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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 120 points 1 week ago (10 children)

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

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week 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 10 points 1 week ago

☝️ this is it.

[–] loie@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week 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 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You misunderstood my comment if that’s what you walked away with.

points to self, former wait staff

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

Ms. would have come across a little better. Boomer feminism appreciates the distinction.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

a shitty website

Or worse a PDF of the menu.

[–] med@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (2 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 tthe restaurant wants a digital menu, they should ask for that.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

an integrated PDF into the page, not even a stand-alone blob PDF

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

This sucks.

[–] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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

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

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week 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.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 3 points 1 week 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.

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 3 points 1 week 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 5 points 1 week 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.

I don't mind the qr code thing if there are also paper menus available, but yeah.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week 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.