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Should cell phones be banned in restaurants?
Results so far:
| Yes | 39% | 1380 votes | Total: 3543 votes | |
| No | 61% | 2163 votes |
Yes
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by Sparx
Created on: November 26, 2007
If you're in a restaurant and your cell rings you should answer it. You should briefly find out what
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by C.D. Crowder
Created on: April 13, 2008 Last Updated: May 04, 2011
Nothing is more annoying than hearing someone talking on a cell phone in a nice peaceful restaurant.
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by James Smith
Created on: July 05, 2007 Last Updated: November 29, 2011
I entered my favorite restaurant and was seated with menu in hand and the latest recommendations from
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by Matt Remley
Created on: February 26, 2009
As technology progresses it undoubtedly has a strong effect on how we live. Most teenagers for example
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by Karen Jones
Created on: July 11, 2008 Last Updated: March 28, 2012
You've been excited about the prospect of a quiet, romantic meal out at your favorite restaurant all
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Created on: June 14, 2007 Last Updated: May 26, 2012
Should cellular phones be banned in restaurants? Perhaps this is an individual preference, yet the question
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by Gregory Reed
Created on: January 14, 2009 Last Updated: November 29, 2010
It's been a long, tiresome day and it's one I get to spend with my wife; alone, while the children visit
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Created on: May 30, 2009
There I was sitting in a glorious restaurant that served top drawer food with the girl of my dreams
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by Joseph Mohr
Created on: August 26, 2007 Last Updated: December 02, 2011
While cell phone usage has become an every day part of our society people have lost common sense and
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by Alison Myers
Created on: November 05, 2007
I've been working in food service for over two years now. While the majority of my customers are nice
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Created on: April 09, 2008
It's amazing that our species was able to survive for so long without cell phones. I'll be surprised
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by Travis Casey
Created on: October 30, 2007 Last Updated: October 18, 2010
Cell phones should be banned not only in restaurants but in most enclosed public places as well. I think
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by Jake Betz
Created on: May 30, 2009
This question is akin to asking: Should blow horns be allowed in restaurants? That would yield
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Created on: August 24, 2008 Last Updated: April 09, 2009
Cell phones act as a nuisance to other customers who are in the same position of trying to enjoy their
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Created on: June 10, 2007 Last Updated: April 02, 2011
Cell phones ought to be banned in restaurants, it is just good etiquette. The use of cell phones everywhere
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Created on: February 09, 2009 Last Updated: February 10, 2009
Should good manners be abolished because so many people don't use them? Should laws be abandoned because
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Created on: June 25, 2007 Last Updated: September 28, 2011
It may be best not to go into detail about why cell phone use should be banned in restaurants as this
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by Indy Anna
Created on: May 04, 2008
Why do people feel so attached to their cell phones that they have to be talking on them day and night?
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Created on: November 19, 2007
Picture this: You and your boyfriend of four years are eating a romantic dinner together. He is looking
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Created on: June 15, 2009 Last Updated: July 10, 2009
So you know how it is, when you finally get Joe Buffoon settled in at his table; a corner table that
No
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by Jacob Madden
Created on: September 18, 2010
Cell phones have become ubiquitous in our present day world. People enjoy the flexibility to stay in
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Created on: May 22, 2007 Last Updated: November 26, 2011
Should cell phones be banned in restaurants? Quite obviously, the answer is no. Are most cell phone
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Created on: August 09, 2007
There is nothing quite as annoying as sitting down to a fine meal in an upscale establishment and hearing
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by Jodie Kaine
Created on: July 02, 2007 Last Updated: December 08, 2011
Love them or hate them cell phones have rapidly become an essential communication tool in our society.
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by Lenna Gonya
Created on: May 26, 2010
Some of us have elderly parents that we care for, or someone who is chronically ill, and we depend on
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by Sean Curtis
Created on: January 17, 2008
The cell phone is not the problem, it's the person using the cell phone that is causing the disturbance.
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Created on: September 23, 2009 Last Updated: September 26, 2009
Though people should not use cell phones while driving as the distraction could lead to an accident,
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Created on: December 08, 2007
Everything has it's place. Cell phones are included in almost everyone's daily life. My cell phone is
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Created on: May 23, 2007 Last Updated: August 03, 2011
It's annoying. It's rude. It can interrupt a perfectly good train of thought during a marvelously intimate
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by feathers
Created on: May 08, 2008
I thought we were over this whole "cell phones are evil" thing. I mean, come on. Why is having a cell
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Created on: November 25, 2008 Last Updated: November 29, 2011
Should cell phones be banned from restaurants, well that can go both ways, but I'm going to go with
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Created on: June 15, 2010
Should cell phones be banned in restaurants?
It is understandable that some may find the use of cell
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Created on: April 01, 2010
Even though they have only come into prominence in the last decade, cell phones are already an integral
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Created on: October 17, 2007
There are many reasons why cell phones should not be banned in restaurants. Cell phones make a person
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Created on: March 17, 2009
While it can be rude to speak on your cell phone when dining in a restaurant, at times it is unavoidable.
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by Angie Barron
Created on: January 19, 2009
I have to say that I am torn on this subject. I chose to write for the no side for one simple reason;
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Created on: August 25, 2008
The best justification for limiting activities of people in public spaces is safety. The banning of
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Created on: May 30, 2009 Last Updated: May 31, 2009
Cell phones are lifelines, connecting us with our business partners, our families, and our friends.
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Created on: January 30, 2008
I'm going to say no, but I'm not going to use the traditional reasons about this being a free country
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Created on: July 31, 2009
It is not necessary to ban cell phone use in restaurants when the problem could be solved simply by
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