Can't Enjoy Your Pint: Wetherspoons Customers Welcome Ban on Loud Phones Wetherspoons, the British pub chain, has finally taken a stand against one of the most insidious forms of noise pollution plaguing modern society: loud phone calls and music.
As of this week, all 792 Wetherspoons pubs have banned customers from playing sound on their smartphones and tablets without headphones.
The ban is the latest in a series of attempts by Tim Martin, Wetherspoons' owner, to reclaim his pubs from the scourge of modern technology.