Pub Chain Bans Use of Phones

but I do reserve the right to be able to answer a call or make a call if I need to in particular circumstances.

You don't reserve any right to make or answer a call on someone elses premises, If the pub/restaurant owner says no, then it means no. You accepted the terms and conditions on this forum, in fact you apply them so have respect for theirs when entering.

 

I find that most communication these days is done by text or FB messenger or Whatsapp rather than ringing and speaking like we used to do. It has very little impact on others around you in any case. When we are out in pubs it may be friends finding out if we are out and where we are. Its rare for my phone to ever actually ring these days unless its a spam call. But it won't ever go off in a Sam Smiths pub as I won't be going into one.

My phone has three functions 

It rings, and i will answer if appropriate or not on silent

It has a voice mail that is available if on silent and a message can be left

It has a method whereby someone can text me

i thought all phones could do that to stop annoying others when in company or nearby

Old ones can be a tad trying at times.......... 😂

I thought the group at the next table to ours in the pub yesterday was going to come over and ask us to stop laughing and talking to each other as we were interrupting their concentrated efforts to ignore each other.

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I have not issue with folk texting or showing each other photos or the like when in a public place, what really gets my goat is the loud over the phone conversations (most a load of rubbish) and now we seem to be suffering 'face timing' in public.

While on holiday recently we had' face timing' going on around the pool, in the restaurant and bar. It really gets on your nerves when trying to relax by the pool, reading a book, to hear someone loudly 'showing' their friends and family what the resort looks like, while having a running commentary at the same time. 

Well done Sam Smith's I wish more places would ban protracted phone conversations in public.

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But most seem old before their time

This is a bit like behaviour on club sites, everyone, well mostly, appears to want people to behave in 'their way', no loud conversations on face time but I assume it's OK for normal ones?, no face timing around the pool? even people on another table can't use their phones, or even a couple not talking to each other but on their phones annoys people? or even those that dare to answer a phone call? as somehow this impinges on your 'quality' time.

Really? Maybe those others really object to the way you behave?

I go out, I enjoy the company of those with me, I really have no interest in the another table or whatever or however other people on another table (read pitch too) are up to. 

if that is way other people want to choose to spend their time let them get on with it.