People hate QR-code menus. Now restaurants are ditching them

Re:People hate QR-code menus. Now restaurants are ditching them by chmod775 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:48AM (#36069104)

I go to restaurants for every lunch break as they're affordable and serve good food in Germany.

I couldn't give a rats ass how they take my order as long as the food arrives timely and tastes good. I'm not buying some mystical pretentious dining experience. I'm buying food and a place to eat it at.

However I do care about not being tracked by my bank or some random app, which is why I pay cash and use paper menus.

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Re:People hate QR-code menus. Now restaurants are ditching them by joenot443 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:16AM (#36069798)

A lot of people, myself included, really enjoy chatting with servers and absolutely consider it part of the experience that we’re paying for.

Consider that your experience is very anecdotal and the systems that have emerged surrounding dining traditions probably wouldn’t exist if everyone felt the way you did. There’s nothing pretentious or mystical about it, some people enjoy a pleasant conversation with a stranger :)

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Re:People hate QR-code menus. Now restaurants are ditching them by Gud on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:29AM (#36069914)

Big difference between a 45 minute lunch break and a nice Saturday night dinner.

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Re:People hate QR-code menus. Now restaurants are ditching them by joenot443 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:46AM (#36070059)

For sure! Though if I'm on a 45min lunch break, I think I'd still prefer the 30s conversation with a server over 30s looking at my phone.

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