is it I'll torture my child by taking her in there

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

I think it's a good idea. Pubs always used to be a place for socialising, technology has taken away the art of conversation in many ways

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

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There's a great little pub in Soho that has the same policy - I've had fascinating conversations partly as a result of it. People are far more wanting to start up a conversation and it's a better environment overall.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham


"[Mobile phone removed by poster at 25/08/19 13:28:02]"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's crazy how phones have taken over people, on that note i'm logging out

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By *omeotherknobheadMan
over a year ago

morecambe

there's little more ignorant than mobile phones and those who sit messing on them.

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By *xperimentalistMan
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

There's a pub in beverley did this as well, they would confiscate them from you if caught. Though the building was so old and the walls so thick you struggled to get a signal any way half the time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What did people do when there were no mobile phones in the past?

Of course they survived.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think it's a good idea. People talking to each other in person would be weird though. If they're not posting pics every 5 minutes how would they know it was real?

*Like*

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By *oldyoudown41Man
over a year ago

caledonian

Love the idea .. a pub is a social place and mobiles are so anti social.. heads up and talk to someone, you just never know who you might meet

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By *hebritukCouple
over a year ago

London

Have they replaced it with table sex?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wanted to introduce the same policy at the dinner table, but sadly I got roundly outvoted

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham


"I wanted to introduce the same policy at the dinner table, but sadly I got roundly outvoted "

Via a WhatsApp group?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I wanted to introduce the same policy at the dinner table, but sadly I got roundly outvoted

Via a WhatsApp group? "

HaHa

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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago

ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL

I think it's a great idea. People are slowly losing their social skills due to social media etc. Should be called anti social media really.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

It's a great idea when with friends, however yesterday whilst I was sat in a beer garden on my own #billynomates

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By *onbons_xxMan
over a year ago

Bolton

I’m reading thread titles wrong just now and thought this said ‘my local sub’ at first

Nice idea though, it has become almost like a nervous reaction to reach for the phone in any moment of pause. Bring on actual conversations.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There's a great little pub in Soho that has the same policy - I've had fascinating conversations partly as a result of it. People are far more wanting to start up a conversation and it's a better environment overall."

We go there and I agree. I even met somebody who ended up on Fab in there.

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull


"That's a great idea,where is it I'll torture my child by taking her in there "

My two children aren't impressed

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By *orraine999Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere

I think it's a great idea.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I only use my phone in a pub if I'm sat waiting for someone. I've seen couples that are constantly on their bookface or whatever, and hardly a word is exchanged between them. Nothing to do with me I suppose, but if I go to a pub, I go to socialise with people face to face, not spend an hour or two with ma head buried in ma phone. I can ignore ma partner when I get home.

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By *oney to the beeWoman
over a year ago

Manchester

If I am out socialising with someone then the phone stops in the bag full stop.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've been on nights out before now and if you believed what the pictures portrayed then you would think it was a great night.

However the reality was miserable adults sat around staring at phones until someone held a phone up, it was like a beacon! A switch flicked where suddenly it was all laughing, trout pouts and smiling central.

Then as soon as the phone is put down social ineptness resumed

Bizarre behaviour. And I wonder what skills we are losing by being so internalised.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I've been on nights out before now and if you believed what the pictures portrayed then you would think it was a great night.

However the reality was miserable adults sat around staring at phones until someone held a phone up, it was like a beacon! A switch flicked where suddenly it was all laughing, trout pouts and smiling central.

Then as soon as the phone is put down social ineptness resumed

Bizarre behaviour. And I wonder what skills we are losing by being so internalised. "

I would rather enjoy the moment that photograph it. I remember when photos were precious and you were economical on what you took as you only had 36 exposures

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor


"That's a great idea,where is it I'll torture my child by taking her in there

My two children aren't impressed "

I bet they're not

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull


"That's a great idea,where is it I'll torture my child by taking her in there

My two children aren't impressed

I bet they're not "

It's so funny to watch, luckily my dogs don't mind and are happy to come to a tech free pub as they get extra fusses because the patrons now get to look around and see what's happening.

One new patron said to me that he was surprised that the view from the pub contains a river !

I told him it was only built last week

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I've been on nights out before now and if you believed what the pictures portrayed then you would think it was a great night.

However the reality was miserable adults sat around staring at phones until someone held a phone up, it was like a beacon! A switch flicked where suddenly it was all laughing, trout pouts and smiling central.

Then as soon as the phone is put down social ineptness resumed

Bizarre behaviour. And I wonder what skills we are losing by being so internalised. "

So true!!

I know couples where they post a pic of every date they go on. It's like being sat in a 70's living room watching roll after roll of someone's holiday pics on their creaky projector.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I live in a little village in derbyshire... in my local you cant get reception, its like going back in time people communicate.... its bliss.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I've been on nights out before now and if you believed what the pictures portrayed then you would think it was a great night.

However the reality was miserable adults sat around staring at phones until someone held a phone up, it was like a beacon! A switch flicked where suddenly it was all laughing, trout pouts and smiling central.

Then as soon as the phone is put down social ineptness resumed

Bizarre behaviour. And I wonder what skills we are losing by being so internalised.

So true!!

I know couples where they post a pic of every date they go on. It's like being sat in a 70's living room watching roll after roll of someone's holiday pics on their creaky projector. "

Oh my! I bet they have a perfect Facebook life as well!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I've been on nights out before now and if you believed what the pictures portrayed then you would think it was a great night.

However the reality was miserable adults sat around staring at phones until someone held a phone up, it was like a beacon! A switch flicked where suddenly it was all laughing, trout pouts and smiling central.

Then as soon as the phone is put down social ineptness resumed

Bizarre behaviour. And I wonder what skills we are losing by being so internalised.

So true!!

I know couples where they post a pic of every date they go on. It's like being sat in a 70's living room watching roll after roll of someone's holiday pics on their creaky projector.

Oh my! I bet they have a perfect Facebook life as well!

"

The ones with the most pics usually split up soon after.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think shops should ban phones too it’s so ignorant seeing someone on the phone talking as they are paying at the till. If I worked in a shop I would refuse to serve them.

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By *on_mclaneMan
over a year ago

manchester

Great idea, last night I was in a pub and stood near a table with 5 people say all on their phones, they didn’t speak to each other for 5/10 minutes until one of the girls asked another to take a pic so she could update a status and “checked” them all in ??????????

Crazy world we’re living in !!!

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