Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus
by stormbrew on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:39AM
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There isn't really any reason they have to sit there and wait for you unless it's really busy and the machine is in high demand. My experience is that on a slower day they'll go off while you enter stuff.
> Is "restaurant credit-card fraud" really a thing?
The only times I've ever had my card used fraudulently in my life were after trips to the US where I used it in a restaurant. It is absolutely a thing. Do you really think no one's ever thought to skim a card they're holding on to for an indefinite amount of time away from its owner?
Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus
by winnie_ua on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:16AM
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In my country they bring in the receipt first, and let you take a look at it. Perhaps negotiate with your peers who pays what amount and so one.
And than in 10 minutes waiter arrive with hand held POS.
Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus
by lxgr on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:19AM
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It does happen, but thanks to the chip rollout, the value of a skimmed magnetic stripe read is falling drastically.
No idea if there is non-negligible fraud in the form of staff copying down the card number and security code for online payments fraud, though.
Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus
by oneeyedpigeon on Sunday October 30, 2022 @04:39AM
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Some places, the waiter leaves the POS with you and collects it after a minute. Those are good places.
The experience I dislike goes like this: The server gives you the hand-held terminal and then stands watching you, tapping his/her foot impatiently, while you hurriedly verify the check, then calculate a tip amount under the server's scrutiny. I guess I'm a wimp. With the server's eyes on me, I feel the pressure to tip generously, no matter how poor the service or the overall experience.
By contrast, I find the traditional system, where the server would drop off the paper check for you to examine on your own time, to be private, un-rushed, and less prone to error.
After three decades of paying my restaurant checks without a POS terminal, I've never encountered any monkey business during the brief time the server is in possession of my credit card. Is "restaurant credit-card fraud" really a thing?