U.K. Pub Chain Bans Mobile Phone Use in Bid to Encourage Talking
- Punters must join smokers outside if they wish to take a call
- Samuel Smith runs many of London’s favorite drinking venues
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Put down your phone, take a sip of your beer, and talk to your friends.
That’s the message from Samuel Smith Old Brewery, a U.K. pub-chain that wants its customers to behave in a manner that’s in keeping with tradition of the historic taverns it operates.