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I think QR menus are great if it's possible to also directly order and pay from the phone. Especially when going out in large groups where you don't want to nec

by gst 4y ago

I think QR menus are great if it's possible to also directly order and pay from the phone. Especially when going out in large groups where you don't want to necessarily split the bill or where the organizer doesn't want to risk having to pay for items that nobody else claims.

blitzar 4y ago
The solution and the problem are both my personal hell. A table full of people fucking around on their phones (and of course the establishment in question needs you to sign up for an account and fill out a profile before you can pay your bill) or the bullshit and mental hoops some people will jump throught to scam their friends out of a few dollars when deciding how to split a bill.
- gst 4y ago
  From my personal experience: The places that I've seen so far that use that system (including one place that I regularly attend with a larger group) do not require an account or anything: Scan a QR code, if you don't want to log in just enter your credit card number, and start ordering. If you're not comfortable with that approach there's usually also some way to order without a phone. Regarding "scam their friends": 99% of the time it's not about "scamming": Cashiers ask people for which items they want to pay and mistakes happen because people sometimes remember things wrong. Once everyone paid there are still some few unaccounted items for the table due to those honest mistakes.
  - blitzar 4y ago
    > Regarding "scam their friends" The person who ordered the caviar, lobster and cocktails ALWAYS suggests just splitting the bill evenly. The person who just got a starter and a glass of water then has to be the "cheap" one and push back (and they probably ordered like that because they didnt want to spend $200 on dinner). Eventually we just stopped inviting the guy who orders a $500 bottle of wine for "the table" aka themselves then insists on splitting the bill evenly.
    - themoonisachees 4y ago
      If person who orders caviar and lobster and asks to split evenly is your friend, you may have some friendship-culling to do.
- sumtechguy 4y ago
  Or some bright spark figures out a lovely pdf hack. Then is able to root thousands of phones for a swath of restaurants. As I am willing to bet most restaurant sites are not exactly hardened and a nice soft target for criminals to exploit. Pair that with the number of phones out there that are not up to date...

by gst 4y ago

blitzar 4y ago

The solution and the problem are both my personal hell. A table full of people fucking around on their phones (and of course the establishment in question needs you to sign up for an account and fill out a profile before you can pay your bill) or the bullshit and mental hoops some people will jump throught to scam their friends out of a few dollars when deciding how to split a bill.

gst 4y ago
From my personal experience: The places that I've seen so far that use that system (including one place that I regularly attend with a larger group) do not require an account or anything: Scan a QR code, if you don't want to log in just enter your credit card number, and start ordering. If you're not comfortable with that approach there's usually also some way to order without a phone. Regarding "scam their friends": 99% of the time it's not about "scamming": Cashiers ask people for which items they want to pay and mistakes happen because people sometimes remember things wrong. Once everyone paid there are still some few unaccounted items for the table due to those honest mistakes.
- blitzar 4y ago
  > Regarding "scam their friends" The person who ordered the caviar, lobster and cocktails ALWAYS suggests just splitting the bill evenly. The person who just got a starter and a glass of water then has to be the "cheap" one and push back (and they probably ordered like that because they didnt want to spend $200 on dinner). Eventually we just stopped inviting the guy who orders a $500 bottle of wine for "the table" aka themselves then insists on splitting the bill evenly.
  - themoonisachees 4y ago
    If person who orders caviar and lobster and asks to split evenly is your friend, you may have some friendship-culling to do.
sumtechguy 4y ago
Or some bright spark figures out a lovely pdf hack. Then is able to root thousands of phones for a swath of restaurants. As I am willing to bet most restaurant sites are not exactly hardened and a nice soft target for criminals to exploit. Pair that with the number of phones out there that are not up to date...