Melbourne cafes ban customers ordering coffee while on their mobile phone

By Suzanne Carbone
Updated April 15 2016 - 12:43pm, first published February 5 2016 - 9:01am
Craig Pearce and Jessie Familetti at the counter. Photo: Simon Schluter
Craig Pearce and Jessie Familetti at the counter. Photo: Simon Schluter
James English of Mister Close with a note discouraging mobile use. Photo: Simon Schluter
James English of Mister Close with a note discouraging mobile use. Photo: Simon Schluter

Melbourne's coffee queues are the new frontline in etiquette school, with some cafes banning customers from ordering their caffeine hit while using their mobile phone.