Landlord installs Faraday cage to block phone signals

Whilst I like the sentiment, and when I have parties at my house I try to encourage the whole &quot;leave your phone by the door&quot; thing, I don&#x27;t really like this.<p>When I&#x27;m in a pub, I&#x27;m generally not on my phone, and I&#x27;m quite conscious of trying not to use it unless I&#x27;m sat waiting for someone or similar. However, I always have a phone with me in case of emergencies (which means being reached, not just making calls out), and I&#x27;d hate the idea of that being blocked.<p>Not just that, but I&#x27;m often on-call (with either a phone or pager) but will still go out and socialise, in this situation this establishment is one that has to be avoided.<p>Good idea&#x2F;sentiment, bad execution.

Its a neat gimmick, I&#x27;ll give him that. I do deeply dislike the claim we&#x27;ve forgotten how to socialise though, I&#x27;m willing to bet that people said the same thing when home phones became a thing, and doubtless back when papers and pen started to be available people were claiming that the writing of letters was going to prevent socialising. Times change, lets embrace that!

Unfortunately, I would be unable to patronise their establishment. If the babysitter calls, I need to be able to answer.<p>I would fully endorse and patronise a facility that had a policy like: &quot;If that call or text is so important you need to answer it immediately, we&#x27;ll assist you out of the facility so that you can deal with the emergency.&quot;

Treating your potential customers like kids who don&#x27;t have self control? Yes, that&#x27;s how you go bankrupt.