The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus

Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by ch4s3 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:24AM (#33394304)

I was in Amsterdam a few years ago and said a few words in Dutch to the waiter, who was really amused by it. He asked where we were from and ended up sitting down and chatting with us for like half and hour, and drew us a map of his favorite spots nearby. We also met a few really chatty bartenders, including a guy how ducked behind the bar and came back up holding kittens. I’m not sure why we had such good experiences, but it was great.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by Tijdreiziger on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:15AM (#33394677)

Restaurants are hardly the only industry in the Netherlands having trouble finding staff at the moment. There are quite literally less trains because the train operators can't find enough staff.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by wdb on Monday October 31, 2022 @10:00AM (#33405784)

Last time I was in Amsterdam I couldn’t even speak Dutch to the waiters. Pretty ridiculous. I don’t think that happens in U.K. or US unable to speak English to the waiter of a chain restaurant

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by Shocka1 on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @10:15AM (#33421518)

Thanks for this comment. I love experiences like this and this makes me want to go to Amsterdam even more at some point. I've experienced this in random small towns in the US, but they are few and far between.

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