There was a story[1] last year about a restaurant that did some research and found that wait times (and subsequently Yelp ratings) suffered because of phone usa

There was a story[1] last year about a restaurant that did some research and found that wait times (and subsequently Yelp ratings) suffered because of phone usage by patrons. tl;dr - people spending time on their phones, slows down service/table turnover at restaurants. [1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2690490/Service-time-restaurants-doubled-past-ten-years-customers-cell-phones-blame-claims-busy-NYC-restaurant.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2690490/Service-time...