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Washington, D.C., Restaurant Says ‘at Least Half’ of Its Customers Use Phones at the Table

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“The gentleman, throughout the entire meal did not acknowledge me,” says a server at the Red Hen in Bloomingdale, of a customer who wouldn’t look up from his screen. “And I’m like, I’m here for you, I want to talk to you, I want to engage. But you won’t even look up at me. What are you doing? Why are you here?” Remember back in 2010, when our biggest concern was diners who stored their mobile phones on the table itself because it took away space for the servers to set down food? Things seem to have gotten worse. [All Tech Considered/NPR]

Washington, D.C., Restaurant Says ‘at Least Half’ of Its Customers