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What's your boomer trait?
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Menus at restaurants are to be printed not via a QR code and a shitty website.
Related - I hate having that goddamned tablet at the table.
I’ll accept a tablet. But the first time it malfunctions, Miss Minimum Wage is standing at the table writing my order down on paper.
I'll accept a tablet, but not that condescending attitude towards restaurant workers.
You misunderstood my comment if that’s what you walked away with.
points to self, former wait staff
Ms. would have come across a little better. Boomer feminism appreciates the distinction.
To be fair, telling people to scan QR codes with their phones is a huge phishing vector. I've seen a few places with new stickers over the first one, which is very easy to do. Is it an updated menu? Or a scam page for a session stealer?
☝️ this is it.
Or worse a PDF of the menu.
That is 500Mb+ because the 'designer' just stuffed the highest quality image in they could as a background on the whole thing
A date night is better when both leave their phones at home. Or at least away for the date.
This sucks.
Ok, while we are on this one
If you have an online menu, why does it have M.P. (Edit: that stands for Market Price) instead of having the actual price?!?!
I get you can’t reprint the physical menu every day, but if you can update the point of sale computer, you can let me know how much it costs before I order it.
Mp? Mama points or multiplayer?
There is a psychological thing where removing the currency symbol from prices will make people more likely to pay more as they dont associatie the number with price.
I've seen restaurant where you need to order on a smartphone. That's just ridiculous
That's just less tip for the server if I have to do their job for them.
I don't mind the qr code thing if there are also paper menus available, but yeah.
I know a bar that does this but you can place orders for the table (your friends too and you can see their orders), call the waiter and pay the bill. I was impressed it was functional.
This is the most tech I want to see at the table:
As a patron and as a former waiter, this is both the minimum and the maximum tech I want.