Restaurant offers free pizza to customers who switch off phones

Smartphone addiction is getting so bad that restaurants are offering customers free food if they agree to part with their handhelds for the duration of their meal.

Curry Pizza Company, a pizza place in Fresno, California, is offering customers a ‘Talk to Each Other Discount’, which requires customers to agree to have their smartphones locked up while they are in the restaurant and talk to each other during their meal.

The discount is only applicable to groups of four people or more, all of whom must be carrying a working smartphone.

If they qualify for the offer, diners will receive a free large pizza that they can enjoy on their next visit, or, if they’re in a giving mood, donate to the homeless in downtown Fresno.