Please Don’t Make Me Use Another QR Code Restaurant Menu | The Walrus
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My complaints are minor but many
  • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    11 months ago

    What pisses me off is when the online menu says market price.

    I understand it reprinting menus every day is expensive, but if you are updating your point of sale terminals, you can type in the price into the online menu.

  • alvvayson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    145·
    11 months ago

    Honestly, I actually quite like them.

    Not for everywhere and every time, but for casual dining, it is very handy.

  • GrappleHatEnglish
    7·
    11 months ago

    What if I don’t want to bring my god damn phone with me everywhere I go?

    • sheogorath@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      One day, I decided to not bring my phone when going out. What happened that day:

      1. I lost my debit card (I was too used to using cardless withdrawals from the ATM and forgot my card)
      2. My car picked a good time to break down in the middle of nowhere so it took me 6 hours before having a car passing by so I could get my car towed.

      It’s a miracle I didn’t get murdered by a passing serial killer.

    • belated_frog_pants@beehaw.orgEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      Not to be insulting: You’ll be in the minority. Most larger cities have moved to this style in newer restaurants and many older ones since covid

      Not that that doesn’t suck because poor/homeless folks often cant afford or have a way to have a smartphone and keep it charged so no restaurants for them unless they take cash

  • Pissnpink@feddit.ukEnglish
    65·
    11 months ago

    Sure, if I’m in Italy at some fancy restaurant, give me a nice menu to peruse. But most restaurants are turn and burn establishments that make money off volume and I don’t want their dirty menu when I’m trying to get cheap happy hour food after work or quick lunch take out.

    All the nicer restaurants I’ve been to either have physical menus as the standard, or it’s a more “hip” place and they have them upon request.

    This is weird how it’s been such a cultural dividing line. It’s like the last place consumers feel like they have any influence and are leaning hard into it