Wetherspoons pubs ban playing music or taking calls on phone speakers
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Patrons at two of the chain’s London pubs agreed with Tim Martin’s ban on playing music or taking calls on speakerPatrons at two of the chain’s London pubs were all for Tim Martin’s ban on playing music or taking calls on speaker
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Tue, 18 August 2026
4 reports- The Guardian World07:10
Chain tells customers to ‘pipe down’ and use earphones instead, calling its venues ‘an oasis of tranquillity’ The pub chain Wetherspoons has banned customers from playing music or taking calls on speaker after growing complaints about the noise. The company announced it had introduced the ban across its 792 pubs, saying sounds from smartphones and tablet computers had become an “increasing problem in recent years”. Continue reading...
- walesonline.co.uk10:22first to report
JD Wetherspoon has banned customers from doing these two things after complaints that fellow pub-goers were being 'driven nuts'
- express.co.uk17:22
Staff will be asked to use 'common sense' when enforcing the ban.
- The Guardian World17:32
Patrons at two of the chain’s London pubs were all for Tim Martin’s ban on playing music or taking calls on speaker The terrace of the Moon Under Water Wetherspoons pub in Leicester Square was full of people enjoying the warm weather and chatting between tables – without a TikTok video or speakerphone call in earshot. At Wetherspoons, the convivial atmosphere can no longer be punctuated by rude customers taking phone calls on blast, or playing videos without headphones after Tim Martin, the...
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- aol.co.uk18 Aug, 17:32their copy