On 2008-04-22, Agent_C <Agent-C-hates-spam@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

>>Illegal in the US.
>
> Yes but widely used, especially by restaurant owners in NYC.

If you post that you're blocking calls, fine. If I had an emergency and
couldn't call 911 from my cell phone, and someone got seriously hurt or
died as a result, I wouldn't be suing, I'd be filing a police report, and
hopefully getting people thrown in jail.

> I frankly like that fact that if someone in a restaurant absolutely
> has to make a phone call, they must excuse themselves to the bar or go
> outside. It fosters a desirable form of etiquette.

And that's absolutely the wrong way to do it.

> It should be legal in private establishments.

But it's not. But that's not even the point.


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