Found this while browsing.

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8265333760/h30914AFE/

Click on the image to make it big enough to read.

To my mind this makes a good case for allowing places to install phone signal jamming.  Places like shops, restaurants, places of entertainment, work places - factory, office (you're there to work not jabber with your mates or family) You should also be sitting or standing still, and/or paying attention to your surroundings

There is an even stronger case for installing a similar jamming device in cars which activates when the ignition is switched on.

That article is interesting reading and in my opinion just shows how selfish people can be.
The restaurant should remove their WiFi access and instruct the waiters they are not allowed to take photographs using the customers mobile phones.
Of course that would probably mean the customers would all go elsewhere and the restaurant would go out of business 

cheers John.

Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 29, 2014, 07:45:10 PM

To my mind this makes a good case for allowing places to install phone signal jamming.  Places like shops, restaurants, places of entertainment, work places - factory, office (you're there to work not jabber with your mates or family) You should also be sitting or standing still, and/or paying attention to your surroundings

There is an even stronger case for installing a similar jamming device in cars which activates when the ignition is switched on.

Agree with everything you have put here, but lets add trains and buses as well and include computers and all similar devices.

Mobile phones the scourge of modern society.

Rant over. For now.

Dodger

Dodger

Thing is, any place of leisure like a restaurant or shop would probably find people avoiding going there if they installed signal-jammers, counterproductive.

Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 29, 2014, 07:45:10 PM
. . . work places - factory, office (you're there to work not jabber with your mates or family)

Bit draconian, is your surname Scrooge by any chance?

Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 29, 2014, 07:45:10 PM
There is an even stronger case for installing a similar jamming device in cars which activates when the ignition is switched on.

This I completely agree with, the sheer number of drivers (cars, vans, trucks, even a bus driver with a bus full of passengers!) I see on a daily basis on the phone or texting is truly frightening 


Paul

Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 29, 2014, 07:45:10 PM
There is an even stronger case for installing a similar jamming device in cars which activates when the ignition is switched on.

They have a different plan for that. Police are soon going to confiscate all mobile phones for checking in the event of an accident. Quite how you then phone the recovery company, the AA or your family isn't clear  (facepalm)

What they could do is use the big GCHQ Stazi database they are keeping of everything you ever do and simply check positions and issue a lot of penalty notices

Infuriating, frustrating, and I'm also not surprised. Cell phones, like most technology, have their place, but I hate how the majority of society use them. I'm using the word hate. 

I'm all for jamming to shut down goons in pubs, trains or buses
who can't pick their noses without phoning their mates.

I'm currently having breakfast in MacDonalds checking NGF posts on my phone.... 

Ah well ,each to his own as the Aberdonian said at a sheep auction.

Has anybody noticed that now almost everyone has a camera phone, there seem to be less sightings of UFOs reported?

I don't really see what the problem is - the world has changed - they (the restaurant) either change or they put up signs saying that this behaviour is not welcome. Their main beef seems to be that customers spend 2 hrs in the restaurant - not 1 as 10 years ago (and presumably don't spend twice as much money).

I'm still rather technologically challenged (10+ year old phone) but a lot of people aren't and if those people want to go a restaurant and take pictures and chat electronically whilst enjoying some good grub then why should they be stopped (as long as they are not causing a nuisance to other diners)? It's not something that would interest me but then I'm sure N gauge trains aren't going to interest the vast majority of the population.

The problem with a restaurant specifically is that unless they are blessed with a huge space they prefer to get (for example) three sittings per table in an evening to maximise profit per table. If people are hanging around longer but not spending more then that's one sitting lost so 1/3  less takings, which might necessitate higher prices to cover fixed costs


Paul

Quote from: Brooksy on July 30, 2014, 09:19:10 AM
Their main beef seems to be that customers spend 2 hrs in the restaurant - not 1 as 10 years ago (and presumably don't spend twice as much money).

Suggest you re-read it, especially the introduction.

Their main beef (or chicken, or pork, or veggie dish  )is not that people are spending more time - it's that people are giving them bad reviews !

Their research shows that people are spending more time and are complaining about the food and service because of the constant "need" for certain members of society to Twatter on or FaecesBook about every miniscule and boring item that happens to them ... resulting in demands to the staff to "fix" problems with the WiFi (personally - I'd stop it or limit it to staff-only, assuming they use wifi-enabled devices for their work), take pics of them etc, and complaints that the service is slow (see previous item !) or the food has gone cold (because the prats keep taking photos of it & posting about it instead of eating it !).  The near-hour increase in time spent is shocking when you think that is down to this (pathological ?) drive ...

Mobile phones are a boon - but the attitudes so many people have about the "need" to be constantly in touch with a world that frankly doesn't care is unbelievable ...

Mike

Well I'm on mine with a beer in my local club that has free WiFi and I guess that means, Paul, that Barton-le-Clay is ruled out for yer dinner, and Malc, I haven't seen too many UFOs round here lately, now you mention it.

Except low flying ones on the local roads.

George

I saw a little incident a couple of weeks ago which was most enjoyable.
I was walking a stretch of the West Highland Way and called into a hotel
bar for a much needed beer. The place was quite busy with people drinking
and having lunch.  A Mr Bean type guy was wandering about clutching
a smartphone or tablet  and went up to a couple dining at a table and asked
if he could use the power point which was under the table ! This would have
meant the couple getting up and moving their stuff . The couple said can't
you wait and Mr Bean started spluttering about his battery was flat and
he couldn't twitter or something. Seconds later a barman or manager
appeared and physically ejected the galoot and told him not to return.

Seeing that was as enjoyable as the magnificent scenery.