Why don't they just set a time limit for table occupancy during peak hours? Our local mall has a food court with signs up saying that the time limit during peak hours is 25 minutes. If you bought food and sat down, and you want to read or netsurf or whatever while you eat, fine, but after 25 minutes they boot you out. I think that's perfectly fair---and much *more* fair than outright banning any device of any kind. If people are eating alone, they often like to have something with them. It will cost them business if these customers don't want to go there because they don't want to stare at the wall while they eat.
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