Malaysia restaurant shuts down phone addicts in best way possible
Note in the middle of the restaurant’s menu states they ‘do not have WiFi’
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A restaurant in Kuala Lumpur has decided to go WiFi free to discourage the use of smartphones by customers while dining out with family and friends.
Nameeta Rajwani, whose family owns the restaurant Antonio's Trattoria Calabria explained their decision of not providing WiFi saying, "Something was very wrong, the sight of a family or a group of friends sitting down to a meal, with each person glued to his or her smartphone. Is that something we really wanted to encourage?"
A note in the middle of the restaurant's menu reads, "WE DO NOT HAVE WiFi. 'Malaysians are beginning to find out that their addiction to smartphones can lead to a host of problems. On top of the list are family meals where members hardly talk to each other as their attention is focused on the smartphones.' - The Star (February 12, 2012)"
Read: MoU signed: Karachi to start getting free WiFi, CCTV, solar-powered street lights by end of 2015
Although many might be perturbed by the lack of Internet at the restaurant, not having people constantly use their phones and snap pictures of food might prove to be a good idea.
Earlier, a survey conducted by global software security group Kaspersky Lab revealed excess use of smartphones and internet can kill memory, leading to so-called “digital amnesia”. The survey further showed that most of us nowadays do not think about recalling information using our memory and resort to search engines looking for quick answers.
This article originally appeared on Huffington Post
Nameeta Rajwani, whose family owns the restaurant Antonio's Trattoria Calabria explained their decision of not providing WiFi saying, "Something was very wrong, the sight of a family or a group of friends sitting down to a meal, with each person glued to his or her smartphone. Is that something we really wanted to encourage?"
A note in the middle of the restaurant's menu reads, "WE DO NOT HAVE WiFi. 'Malaysians are beginning to find out that their addiction to smartphones can lead to a host of problems. On top of the list are family meals where members hardly talk to each other as their attention is focused on the smartphones.' - The Star (February 12, 2012)"
Read: MoU signed: Karachi to start getting free WiFi, CCTV, solar-powered street lights by end of 2015
Although many might be perturbed by the lack of Internet at the restaurant, not having people constantly use their phones and snap pictures of food might prove to be a good idea.
Earlier, a survey conducted by global software security group Kaspersky Lab revealed excess use of smartphones and internet can kill memory, leading to so-called “digital amnesia”. The survey further showed that most of us nowadays do not think about recalling information using our memory and resort to search engines looking for quick answers.
This article originally appeared on Huffington Post