Dear restaurant owners:We ALL hate the QR code menu.

[dervishpi@mastodon.social]

@cmconseils Given the amount of time seemingly poured into interactions with phones, our family has chosen to use the oldest, cheapest phone available. It has a camera, but we've never used it. It has internet access, but we've locked that away and delete any apps that use it. It's an emergency contact device, not a primary interface for us.
So, yeah, QR-only anything means I can't use it. It may not be the best choice, but we will stick to it as long as possible.

[diffrentcolours@tech.lgbt]

@cmconseils Nope. I prefer it. Much easier than having to fiddle around with unwieldy pieces of paper or card with tiny fonts and poor contrast, remember what everybody wants, walk over to the bar, get asked a bunch of questions that mean you have to go back to your table to relay them to your party, go back to the bar again, pray that nothing gets lost in this complex communication path.

Plus it usually keeps me outdoors which is great because #CovidIsNotOver.

[nzbarry@mastodon.nz]

@cmconseils They do have one good use - they can be linked to a translator app, which I find very useful when travelling into foreign climes.

[mountainwizard@metalhead.club]

@replicajune @grumpydad @cmconseils
I also like qr codes at the Museum so i can read the description of the thing i am looking at on my phone, or even listen to it as an audio guide.

[diffrentcolours@tech.lgbt]

@entichahoosh @cmconseils There's no way a QR code can do that. It's just a pictorial representation of a URL. Decent QR scanner software will show you exactly what that URL is before you open it.

[kittyboy77@tech.lgbt]

@cmconseils I find them massively helpful in dealing with remembering what everyone wanted, the inevitable incidents of something being unavailable and not having to worry about losing my table or my stuff if I'm on my own somewhere

[splinux@mastodon.uno]

@cmconseils the entirety of China food industry runs like this

edit: entire economy*

[splinux@mastodon.uno]

@kwramm @cmconseils these folks haven't seen Shanghai. I couldn't live without that shit anymore. I still order wrong stuff anyway

[danish_akhtar7@mastodon.social]

@cmconseils

I am glad that we don't have this "QR Code menu" in India yet.

[billyjoebowers@mastodon.online]

@cmconseils

I've only seen that once. I told them I didn't have a phone, with the phone sitting right there in my shirt pocket, and had them read me the whole menu.

[oscherler@tooting.ch]

@caboolture For one thing, as a tourist, I don’t necessary have mobile data, and if I have, it’s usually limited and expensive, not meant to download 150 MB of JS and 12 Mpx photos of fantasy dishes that don’t look anything like what I’m going to be served.
@cmconseils

[billyjoebowers@mastodon.online]

@cmconseils

The responses to this seem to vary a bit by country. I'm having trouble understanding the "remembering what everyone wants" and "I can eat outside" comments.

[mms@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@cmconseils Did you say "I want an app based menu"? /s

[splinux@mastodon.uno]

@zetasyanthis @cmconseils it's because one should not get to a website. We have smartphones, not Desktops. It's not 1995. It's not http we need. There should be a broad sub App ecosystem like in WeChat or AlyPay. They create an intermediary to share payment and order informations and the one-stop App runs the whole X economy. The case of China shows even with 5th grade literacy it works.

[print@theforkiverse.com]

@idotj @cmconseils

Having paper is good. Normally the family pick off the paper and someone uses the QR to order

[snaprails@cupoftea.social]

@maccruiskeen Where you’re still allowed to do so. There’s no longer a requirement in the uk for retailers to accept cash payments. On the other hand there are places which only accept cash, which can also be a pain if you’re not expecting it. That reminds me, I need to go and find a cash machine, the thirty quid I took out months ago has run out
@cmconseils

[snaprails@cupoftea.social]

@MichaelMcWilliams
That’s a people fail really. People chose not to offer printed menus.

@cmconseils

[snaprails@cupoftea.social]

@cmconseils I want a printed menu on the table. However if there’s no table service I also like to be able to order by phone from my table so that some scrote doesn’t nick my seat/jacket/bag while I’m ordering at the bar. The joys of eating out on your own

While we’re on the subject of menus 3.6, 9.5, 10 etc are not prices you trendy hipster pillocks, use a £ (or € $ ¥ as appropriate)

[uair@autistics.life]

@nazokiyoubinbou @kkarhan

Booze shuts it up temporarily. It makes you stupid.

Weed makes you not care.

I have the same problem. Good luck!

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@Uair I will do neither of those things. So far the best I've come up with is some games seem to help me find a less mentally active ground, but the best sorts for this are too rare for me sadly.