Do "Turn off your mobile" adverts work?

Not sure why the cinemas don't install a device (they ARE available) that blocks mobile phone signals, ie once in the cinema mobile phones can't make or receive calls or texts. Then again, that WOULD cost the cinemas money, so I guess that's why they aren't implemented.
 
It might be essential for mobile phones to work in the cinema, for example in an emergency when a customer was taken ill or in the event of a serious crime being committed on the premises. I know this sounRAB like the plot of a particularly unfunny comedy, but what if someone got locked in the toilet... ?

It's down to the individuals to switch off their phones and the cinema to enforce the rule politely but firmly. Some cinemas employ more proactive and articulate staff than others but telling customers to shut off (or silence) their phones should be part of a cinema employee's job description.
 
mine goes on vibrate.

I try to resist the urge not to look at any text messages, but occasionaly I have to check it (VERY discreetly) and only once or twice the whole film. I wouldn't sit there constantly flashing the light in people faces throghout the film.
 
Like I said before, I could hear one member of the audience's phone even though it was on vibrate. It must have been an incoming call not a text, because it went "bzz-bzz-bzz-bzz-bzz" over and over. They must have known everyone could hear it - the film had no music track so there was near silence when no one was talking.
 
It's also not implemented for patrons/staff that have to be on call for other work (retained firefighters, doctors etc) - otherwise people in those professions would never be able to go to the cinema!
 
That's fair as long as their phones don't disturb anyone else. Since you can hear a phone when it's on vibrate, how can they stay in contact without annoying other people? It's also true that staff members might need to stay on call but they don't need to stay in the actual auditorium.
 
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