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In America, paying with cash is so much faster because of the still way too common and outdated process for credit cards: Bring bill to customer > walk away whi
by pgm8705 8y ago
In America, paying with cash is so much faster because of the still way too common and outdated process for credit cards:
Bring bill to customer > walk away while they review > return to collect card > go to fixed portal to run transaction > return to customer with receipt > walk away again > return to collect receipt with tip amount
More restaurants need to start adopting handheld terminals for waitstaff, which reduces the whole process to 1 step and makes it faster than cash since they do not need to go fetch change.
- mrep 8y agoAlso, it helps prevent credit card skimming since you can always see the card which is why I think it is even a law in some countries.
- Sohcahtoa82 8y agoMy wife an I frequently eat at a couple places that have touch-screen terminals (I think called Ziosk?) on them. While you're eating, you can use them to order drinks or pay to play tablet games, but you can also pay your bill without any interaction with the wait staff. They're quite the time saver.