We Are a digital detox pub, Sam Smiths,use of mobiles,laptops and other digital devices,not allowed,beer and conversation encouraged,Angel Rotherhithe
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Owner of the Sam Smith's pub chain 'tried to ban smartphones and tablets' in his bars - and staff are told they can be fired if they let customers use them Humphrey Smith , 73, may be about to ban phones and tablets from his pubs Has already forbidden jukeboxes, slot machines and TVs from his establishments Seems to be ban on phones at the New Inn in Stamford Bridge, North Yorkshire To most punters these days, the idea of getting your phone out at the pub to check a message or email is, well, small beer. But at one chain of alehouses, this sort of behaviour could soon be firmly off the table. The notoriously secretive owner of the Samuel Smith’s brewery – Humphrey Smith – has apparently told staff to actively discourage drinkers from using phones or tablet computers in his establishments, and may be about to ban the devices altogether. The brewery owns 300 pubs across the country, and the 73-year-old is said to regularly turn up incognito to check up on staff. He has long forbidden jukeboxes, slot machines and even televisions – and now, in his latest attempts to preserve the art of genial pub conversation, he is said to be turning his wrath on electronic devices At the New Inn in Stamford Bridge, North Yorkshire, a ban already appeared to be in place. When a Daily Mail reporter attempted to use a tablet computer, a member of staff informed him: ‘You can’t do work on your electronic devices in here because Mr Smith doesn’t like it.’ A protest that it was only to check a few emails cut no ice – with the employee explaining: ‘Sorry, but Mr Smith does check up on us and we could lose our jobs if he was to find out.’ At the Victoria Hotel near the seafront in Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, we were told the eccentric businessman had turned up incognito. Staff would not speak about what happened, but drinkers last week said Mr Smith had been horrified to hear people using mobile phones in the main lounge. The Angel is an unreformed survival from another age.