Its okay, you took a big mud pie. You should have used a bigger slice.
Starting today I am boycotting any restaurant
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it has become a fad to tape a QR code to a table and scan it with your phone.
I would be screwed, I make it a point to leave my phone in my car when going out to eat.
Customer demand will sort this out like everything else. Menus will be a thing again in most places because most customers want them
My wife and I make it a point also, it makes you actually have a conversation with someone. The waiters seem genuinely thunderstruck when you tell them you do not have a phone.
Is it a lack of willpower? I can carry my phone with me and keep it in my pocket as long as I want to.
The wife and I always have our cell phones when we eat out and never look that them. I'm not understanding why you can't have a cell phone on you and not look at it?
There are some places in Vegas now that have gone one step further and they are doing "dynamic food pricing" based on demand, events, etc. The same meal you bought on Tuesday may cost $4 more on Thursday because there's more people in town. The scannable menu has made this a breeze to do.
I do it because its both a willpower issue, and it’s a good time to just get away from your phone.
Can we talk about the crappy QR code stickers they slap on the tables? Some places had some nice solid wood tables that are ruined with QR stickers. Then the stickers get scratched, stained, etc and look like poop and sometimes can be read.
I only patronize fine establishments that use machined aluminum QR table inserts or placards. If the waitress has a nice rack then it is also acceptable & classy to put the QR code on her bewbs.
That's not the point. It's about atmosphere and customer comforts. They could save a few bucks on running commercial dishwashers by handing out paper plates and plastic forks, and save a lot on chairs if they made you sit on the floor. I for one agree, but thankfully that QR menu trend hasn't hit here. I do see it out of town though and it's idiotic.
Probably about as fun as your 1 man (making numerous assumptions with a Libby of course) Joe Biden boat parade at Okoboji.
One thing about Boomers, we were smart enough to know we'd be old one day. Clearly that train has left the station.
I dunno. I have never once scanned a QR code or whatever the hell those things are for one simple reason. That it'll infect my phone with marketing AIDS forever from whatever the scan is for. Yes, I want 4 emails and 4 texts per day telling me about how fabulous your product is when all I really wanted was to look at a menu.
That's awesome marketing genius right there. Now, I have no idea if stuff like this actually happens or not - but something tells me that it does.
That's awesome marketing genius right there. Now, I have no idea if stuff like this actually happens or not - but something tells me that it does.
$0.25 * 300 customers/day =$75/day * 30 days =$2250/mo...see where this is going??
It's funny - wife (no pics) and I ate at a place last night with another couple that did this. A pretty nice restaurant. QR code stuck to the table. It was at the other side of the table so a dinner companion tried to scan it for me and it didn't work - had to use her phone to see the menu.
I didn't care for that approach, but I'm not planning to get all pi$$ed off about it either.
I didn't care for that approach, but I'm not planning to get all pi$$ed off about it either.
I would never participate in a boat parade for any president because I'm not a fvcking loser.
Can't both be possible? In other words, eat out once or twice a month yet being frustrated by the lack of a paper menu on those occasions?
Of course. I’m skeptical though, given how long most threads about restaurants are.
I'm ok with btoh QR codes and menus; it's not a big deal.
I also get that some people leave their phones in their vehicles so they aren't distracted during dinner. That's totally fine. It is also pretty easy to just simply not use your phone during your time in the restaurant (aside from if you use the QR code to order).
This all seems so silly that we (well, some people) are arguing about this topic.
I also get that some people leave their phones in their vehicles so they aren't distracted during dinner. That's totally fine. It is also pretty easy to just simply not use your phone during your time in the restaurant (aside from if you use the QR code to order).
This all seems so silly that we (well, some people) are arguing about this topic.
Isn't that the entire point of HORT?
The last I checked a number of airline VIP lounges are still closed. It seems like every decrease in customer service, businesses shrug their shoulders and say “COVID.”
You should workshop this a little more at the next bingo night. Certainly not ready for prime time/message boards.
And, you got the burrito before you were a dick to the slacker behind the counter, right?
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