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Our apartment uses one of these "services" for laundry. It requires you to be online to start the washer and my phone can't connect to my wifi from the laundry

Our apartment uses one of these "services" for laundry. It requires you to be online to start the washer and my phone can't connect to my wifi from the laundry room. FAIL.

mattl 3y ago
But your phone can use non-wifi in the same spot, or is it a total deadzone?
gnopgnip 3y ago
We had the same problem but the HOA installed a cell phone repeater/extender on the roof. It was like $200, one time purchase, works great. Also the washers and dryers take quarters too but that can be a pain too
- kxrm 3y ago
  If they are willing to go so far as to install repeaters, why not a credit card reader?
  - Ekaros 3y ago
    I wonder if whole thing is bought SaaS. So it is up to provider to get it to work.
    - matthews2 3y ago
      WaaS (Washing as a Service)
  - gnopgnip 3y ago
    They don't want to deal with credit card fraud and pci compliance when everyone can use the service on their phone or get quarters
AmericanChopper 3y ago
There’s a lot of underground restaurants and bars in Sydney, and many of them have started using QR code only ordering. Only problem is phone reception is really spotty in a lot of the basement venues, and not all of them have wifi.
- wkat4242 3y ago
  Yeah the QR crap was understandable during the pandemic (though a bit stupid because surface spread was discredited very soon). But I don't understand why so many restaurants still hang on to it. It used to be impolite to mess with your phone in a restaurant. Now it's mandatory. Luckily it's not so common anymore now in Spain, only the Asian restaurants still do it. And McDonald's are trying to force their app by removing ever more ordering screens.
  - mschuster91 3y ago
    > But I don't understand why so many restaurants still hang on to it. It's cheaper than having to deal with paper that gets dirty, torn apart by kids or outright stolen. And "daily special" doesn't need to be manually inserted into menus any more. I've mentioned it in another thread about ice cream machines already: restaurants and hospitality in general are absurd cheapskates. Whenever a tiny avenue opens that saves them money, they'll do it, legal or not - the only thing that matters is that it looks acceptable to customers.
    - georgebcrawford 3y ago
      > restaurants and hospitality in general are absurd cheapskates. You've never run a bar or restaurant have you. What do you think the profit margins are?
      - mschuster91 3y ago
        I have never run a bar, but worked in stage lighting, as a bartender and as a cleaner. And no matter where I worked at, if you'd send in the health department, fire safety inspectors, plumbers, electrical inspectors or cybersecurity experts, you'd find a truckload of code violations, not to mention constant issues with getting paid.

Our apartment uses one of these "services" for laundry. It requires you to be online to start the washer and my phone can't connect to my wifi from the laundry room. FAIL.

mattl 3y ago

But your phone can use non-wifi in the same spot, or is it a total deadzone?

gnopgnip 3y ago

We had the same problem but the HOA installed a cell phone repeater/extender on the roof. It was like $200, one time purchase, works great. Also the washers and dryers take quarters too but that can be a pain too

kxrm 3y ago
If they are willing to go so far as to install repeaters, why not a credit card reader?
- Ekaros 3y ago
  I wonder if whole thing is bought SaaS. So it is up to provider to get it to work.
  - matthews2 3y ago
    WaaS (Washing as a Service)
- gnopgnip 3y ago
  They don't want to deal with credit card fraud and pci compliance when everyone can use the service on their phone or get quarters

AmericanChopper 3y ago

There’s a lot of underground restaurants and bars in Sydney, and many of them have started using QR code only ordering. Only problem is phone reception is really spotty in a lot of the basement venues, and not all of them have wifi.

wkat4242 3y ago
Yeah the QR crap was understandable during the pandemic (though a bit stupid because surface spread was discredited very soon). But I don't understand why so many restaurants still hang on to it. It used to be impolite to mess with your phone in a restaurant. Now it's mandatory. Luckily it's not so common anymore now in Spain, only the Asian restaurants still do it. And McDonald's are trying to force their app by removing ever more ordering screens.
- mschuster91 3y ago
  > But I don't understand why so many restaurants still hang on to it. It's cheaper than having to deal with paper that gets dirty, torn apart by kids or outright stolen. And "daily special" doesn't need to be manually inserted into menus any more. I've mentioned it in another thread about ice cream machines already: restaurants and hospitality in general are absurd cheapskates. Whenever a tiny avenue opens that saves them money, they'll do it, legal or not - the only thing that matters is that it looks acceptable to customers.
  - georgebcrawford 3y ago
    > restaurants and hospitality in general are absurd cheapskates. You've never run a bar or restaurant have you. What do you think the profit margins are?
    - mschuster91 3y ago
      I have never run a bar, but worked in stage lighting, as a bartender and as a cleaner. And no matter where I worked at, if you'd send in the health department, fire safety inspectors, plumbers, electrical inspectors or cybersecurity experts, you'd find a truckload of code violations, not to mention constant issues with getting paid.