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Originally Posted by rcuadro
My iPhone has a screen and requires batteries... Would I not be able to use it? The iPhone is more of a computer than the Kindle is. Same thing with my iPod Touch.
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Hi all,
I immediately thought of my phone, which has a Kindle app. And would the shops allow someone to sit and read a newspaper; or take calls on their phone?
In Oz there are places that now request patrons to turn off phones or at least silenced whilst on the premises. And increasing numbers of places are refusing to serve people attempt to order whilst in the middle of a call.
Perhaps there is an issue of ettiquette here, and in the past there may have been others hammering away on their laptop/netbook and the clacking has proved a distraction.
Still, if I ran a coffee shop I don't think I'd consider asking people not to read, regardless of the device they were using, but in a peak time period, I'd still like seats turned-over reasonably promptly. Lingering over the last dregs of coffee to get to the end of a chapter isn't something I'd like to see. Communication with the patron in a polite manner might well work most of the time and serve a lit better than a blunt sign.
Cheers,
Michael P