There was a curry place that opened up next to my office that went one step further. The QR code redirected to an app you had to install to place your order. After a month of no customers they almost went out of business, but finally the owner gave up and went to a printed menu. Now they’re doing all right, but I was talking with the owner and he was grumbling about the massive amount of money he wasted on it.
That bullshit and menu items you can only get through an app.
Went to Taco hell with a bunch of friends. We went inside to get our order because I’m not an asshole and didn’t want to hold up the drive thru with our large order. We asked for something my friend wanted and they said it could only be ordered in app.
We all said fuck that and left. The Managers face was priceless.
Money wasted on prints?? What about the money wasted on the app no-one used???
ah nah, he meant the money wasted on making the app that no one wanted to use
I will say I kinda like it when the QR code allows you to order directly to your table. It’s nice to not have to talk to the server if you don’t want to and it makes splitting the bill a non-issue.
Oh, I would love that. I hate having to wait for the server to bring me the bill so I can leave. When I eat alone, I often ask the server to bring me the bill with my food or so, in hopes of paying for it before I’m done eating. For whatever reason, the norm is for the bill to not come until well after you’re done eating. That can be fine when you’re with a group and want to spend time chatting after you finish, but if you’re in a hurry, you’ll be waiting a long time.
I want it to still be an option to live a phoneless internetless life
I did it for a few months on my last deployment because my phone broke and I couldn’t get a new one without paying a shit ton.
It was peaceful. It was a great release of stress because my chain of command couldn’t reach me whenever they wanted to text or call. I loved it so much I kept up with that - I flat out refused to join any group chats that they use to pass info.
I don’t mind if this is offered but at least let me use a paper menu…
Personally always prefer the digital menu, at least the good ones with pictures of the food and that you can zoom in on. And you just know that very few places regularly clean their physical menus
Certainly more often than many menus I have seen. Modern water resistant devices make it easy to just use soap and water. And if it is gross, at least it’s my fault and I can do something about it on my own time (I probably wouldn’t take a restaurant manu to the bathroom to wash it before I look at it).
Soap and water? You wash your screen with soap and water? I know said device is waterproof but are they designed for soap?
