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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by motoxpro on Saturday October 29, 2022 @11:29PM (#33390740)
He means most countries that are not the USA. Haven't been to Applebees in ~5 years or so but they didn't do it then either. USA doesn't bring you a terminal on average. I travel around the world for work and my experience is that most countries outside the USA do.

Ah, you edited your response. Mine still is valid I guess.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by reaperducer on Saturday October 29, 2022 @11:56PM (#33390907)
Haven't been to Applebees in ~5 years or so but they didn't do it then either.

Must have been the Applebees that you went to. I went to one in 2014 that brought the POS to the table. I remember the year because it was in a state that I've only been to once, for a business trip.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by jakear on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:20AM (#33391034)
Beat middle class restaurants tend to use tableside POS systems. Applebees, Chili’s, Rock Lobster, Outback, etc etc. I understand them and love them for what they are, but it always feels jank to have to deal with a computer when I’m out for dinner. I’d pay more to not have to do that, which is the experience higher end restaurants provide.

I don’t have a computer screen in my car for the same reason. Software engineers tend to produce shit tier user experiences. (Speaking as one)

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