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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by lxgr on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:12AM (#33390989)
No need for the waiter to walk away with my card if they have a mobile POS, as I mentioned above. Tapping my card and selecting a tipping option takes less time than even opening my camera app.

Ironically, many of the QR payment places I‘ve been to actually have these as well.

I get that jumping from a central POS to a device per waiter is an investment – but why switch to QR codes if all your staff is already equipped with a strictly superior solution?

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by hamandcheese on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:24AM (#33391061)
> if they have a mobile POS

That’s a big if in the US.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by j16sdiz on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:07AM (#33391282)
This is pretty standard in many parts of the world. I just can't understand why wireless credit card payment and mobile pos ain't available in US.
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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by lxgr on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:16AM (#33394230)
They have started appearing very quickly. There is definitely a long tail, but these days I would say I see one at least ever other time I go to a restaurant or bar.
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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by lxgr on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:11AM (#33394194)
In my experience, US restaurants either have something very new (i.e. combined POS/ordering handhelds), or very old (i.e. centralized/non-mobile, sometimes even magstripe only POS, no PIN or contactless capability).

The ones I‘ve seen that have switched to QR payments had mobile POSes before.

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