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TELL US: Would You Turn Off Your Cell Phone During Dinner for a Discount?

One restaurant in L.A. is offering a 5 percent discount to patrons who ditch their phones during their meal. Would you like to see this around here?

 

Face it, if there were a way to grow a third arm specifically to hold your cell phone, many of us would jump at the chance.

But running counter to the "can't live without a connection" population is one restaurant in Los Angeles that is paying customers to keep their phones away from their meal, according to the Los Angeles Times

Eva Restaurant in L.A. is offering diners a 5 percent discount on their bill if they dump their digital devices before being seated, according the L.A. Times

Is this something that you'd like to see happen at any of the nice restaurants around here? Or does the idea of ditching your phone during dinner start to make you twitch? Let us know in the comments. 

Related Topics: Cell Phone, Restaurant cell phone use, and cell phone use

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Les Masterson

11:49 am on Friday, August 24, 2012

As someone who has his iPhone attached to his hand, I would rather stay connected than get 5% off.

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Margaret

12:24 pm on Friday, August 24, 2012

I'd rather spend that time connected to the one I'm with, so yes, I'll ditch the phone for the discount. Sick of seeing people messing around on their phones all through dinner.

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Jennifer Simckowitz

12:41 pm on Friday, August 24, 2012

Yes, I would love the discount. I feel like real social engagement on the face-to-face level is so under valued these days - perhaps to a dysfunctional level!

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Casey Meserve

12:43 pm on Friday, August 24, 2012

I'll take the discount! I can put away the iPhone for an hour. Well, maybe.

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CC

3:03 pm on Friday, August 24, 2012

I could take the discount. Just shut off the phone for an hour.

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Angela Nuss

3:19 pm on Friday, August 24, 2012

As it is, I do my best *not* to use my phone when dining out with friends and family so a 5% discount is a great incentive to hit the power button rather than simply (which is sometimes easier said then done) ignore the phone. :)

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Barbara Mulvey-Welsh

6:18 pm on Friday, August 24, 2012

House Rule: No phones at the table. Very few exceptions. That includes restaurants.

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nascarblue

4:54 am on Saturday, August 25, 2012

boy if anyone could only remember before cell phones hit and they were attached everywhere you went, i can remember going out to eat or a movie and you could actually have a conversation with the one or ones your eating with, the movies, well you could follow the whole movie instead of hearing, "what happened, i was on the phone" oh well the times they are changing, if i go out i either turn the volumn low or vibrate, i would rather enjoy myself when i'm at a restaurant and have conversation, the phone will be there when you step outside, try it sometime you will be amazed at how great it is to have a whole conversation without the phones ringing, the other week i went out to eat, shut off my phone while we were sitting there i said to my hubby, look around, look at how many people are on their phones, it was amazing, i guess when you go out now instead of talking to the one your with you spend the majority of the time speaking to who knows who and ignoring the one your with...

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CL Fornari

8:34 am on Saturday, August 25, 2012

Good for them - I'll take the discount. Looking at a cell phone screen during a presentation or concert is heckling - looking at it during dinner is just rude.

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ANNA

9:42 am on Saturday, August 25, 2012

Ahem, folks.....where are those phones going to be while you dine? I'd gladly shut mine off but I will not let it be in anyone elses possession. That's just asking for trouble. The chance of it being damaged to savvy crooks that can get into anything and steal info.

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Barb Nahoumi

10:16 am on Sunday, August 26, 2012

I will turn it off, but not hand it to anyone else. It would be too easy for another person to access information stored in the phone.

Without the interuption of the cell phone ringing, I'd be able to enjoy a converstation with my dinnermates.

There is a time and place for cell phones, and it is not in restaurants, checkout lines of stores, or while driving.

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Mel Cross

3:17 pm on Sunday, August 26, 2012

How about a tax for those who use them at the table. 40% would work........

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Lisa Madison

11:07 am on Wednesday, August 29, 2012

i should get a discount for not grabbing the cell phone out of the hand of the person who lets them ring while i am having dinner..

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