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Reading a menu on a phone is just annoying. But paying through QR code works well. A restaurant near me had a system where the waiter brought you a check with a

Reading a menu on a phone is just annoying. But paying through QR code works well. A restaurant near me had a system where the waiter brought you a check with a QR code. You scanned the QR code and could finish the payment online. Way better than the waiter going back and forth three times. Last time I was there they had gone back to the old ways though. Not sure why.

Aardwolf 2y ago
I've seen restaurants where there's a QR code at the table to use for payment while ordering. But what if someone replaces the QR codes with fake ones that make you pay elsewhere?
frizlab 2y ago
Paying through the QR-code often has fees, at least in Paris (France).
encom 2y ago
Entering my card number and going through the elaborate two-factor rigamarole for online payment here in Denmark sounds like a terrible time, instead of just using my card like normal. Hard pass.
- Ekaros 2y ago
  Same for Finland. I really don't see how hard it is to bring the terminal to table and allow me tap or put card in and pay with pin.
  - coev 2y ago
    American restaurants are lucky to have 1-2 readers and usually they're hardwired in the back by the registers :(
unclebucknasty 2y ago
I find it much easier for the server to drop the check off. A few minutes later they pick it up, then return. Yes, it's three trips to the table, but they are usually refilling drinks, clearing plates, etc. anyway. And, most importantly, they are doing the work versus me fumbling with their QR code and payment site instead of relaxing and chatting. What I don't mind though are tabletop POS systems, wherein the swipe and sign is local and straightforward.
nikole9696 2y ago
Not a single one of my family members would know how to even begin to use such a payment system. Several older members don't have smart phones at all. If this is an OPTION that's great, but to make it required means a lot of folks get left out.
JohnFen 2y ago
> You scanned the QR code and could finish the payment online. Way better than the waiter going back and forth three times. I disagree that it's better, and especially if you have to set up an online account to do it. But I also short-circuit the back-and-forth thing by handing the server my card at the same time as I'm telling them I want the check. Then there's only one trip involved.
- cesarb 2y ago
  > But I also short-circuit the back-and-forth thing by handing the server my card at the same time as I'm telling them I want the check. Then there's only one trip involved. How can that work? Do you also give the server your card's PIN?
  - JohnFen 2y ago
    The server runs the card and comes back with the slip for me to add a tip if desired and to sign to finalize the transaction. The slip is left on the table when I leave the restaurant. There is no pin involved. At some places, the server has a card reader in hand and just runs the card then and there in front of me.
    - cesarb 2y ago
      > The server runs the card and comes back with the slip for me to add a tip if desired and to sign to finalize the transaction. How can they finalize the transaction without your PIN? (Unless it's a low-value NFC proximity transaction, and even then, in my experience sometimes it still asks for the PIN). > At some places, the server has a card reader in hand and just runs the card then and there in front of me. That's my experience in every restaurant in which you pay at the desk (instead of while leaving or while ordering). Though I usually eat at self-service per-kilogram restaurants, in which you weigh your food at a scale before eating, and pay at a dedicated cashier station near the exit door.
      - JohnFen 2y ago

Aardwolf 2y ago

I've seen restaurants where there's a QR code at the table to use for payment while ordering. But what if someone replaces the QR codes with fake ones that make you pay elsewhere?

frizlab 2y ago

Paying through the QR-code often has fees, at least in Paris (France).

encom 2y ago

Entering my card number and going through the elaborate two-factor rigamarole for online payment here in Denmark sounds like a terrible time, instead of just using my card like normal. Hard pass.

Ekaros 2y ago
Same for Finland. I really don't see how hard it is to bring the terminal to table and allow me tap or put card in and pay with pin.
- coev 2y ago
  American restaurants are lucky to have 1-2 readers and usually they're hardwired in the back by the registers :(

unclebucknasty 2y ago

I find it much easier for the server to drop the check off. A few minutes later they pick it up, then return. Yes, it's three trips to the table, but they are usually refilling drinks, clearing plates, etc. anyway. And, most importantly, they are doing the work versus me fumbling with their QR code and payment site instead of relaxing and chatting. What I don't mind though are tabletop POS systems, wherein the swipe and sign is local and straightforward.

nikole9696 2y ago

Not a single one of my family members would know how to even begin to use such a payment system. Several older members don't have smart phones at all. If this is an OPTION that's great, but to make it required means a lot of folks get left out.

JohnFen 2y ago

> You scanned the QR code and could finish the payment online. Way better than the waiter going back and forth three times. I disagree that it's better, and especially if you have to set up an online account to do it. But I also short-circuit the back-and-forth thing by handing the server my card at the same time as I'm telling them I want the check. Then there's only one trip involved.

cesarb 2y ago
> But I also short-circuit the back-and-forth thing by handing the server my card at the same time as I'm telling them I want the check. Then there's only one trip involved. How can that work? Do you also give the server your card's PIN?
- JohnFen 2y ago
  The server runs the card and comes back with the slip for me to add a tip if desired and to sign to finalize the transaction. The slip is left on the table when I leave the restaurant. There is no pin involved. At some places, the server has a card reader in hand and just runs the card then and there in front of me.
  - cesarb 2y ago
    > The server runs the card and comes back with the slip for me to add a tip if desired and to sign to finalize the transaction. How can they finalize the transaction without your PIN? (Unless it's a low-value NFC proximity transaction, and even then, in my experience sometimes it still asks for the PIN). > At some places, the server has a card reader in hand and just runs the card then and there in front of me. That's my experience in every restaurant in which you pay at the desk (instead of while leaving or while ordering). Though I usually eat at self-service per-kilogram restaurants, in which you weigh your food at a scale before eating, and pay at a dedicated cashier station near the exit door.
    - JohnFen 2y ago