The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus

Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by mrtksn on Sunday October 30, 2022 @02:48AM (#33391856)

If there was no obsession with registrations, it wouldn't have been a problem at all.

For the menu no app is needed, the places I go always open a web page menu(provided by a service specialising in this particular niche).

The payment could be completed through things like Apple Pay, per table basis. So you scan a QR code, it instantly opens a session for you and you can start ordering things and once you are done you close the session by paying through some payment processor.

Also, the technology to open apps with temporary sessions without installing the app exist both on iOS and Android but for some reason it never got popular.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by denton-scratch on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:40AM (#33393185)

> and once you are done you close the session by paying through some payment processor.

It is my custom to withold payment for a restaurant meal until I've finished eating it and am ready to leave.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by oneeyedpigeon on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:23AM (#33393443)

I think that's the custom in the vast majority of restaurants, but I don't think it's incompatible with the system described. It doesn't stream payments in real time, does it?

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by mrtksn on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:25AM (#33393457)

Simply close the session when you are about to leave the restaurant. I don't see why you have to be paying each time you add something to your order.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by immibis on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:10AM (#33394647)

Weird custom.

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