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My partner and I are having our first kid. We were given a sheet with a timeline of the various appointments and check-ins. Each appointment had an associated Q
by 000ooo000 3y ago
My partner and I are having our first kid. We were given a sheet with a timeline of the various appointments and check-ins. Each appointment had an associated QR code where bookings could be made. No other details, e.g. contact details, were on it. Not a problem for us, having smartphones, but it did give me pause; surely there are folk who don't have a phone that can scan these, or a phone at all. What extra BS do these people have to go through to do something that would take me 5s with my smartphone? This is only one example, but still, it is an example of how disadvantaged people are even more disadvantaged because of the expectation that everyone has a smartphone. Probably just an oversight on the sheet author's part but is it one born out of their expectations around smartphone adoption? Maybe
That said, maybe there was a sheet without QR codes and the nurse made a call that we looked like we had smartphones and gave us the QR code one. Can't rule that out.
- BillyTheMage 3y agoYeah I'd be totally screwed in that scenario. I've been screwed once before by QR-only things, at a restaurant whose menu was exclusively online, and they didn't know the URL because "it's in the QR code". Like... okay I guess I just won't eat today.