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What I hate about QR code ordering is that it puts me in charge of getting everything right. It takes way too much time, so when I go out with my family I have

What I hate about QR code ordering is that it puts me in charge of getting everything right. It takes way too much time, so when I go out with my family I have to hunt around for each item, make sure I put it in exactly how they want it, and now any mistake even if the kitchen goofed is now my mistake. "Dad, you ordered it wrong! There's ketchup on my burger" Plus half the time I forget to even enter my own order trying to get everyone else's and double checking it's all correct. So my meal comes out late. The paying and getting up and leaving without having to wait for the waiter to bring the check is nice, but the ordering part is not worth the hassle.

crazygringo 3y ago
> and now any mistake even if the kitchen goofed is now my mistake. Funny, in my experience it's precisely the opposite. It means I never have to feel awkward because there's no longer any uncertainty over whether I said the wrong thing or the server wrote it down wrong. If the food or drinks come out wrong, there's irrefutable proof I ordered correctly, and it's the kitchen's job to fix it. (And in my experience in restaurants, 95% of the time something has come out wrong, it's been the server's fault, not the kitchen's. So with QR ordering the problem almost goes away completely.)
- porphyra 3y ago
  Yes exactly, it's so annoying to have to make sure if the server actually heard what I said. And often near the end of a meal we would be waiting for a dish that never came and be unsure whether the kitchen is just taking a long time, whether we forgot to order it, whether the server forgot it, etc. If there had been a digital order receipt then there would never be any question.
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mft_ 3y ago
(I wrote an earlier reply to you, then deleted it, but keep on thinking about your post, so have come back to it. Please feel free to ignore me completely, but be sure that this brief comment is written with the very best of intentions.) I (obviously) have no particular insight into your situation, but I can't help thinking that in the situation you describe, QR code ordering isn't the root cause of your stress, but is maybe triggering stress related to other issues within your group dynamic? Consider a generic family group: in general, on most occasions, should they be able to work out how to order food together without too much stress being generated? I don't think that's an unreasonable expectation. And if you're not able to do this, maybe it's time to both introspect and discuss (with your partner, and/or children?) why - and consider new approaches to the situation and the problem.

crazygringo 3y ago

> and now any mistake even if the kitchen goofed is now my mistake. Funny, in my experience it's precisely the opposite. It means I never have to feel awkward because there's no longer any uncertainty over whether I said the wrong thing or the server wrote it down wrong. If the food or drinks come out wrong, there's irrefutable proof I ordered correctly, and it's the kitchen's job to fix it. (And in my experience in restaurants, 95% of the time something has come out wrong, it's been the server's fault, not the kitchen's. So with QR ordering the problem almost goes away completely.)

porphyra 3y ago
Yes exactly, it's so annoying to have to make sure if the server actually heard what I said. And often near the end of a meal we would be waiting for a dish that never came and be unsure whether the kitchen is just taking a long time, whether we forgot to order it, whether the server forgot it, etc. If there had been a digital order receipt then there would never be any question.

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mft_ 3y ago

(I wrote an earlier reply to you, then deleted it, but keep on thinking about your post, so have come back to it. Please feel free to ignore me completely, but be sure that this brief comment is written with the very best of intentions.) I (obviously) have no particular insight into your situation, but I can't help thinking that in the situation you describe, QR code ordering isn't the root cause of your stress, but is maybe triggering stress related to other issues within your group dynamic? Consider a generic family group: in general, on most occasions, should they be able to work out how to order food together without too much stress being generated? I don't think that's an unreasonable expectation. And if you're not able to do this, maybe it's time to both introspect and discuss (with your partner, and/or children?) why - and consider new approaches to the situation and the problem.