Well Humphrey has now banned mobile phones, I pads, tablets and any other electronic device )icluding paying by card) ...

The mobile phone ban was reported in the newspapers in March 2019. Back then, banning payment by card might have seemed a good idea but, in these days of Covid, contactless card payments are becoming the norm so Sam Smith pubs may have to rethink their policy, if they haven't already. The ban could still apply to phone apps used as a card.

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