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A restaurant in Kent, England is offering to knock 20 percent off their customers' bills—but only if they're willing to lock their cell phones in a tiny tabletop jail cell. Diners will be given the keys to the little phone jail, but their iPhones and Androids will have to be padlocked inside for the duration of their meal.
"We often people-watch in the restaurant and see families come in and they are on their phones," Spice Fusion manager Rajeev Gupte. "A couple of years ago we had a large group come in for lunch and I noticed something was different. As I watched them, I realized they were all engaged talking to each other, none of them had their phones in their hands."
Gupte said that the restaurant's chef, Abul Hussain, ate at a London restaurant that had a similar 'phone cage,' which gave them the idea for what they're calling the "Dinner is Better When We Eat Together" promotion. "We love to see people enjoying each other's company," the restaurant.
Because most of us have spent the past decade-plus being chronically dependent on our phones, this is far from the first time that a restaurant has given its customers this option. In 2017, London's Tea Terrace Restaurants and Tea Rooms"We want to bring back good old conversations," Tea Terrace director Rowena Shouly. "Very often we see guests, especially families with tweens or teenagers, not engaging in conversation because the children are on their smart phones.
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