Posted on 30/03/2019 07:22
Apparently the Sam Smiths pub chain is banning the use of mobile phones within their pubs insisting that customers go outside as smokers do. A brave business decision perhaps ?
I can see it now..
Do you want to come to ours next Friday ?
Oh hang on I'll just pop outside and check my calendar ..
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pub-chain-bans-customers-using-14206723
Posted on 30/03/2019 16:09 by Methevenbut 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.
Posted on 30/03/2019 22:23
I think you are taking what I said out of context and if you are going to quote you really need to quote everything I said rather than using the bit that suits your own argument? I stressed that there may be particular circumstances where I may need to use a phone, and this applies equally to everyone. That is not to say that I would be using a phone or want to be using a phone, I would prefer not to. But perhaps if you were having a family meal at a restaurant and some of the party were late it would be acceptable to me to take the call so that we could inform the restaurant that we will be a bit late with ordering a meal. If you follow the "no phones" to its logical conclusion it would mean you could not phone for an ambulance if someone collapsed on the floor in front of you! I could well understand a restaurant asking you not to use a phone if you were making such a noise that you were annoying fellow guests but a quick call as I described does not fit in that category.
Posted on 30/03/2019 16:01 by TakethedogalongSam Smiths banned customers who arrived on motorcycles as well. He’s an absolute beauty is Humphrey Smith, now in charge. He took another tiny brewery to court for allegedly using Yorkshire White Rose emblem on its beer, that was being sold to raise funds for Air Ambulance I think it was. And he backdated claims from some staff who he said had been putting too much beer into pint! Work that one out! 🤔
Posted on 31/03/2019 00:01
Humphrey Smith has taken a lot of people to court over the years for a variety of issues.
Having lived in Tadcaster for many years and also working at one of his companies I do know what he can be like and he is not well liked , its his way or not at all. If he says no phones then he means no phones.
He came in for a lot of flack when the Tad bridge collapsed when for what ever reason he was perceived as being less than helpful , over his land and a temporary use of a Bailey bridge which he refused.
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Posted on 30/03/2019 16:01 by TakethedogalongSam Smiths banned customers who arrived on motorcycles as well. He’s an absolute beauty is Humphrey Smith, now in charge. He took another tiny brewery to court for allegedly using Yorkshire White Rose emblem on its beer, that was being sold to raise funds for Air Ambulance I think it was. And he backdated claims from some staff who he said had been putting too much beer into pint! Work that one out! 🤔
Posted on 31/03/2019 07:27
Ah yes, the sign outside saying No Motorcycles.. I remember it well.
There is a pub very near to us that me and a mate visited in the early 70's. With helmet in hand, and very long hair which was very much the thing in those days, we bought a pint and sat down to enjoy it on nearing home after a longish ride. The landlord, who had not been at the bar when we bought the drinks came over and said, when you have finished your drinks lads, you can leave.. we don't want your sort in here. Not wanting to go where I am not welcome I have not set foot in the place since, nearly fifty years later.... It's a strange business that can afford to turn away paying customers.
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