ABU GHOSH, Israel (AP) — A restaurant owner in an Arab village outside of Jerusalem says he is on a mission to save culinary culture by making diners a simple offer: Turn off your cellphone and get a 50 percent discount.
I don't know that phones are ruining the dining experience. I haven't had my dinner ruined by anyone talking on their phone, although I have had a couple dinners where people were distracted by their phones at various points during the meal. I just don't find cell phone use during meals to be that terrible. But the experience I had in a movie theater last night—texting, alert chimes going off at random moments, etc.—had me yet again wishing that the Alamo Drafthouse would open a theater in Seattle.
