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Re:New York Restaurants Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots by richiebful1 on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:42PM (#38222757)
I've been to a restaurant that already does this: pay $X a head, with that dollar amount applied to your bill. I want to say one of the big restaurant POS providers (maybe Toast) provided the infrastructure behind it.
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Re:New York Restaurants Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots by barbazoo on Friday November 10, 2023 @02:00PM (#38222983)
> with that dollar amount applied to your bill

that's smart, that way you get tricked into including yet another line item in your tip

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Re:New York Restaurants Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots by lotsofpulp on Friday November 10, 2023 @02:19PM (#38223232)
They mean the deposit to reserve goes toward purchasing whatever you buy to eat.
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Re:New York Restaurants Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots by jahnu on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:47PM (#38222814)
I read POS as something angry before I read Point Of Sale!
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Re:New York Restaurants Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots by hooverd on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:50PM (#38222848)
If you've worked food service or retail those are interchangeable.
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