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I still am a fan of QR code menus but the west never executed on it well enough. In China I just order from the menu on my phone. No waiting for front of house.

I still am a fan of QR code menus but the west never executed on it well enough. In China I just order from the menu on my phone. No waiting for front of house. If I do have questions it’s easy to buzz front of house and they will come over. It’s simply China is ahead some areas of tech, cashless, QR codes everywhere, everything is an app.

barbazoo 1y ago
“Ahead” in terms of replacing human to human communication. I’m not sure that’s the right direction.
- thenthenthen 1y ago
  This is my point. It’s pretty scary. Ahead i would say…is true, it is already beyond blade runner dystopia
- infecto 1y ago
  I am sure my experiences are different than yours but I never considered ordering food peak human to human contact. Again only my own experience but at least in China there is always humans around to answer questions. It’s definitely not for everyone but I much prefer it for my day to day. I would rather go to a lucking coffee where you cannot even order in the store.
  - barbazoo 1y ago
    Didn’t say “peak”. Most of our interactions are mundane but what happens when we take them away little by little.
    - infecto 1y ago
      Right I did. I guess for those of use that don’t have other human contact those few moments with the front of house are meaningful but for me that’s not the case. But again unless I am going to a nice restaurant I don’t recall having much of any real human contact with the front of house.
      - lores 1y ago
        It's not important on its own, it just slowly erodes the feeling we live in a society, the reminding that everyone plays a role, even a little one. It lets one get out of their social bubble ever so little, and appreciate that the world is full of people with a life just as rich as their own, which is easily forgotten. I can cook well, I go to the restaurant to be in society; impersonal chains and now impersonal service reduce the experience to functional feeding and are of no interest to me.
eloisant 1y ago
I don't think needing a specific app to pay with your phone by scanning a QR code is being ahead, compared to contactless payments or even credit cards.
- infecto 1y ago
  I guess I did not articulate it well but China leap frogged contactless payments and credit cards. Everything is paid with your phone. I consider that ahead.

barbazoo 1y ago

“Ahead” in terms of replacing human to human communication. I’m not sure that’s the right direction.

thenthenthen 1y ago
This is my point. It’s pretty scary. Ahead i would say…is true, it is already beyond blade runner dystopia
infecto 1y ago
I am sure my experiences are different than yours but I never considered ordering food peak human to human contact. Again only my own experience but at least in China there is always humans around to answer questions. It’s definitely not for everyone but I much prefer it for my day to day. I would rather go to a lucking coffee where you cannot even order in the store.
- barbazoo 1y ago
  Didn’t say “peak”. Most of our interactions are mundane but what happens when we take them away little by little.
  - infecto 1y ago
    Right I did. I guess for those of use that don’t have other human contact those few moments with the front of house are meaningful but for me that’s not the case. But again unless I am going to a nice restaurant I don’t recall having much of any real human contact with the front of house.
    - lores 1y ago
      It's not important on its own, it just slowly erodes the feeling we live in a society, the reminding that everyone plays a role, even a little one. It lets one get out of their social bubble ever so little, and appreciate that the world is full of people with a life just as rich as their own, which is easily forgotten. I can cook well, I go to the restaurant to be in society; impersonal chains and now impersonal service reduce the experience to functional feeding and are of no interest to me.

eloisant 1y ago

I don't think needing a specific app to pay with your phone by scanning a QR code is being ahead, compared to contactless payments or even credit cards.

infecto 1y ago
I guess I did not articulate it well but China leap frogged contactless payments and credit cards. Everything is paid with your phone. I consider that ahead.