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My main beef with these menus is that I can't see the entire menu on my phone screen, and end up scrolling up and down multiple times before I can decide what I
by frereubu 2y ago
My main beef with these menus is that I can't see the entire menu on my phone screen, and end up scrolling up and down multiple times before I can decide what I want to order. With a paper menu my eyes can flick up and down much faster. It's like trying to edit spreadsheets on a phone - technically possible but a real pain in the arse.
- eleveriven 2y agoScrolling back and forth on a small screen is tedious
- coisnepe 2y agoReminds me of how some people mocked me for having O'Reilly and such massive reference books when I started learning Python and Ruby. "But everything's online!" they claimed. Sure, but nothing's faster than browsing the index for what you're looking for and then skimming the section you're interested in, as opposed to going back and forth StackOverflow threads and random blogs. Currently renovating my house and I again bought 400+ pages reference books of plumbing and electricity, largely sparring me the need to endure endless YouTube videos littered with skits, sponsorships etc. Just straight to the point, factual information.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 2y agoOnline documentation is good if you already know what you're looking for. It is shit if you want to discover what is available. I am specifically thinking of the python docs and the time I, as a not-python programmer, wanted to see the various "grouping" types (lists, arrays, sets, dicts, tuples, whatever).
- paledot 2y agoThe Python core docs are uniquely terrible, though.
- mihaaly 2y agoAt least the screen is only touced by you. My peril are the touch screen ordering places (practically all fast food places nowadays) where based on their outlook hygienically challanged persons swipe their fingers up and down for long before you have a chance following them. There is an icecream place opened nearby I had no chance trying because they only have touchscreen order. Guys at the till only serve icecream and all orders must go through the touch screen. They put the icecream into a cone - if you dared to ordered so - and put into the fingers of the customer who just swiped the same finger over a screen swiped by dozens of unknow people before. Oi!
- shmeeed 2y agoI use my knuckle for that, because I'm much less likely to touch my food or face with it later. Same goes for e.g. elevator buttons.
- goldsteinq 2y agoDo you get a freshly-printed paper menu every time? From the hygiene standpoint, remote-ordering from your phone is the best, screens are worse (but at least you can wipe them before use) and paper menus are the worst, since it may be harder to disinfect them.
- adastra22 2y agoThe people before you have also touched the seat and table, the door handle, breathed the air your breathing, etc.
- capitainenemo 2y agoWhich is why restaurant menus are often laminated.
- dylan604 2y agoNo, they are laminated to protect from spills that damage the menus and require a replacement. The places with laminated menus are not concerned about your health when making the lamination decisions. Otherwise, do you assume by their being laminated that the staff dutifully washes/disinfects them after being collected from each table every time? I can assure you they are not. They are only wiped off when they are spilled upon, and not even that well.
- loa_in_ 2y agoI find it absolutely annoying that our phones with amazing pixel density limit the max zoom out for some reason. If I want 5x8 font on my 1080p phone screen why not let me?
- mondobe 2y agoPlus, many restaurants have clickable pictures of each menu item. Even if the font isn't readable, you can still get an idea of what looks good.