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    1. Important_Farmer924 on

      No, people are spending their hard earned money, who cares if they’re pricking around on their phones.

    3. calex80 on

      Might as well have a quiz night too, since no one can cheat if they have no phone for a few hours.

    5. MiLeX84 on

      No, it’s stupid. Sure, I prefer if the people I am with don’t look at their phones, and so far I never had that issue, but sometimes you want to search on your phone as part of the conversation or show a picture or whatnot. Using the phone is not a bad thing, but how it is used and how much can be a “problem”.
      So no, I don’t like pubs where phones are banned, and I will not go there. If a person is not being there but on the phone, I don’t go out with them again if that should be their default behavior. That’s an issue for me to solve, not for the pub to decide.

    6. pixelburp on

      I find TVs in the corner far more disruptive than any phones; I’d quickly give off to someone if they were looking at their phone, but it’s _extremely_ hard to avoid your eyes drifting towards whatever nonsense is on the TV at the time …

    7. Livebylying on

      Well the poll is trending yes by a big margin, i agree as well. No phones were around back in the day and people were more social, nothing wrong with that

    8. TheDirtyBollox on

      Was on a stag do in Cork about 2 years ago. The group split, some stayed in 1 place, others walked, others went in a taxi. No one had an idea where to meet up, without phones. The group i was with went into a place that advertised they were a no-phone establishment. They had actual staff walking around telling people to get off the phone or get out. They lost the revenue from a group of heavy drinkers that day as we all upped and left.

      So while it sounds great, its not really a possibility in this day and age.

    9. fatherlen on

      I’m in favour of leaving people alone to do whatever they want.

    10. OldCorpse on

      Speaking on the phone, taking photos and videos should be banned. Having a quick browse of reddit while your mate is in the jacks is completely fine

    11. sparksAndFizzles on

      I’m finding this stuff quite annoying tbh. I went into a cafe in Cork to grab lunch – spent about €25 and was enjoying my coffee afterwards, on my own, so briefly opened my laptop to check some emails and follow up on something as I was sitting and got very abruptly told off by a waitress about their no laptop policy.

      I get that they don’t want people sitting for hours nursing a coffee & using their cafe as an office, but that absolutely wasn’t what I was doing and is just put about 25 quid through their tills.

      Didn’t argue the point, but I abandoned my coffee and definitely won’t be back!

    12. susanboylesvajazzle on

      No.

      It is all down to responsible social behaviour. If you’re yapping away loudly, you’re disturbing other people, whether you’re on the phone or talking to a person beside you.

    14. DeKrieg on

      I’ve not been in a pub for some time.

      Do most of them still play music waay too loud? Do most of them still try to squeeze in waaay too many people so often the only space you have for you and your friends is standing in a circle among many other groups of circles, so any conversation is meshed in with 100 other conversations making it a struggle to hear anything and often you are getting bumped around as the far too long queue for the bar.

      Cause honestly those are the reasons I stopped actively going to the pub socially, not because someone was on their phone.

    15. Ok_Statement_1061 on

      Don’t mind people looking at their phones once I don’t have to listen to it

      same on buses trains,basically everywhere

    16. dustaz on

      I’m genuinely confused by this.

      I get it if there’s a gig or function or something.

      What is the point of a phone free pub otherwise?

      If you’re annoyed by your friend looking at their phone while you’re talking to them, that’s a you problem not the pubs problem.

      If you’re annoyed by someone on the phone beside you talking loudly, maybe the pub isnt the place for you as ‘talking loudly’ isn’t exactly an unknown occurance in the pub.

      If someone is sitting at the bar looking at their phone, what fuckin business is it of yours?

      I’m genuinely baffled by this

    17. darem93 on

      I love going to the pub but I will admit my phone is definitely a crutch when my social anxiety starts to kick in.

      People say it’s rude and to be fair I do agree with them, but sometimes I just find myself doing it without realising.

    18. paul128712 on

      Phones were a bigger issue in pubs 15-20 years ago when people actually made calls!

      Pointless TV in a corner with Sky Sports News playing on mute is 100 times more annoying.

    19. ah_yeah_79 on

      I see no reason for this.. if I go to the pub with my friends and we don’t interact because we are on our phone humanity has a bigger problem that won’t be solved by banning phones….

      If I see people who I don’t know on their phones and not interacting it’s not my problem and I have more important things to worry about

    20. Chemical-Sentence-66 on

      Nah I like to do a quiz with herself on the phone over a pint

    21. urbanplanner08 on

      No I don’t agree with this. Some people need their phone, especially parents on a night out if there is an emergency at home.

    23. floki_bilbo on

      I like to be on my phone when on my own . Play games or watch you tube etc. But it’s pretty sad looking when your at a pub and see friends not chatting.

    24. Melodic-Chocolate-53 on

      Phones I can ignore. TVs I can’t stand having on.

    25. HereWeGoAgain666999 on

      I seen it on a video on YouTube that there’s one in cork city where phones are banned and they are quick to let you know and they will throw u out of caught using it

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