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#1 Posted: Sat Jul 24th, 2010 03:03 pm |
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Remember some time ago we were talking about rudeness with mobile phones in public and restaurants well read this. Its one step forward shame they don't make it zero use period!
COUNCILS have already banned dogs and cigarettes from cafes, but some cafe owners are going a step further and putting mobile phones on the black list.
In a backlash against what they call "the height of rudeness", business owners are enforcing a no-talking-on-phones policy.
Customers in one Sydney cafe are confronted with a sign showing a mobile in a red circle with a slash through it. It reads: "Please do not order take-away coffee whilst on your mobile phone. Thank you."
Bondi cafe Katipo's owner Ben Soutter said he was fed up with customers who refused to stop their phone calls to place orders.
"The catalyst for me was when a lady got the s***** when I asked if she wanted large and if she wanted sugar in her coffee," he said.
"She sighed and said 'Hang on' to the person on the other end of the phone."I gave her a look that made it clear I was not impressed.
"Zero tolerance - I went downstairs and made a sign up and I stuck it on the fridge."
And fellow Sydney business Pentimento, in Newtown, has a similar sign posted near the till.
"We feel we deserve a bit of respect," staff member Amanda Poke said.
Although mobile phone etiquette is not strictly a health and safety issue, Waverley Council has backed the cafe owner.
A council spokesperson said it was "just common courtesy" to choose not to speak on the phone while ordering.
However, Woollahra Mayor Andrew Petrie said: "No one wants to live in a nanny state.
"Most people have the good manners to use their own judgment in terms of mobile use in public, and if they don't have good manners I've seen others give them a speedy education."
Waverley Council has previously considered the banning of cameras, including the mobile-phone variety, from places where children gather, but the move has been rejected.
Mr Soutter claims his approach is spreading across Sydney."Every bank and post office has it, but a lot of the cafes and retail shops too," he said.
However, Cafe Bondi's owner, Len Friedland, said the ban was "ridiculous" and he was happy to wait for customers to stop their phone conversations.
"It's a fact of life," he said.
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| Im with you on this one ! I would almost go as far as saying ban them altogether, we didnt need them years ago and i dont believe there that important.
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#3 Posted: Mon Jul 26th, 2010 06:15 am |
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Yep...its one of my pet hates.
They're great for emergencies, & also if you work for yourself, & need to book in jobs etc.
Other that that I see them as a money-waster & a bad habit for some people.
We had to go out yesterday & my son wanted us to turn back home as he forgot his mobile.
When I asked him why he needed it he said "Someone might ring me." Of course we didn't turn back.
All afternoon he acted as though his arms had been cut off!!
And yes, some people are just darn rude, ignoring others while they've got the phone glued to their ears.
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#4 Posted: Mon Jul 26th, 2010 09:04 am |
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| I went to a customer the other day and the shipping clerk was standing there and I said that I had a shipping container for him, he looked at me and said.."Hold on" and then tells me he's on the phone and will get to me when he's done, I told him when he's done i'll be in the truck going up the road with his load...funny how quick he got off the phone...
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#5 Posted: Mon Jul 26th, 2010 04:28 pm |
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Tambo wrote:
I went to a customer the other day and the shipping clerk was standing there and I said that I had a shipping container for him, he looked at me and said.."Hold on" and then tells me he's on the phone and will get to me when he's done, I told him when he's done i'll be in the truck going up the road with his load...funny how quick he got off the phone...
Was it a personal call or business? Im taking it had to be personal and i would have done the same thing.
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#6 Posted: Mon Jul 26th, 2010 07:19 pm |
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| Hahaha good on them, i hope more companies will follow in their footsteps.
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