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Evening Standard
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Rosie Shead

Wetherspoons bans customers from playing music and taking calls on speaker

JD Wetherspoon has banned customers from playing music or taking calls on speaker after complaints that the noise was driving people “nuts”.

The British chain announced on Monday that it had introduced the ban across its 792 pubs, saying sounds from smartphones and tablet computers had become an “increasing problem in recent years”.

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