Restaurant Mobile Phone Manners

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If you must have your mobile with you in a restaurant...

• Please keep it on silent mode.

• Please keep it off of the table — it’s not part of a place setting.

• Keep it in your handbag, briefcase or a pocket.

• If you must respond to someone, do it via text. 

• If you absolutely must take a call, excuse yourself from the table and go to the lobby or outside. 

• Take every caution to avoid “phubbing” others around you.

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