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Re:Bring back menus, QR codes are terrible by wyager on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @08:40AM (#27674981)
> With covid, many restaurants removed paper menus to avoid transmission

Any time a business claims to do something in the name of health or environmentalism, they are actually just using those as an excuse to cut corners.

Re:Bring back menus, QR codes are terrible by scrollaway on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @10:10AM (#27675984)
Or, you know, the government is asking them to do it.

Here in Belgium the government asked a lot of mostly useless measures out of our bars and restaurants. You think they're happy paying hundreds, sometimes thousands of euros having Plexiglas screens installed all over the place, inconveniencing customers and staff alike?

Re:Bring back menus, QR codes are terrible by ajsnigrutin on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @10:03AM (#27675889)
Cut corners and charge more...

I've been to a restaurant where they raised the prices of drinks to accomodate for using biodegradable plastic cups (sit-in restaurant!)... this is not enviromentalism, this is charging 20c for a 5c cup, instead of using glasses like a normal restaurant.

Also, the reusable cotton bags are just an excuse to charge more, because you'd have to reuse a cotton bag 7100 times, to make it as friendly as using plastic bags ( https://theconversation.com/heres-how-many-times-you-actuall... ). ...of course, paper is rarely an option.