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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 78 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Menus at restaurants are to be printed not via a QR code and a shitty website.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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?

[–] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

☝️ this is it.

[–] loie@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Related - I hate having that goddamned tablet at the table.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world -5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] kiterios@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll accept a tablet, but not that condescending attitude towards restaurant workers.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly those big tablets they have in some fast food places like tim hortons are quite good because they let me see every item and order easily. Of course, that wouldn't be a problem if they hadn't replaced a normal menu with those dumbass tvs that switch off of what you're trying to read every two seconds.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

a shitty website

Or worse a PDF of the menu.

[–] med@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That is 500Mb+ because the 'designer' just stuffed the highest quality image in they could as a background on the whole thing

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'd be inclined to blame the restaurant for that one. The designer would normally be making it for print, in which case higher quality is better. If the restaurant wants a digital menu, they should ask for that.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 3 points 3 weeks ago

I FUCKING HATE QR CODE MENUS SO MUUUUCH!!!

If your wifi is bad or I just don't want to wait to load a tiny goddamn webpage, I'm gone.

It's really not hard to print a menu for a restaurant. The minimal amount of effort.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

I feel like this is probably common sense. The council of people over 20 have decided this months ago, and it should become law any minute now.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

A date night is better when both leave their phones at home. Or at least away for the date.

This sucks.

[–] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've seen restaurant where you need to order on a smartphone. That's just ridiculous

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's just less tip for the server if I have to do their job for them.

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

This is the most tech I want to see at the table:

  1. Call waiter - because if you snap your fingers I'm throwing something at you.
  2. I need the bill - because etiquette is different the world over
  3. Cancel request because buddy was being a dink and hit the button.

As a patron and as a former waiter, this is both the minimum and the maximum tech I want.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok, while we are on this one

If you have an online menu, why does it have M.P. 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.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

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.