Thinking about heading for the beach on your next vacation, catching a couple of rays, and maybe making a business call or two before the tide comes in? Well, if you were planning on a trip to the renowned resort of Palm Island -- located in the Caribbean -- you might want to start considering a serious change of plans. According to recent reports, the tropical destination just put the kibosh on the use of mobile phones, PDAs, or laptops within a half-mile of the island's Casarina Beach, effectively squashing your dreams of million-dollar deals and an "all over" tan. In the words of resort CEO Rob Barrett, "There is nothing worse than lying back in your double hammock, sipping on your strawberry daiquiri and hearing the Motorola jingle in the background," and then suggested that customers, "switch off their mobiles and enjoy the sound of the lapping waves." In the future, Palm Island says it will aggressively mandate book-burning, suppression of the media, and totalitarianism in all forms.
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posted August 29th 2007 6:47PM
Etiquette is a word long forgotten in the most of the continental US.
way to get on a high horse engadget. Jumping to compare a resorts rule to nazis/christians.
Books don't interfere with or annoy anyone else. Gadgets can.
Hear hear, Palm Island. Liking gadgets doesn't mean I want them -- especially those belonging to other people -- up in my grill all the time.
People have a warped sense of what constitutes an emergency as it is... this pervasive digital connection business exacerbates it.
Dang, I wish I had the money to go to that island. I despise cell phones.
(It cracks me up when people justify the importance of being connected then complain that they're too busy.)
That whole "what if mom dies or kids get in accident" - All resorts, no matter where they are, have a phone. Leave a contact number with a person at home in case something happens.
I am glad to see this - I am truly sick and tired of everyone being plugged in everywhere I look. People texting during movies, talking on the phone in restaurants, etc. I remember when we didn't have this technology - the world wasn't so bad.
Isn't that the Macintosh Portable?
So,is it ok to fart in church now?
I'm with the resort on this one. People are there to relax, not listen to some dipshit sell stock on this cell phone. I'm all for places like this - and restaurants, movie theaters, etc - banning tech. And I'm a gadget geek. There is a time and a place for everything.
Good! No dang cameras either! Remember how it used to be years ago when people also communicated with people, even fought less it seems w/o all this sue you for this sue you for that crap and in some ways it is so angrifying from cams and natural life self privacy just walking down a street or taking a walk through the beauty of the woods or nature ALONE that I'd like people punished and sued too. Wish it was like that again every where....
When I spend a lot of money to go on vacation, the last thing I want to hear is some mindless twit yacking on a cellphone five feet away. I can stay home and experience that joy. If I could afford an expensive vacation, a resort with Palm Island's policy would be my absolute number one choice.