quartz-poker:

did-you-kno:

A British pub owner disabled cell phones inside his bar because he thinks social media is ruining the pub business. The Gin Tub in Brighton has a Faraday cage built into the ceiling to make mobile reception impossible so patrons will actually interact with each other instead of looking at their phones, which they could have just done at home. Source

…Wow way to over-react. “I’m tired of people checking their phones so I’m just going to install a faraday cage.”

What if they have a family emergency? What if they’re arranging for friends to meet them at the pub? What if something happens in the pub and people need to call for emergency services, but they can’t?

This dude did not stop to think beyond being a completely kneejerk neophobe.

not to mention that as long as people are buying drinks, there’s no threat to a pub business. People looking at their phones doesn’t stop them from ordering drinks. Also, many people don’t wanna talk to strangers in pubs or anywhere public because it’s awkward and annoying so it doesn’t make sense from a social or economic point either. Hope this guy has to close down.