10/08/2026
A restaurant in Australia came up with a simple idea to get people talking to each other again.
Put your phone away during the meal...
and get 10% off the bill. 📵🍽️
The idea was designed to encourage diners to actually enjoy the people sitting in front of them instead of spending the entire meal scrolling, texting or checking notifications.
Just keep the phone off the table and focus on the conversation.
In return, the restaurant knocks 10% off the final bill.
It sounds almost ridiculous that we now need an incentive to do something that used to be completely normal.
But that is probably why the idea got so much attention.
For one meal, no endless scrolling.
No checking messages every few minutes.
Just food, conversation and the people you came with.
And if that wasn’t enough motivation...
apparently saving 10% is. 😂