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I was shocked last year when I spent some time in Canada over how many restaurants had mobile pay devices that the server brought over so you could pay at the t

I was shocked last year when I spent some time in Canada over how many restaurants had mobile pay devices that the server brought over so you could pay at the table. In my town (Central PA) only 1 restaurant had this technology and they stopped using it for some unknown reason. Sadly the only really automated ordering system in place is at Applebees and at McDonalds. You can order and pay 100% at your table. Unfortunately they can only bring you insta-food so not a good trade off IMHO. Who'da thunk that if you are hostile to immigration (or even undocumented workers) you'd find the low level jobs in the US wanting for labor. I thought these were AMERICAN jobs. Sigh.

wvenable 8y ago
I'd say 99% of all restaurants in Canada have mobile pay devices. All our credit/debit cards are chip and pin, so the server cannot walk off with your card and run through the payment themselves as that won't work. I'm shocked whenever I go to the US and servers walk off with my card! Canadian cards to chip and pin in the US as well and some retailers are confused when their terminals ask for the pin.
enlyth 8y ago
This is the case in most of Europe as well, servers normally bring a mobile payment machine to the table for you to pay