[Westbrook]

I suspect that this is going to have a negative impact on the telecommunications industry. Smart people will limit their phone use to the essentials,

However, it may be a boon to restaurants and cafe’s, as people return to conducting their business in more private settings.

But be sure to agree on a meeting spot in person, not over the phone, or the spooks may bug the area if they think you’re a person of interest like, a Constitutionalist, or Christian, or devout Jew.

[PowderMonkey]

Old school. Nothing on the phone. Mafiosi preferred meetings in the neighborhood ice cream parlor. Cappuccino, gelati, and a little private conversation.

[TomGuy]

Smart people will limit their phone use to the essentials,

I would hope that those who have their ear to their cell as they peruse the aisle of the various stores, blocking aisles and being obnoxious, would take notice and get off the damn phone or move out of the way.

But, alas, that is only wishful thinking.