Study finds using a phone reduces enjoyment of a restaurant meal

If you didn’t enjoy that restaurant meal the way you thought you would, maybe the reason wasn’t the food, décor, or your server.
Maybe what made it less than a stellar experience was your use of your phone.
A new study from the University of B.C. has found that people out for a meal at a restaurant with friends and family enjoyed it less if they were using their smartphone.
Ryan Dwyer, the study’s lead author, said he wanted to explore the effects of smartphones on the e