Always on Your Phone at Restaurants? These 2 Brands Really Want You to Stop

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No one likes trying to have a dinner conversation with someone who's distracted by a screen. But other people get just as annoyed if they're asked to put their phone away when an "important" call or text might come through. 

It's one of the great social tensions of our time, and marketers seem to be picking a side. 

One Chick-fil-A franchise owner has gotten some buzz for creating a "cell phone coop"—a box in which customers are challenged to leave their (silenced) smartphones for the duration of the meal.

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