Great news: pubs & bars are banning phones and people love it
From WAPO
Pubs & bars are important social institutions.
While some people go to drink alone, most go to socialise and meet others.
Alcohol and food are social lubricants
They give you something to do in between the things we say
Eating together reinforces social bonds, and transmits cultural values
We do these at home as families, when visiting others, and in restaurants, pubs and bars.
Now, what do phones do to those interactions?
They distract us.
We’re out with someone, but …
Well, if our phone is there – either on the table or even in our pocket, then billions of others all over the world is just a click or buzz away!
If food & alcohol are social lubricants, then mobile phones are social friction.
They prevent us from being present and fully enjoying the company of others.
With that in mind …
Should we have more “phone free zones”?
What other places should be phone free?
