> since you pay for the lunch before you ate it Is this a post-pandemic thing? Like so many people are just walking out without paying the bill these days tha

> since you pay for the lunch before you ate it Is this a post-pandemic thing? Like so many people are just walking out without paying the bill these days that they have to charge the card before you eat? This sounds like something that may be happening in SF, and maybe it will catch on in other places eventually, but right now it's not the norm anywhere I've been.