Went to a cocktail bar last night fully intending to order a cocktail.

[lenotaire@mastodon.social]

@NudelnAlDente I once went to a buffet restaurant where the dishes you wanted needed to be sent to a Whatsapp account. Did I not have (and still not) such an account, back then I did not even had a Whatsapp-capable phone. No other option than to leave unserved...

[nudelnaldente@mstdn.social]

@CatDragon Yes!!!

[nudelnaldente@mstdn.social]

@progo Given what we Anglophones have done to regions in Spain like the Costa del Sol, I'd be fine with speaking only Spanish in an English speaking neighbourhood.

But yeah, I get your point.

[lancejz@mastodon.social]

@NudelnAlDente OMG That is so stupid.

[hatter@metasocial.com]

@NudelnAlDente They were lucky to get the price of a small beer out of you. While I'd have asked the bartender for recommendations, or ordered something relatively well known, I'd also have shared some thought with them to pass on to their manager.

[earwigplanet@mastodon.social]

@NudelnAlDente I don't get hired if I don't have an Instagram, so I keep it around with all my handful of followers who can't see my posts anymore just because venues have this idea that you HAVE to be there.

[heafnerj@mstdn.social]

@raganwald @NudelnAlDente A local family run Mexican place with great food provides the option of paying with a QR code. I tried it and somewhere in the process a hidden app (forgot the name at the moment) was silently downloaded and installed on my iPhone without my knowledge or consent. Nope. I still eat there but only pay with credit card or cash.

[aburka@hachyderm.io]

@NudelnAlDente dumbest trend ever, why would you want everyone in your bar to be looking down at their phones

[cppguy@infosec.space]

@rootschange @NudelnAlDente

My phone is configured to block all Meta hosts, so Instagram is a 404 for me. If I can't buy from you or work with you without disabling Blokada, I'm walking away.

[courtcan@mastodon.social]

@NudelnAlDente That would be enough to make me turn around and walk out -- after telling them exactly why I'm doing so.

[vgoller@nrw.social]

@NudelnAlDente don’t worry. They either go bust or are a good place NOT to be, a honeypot for influencer and wannabe insta-fames. You don’t want to hang out with these anyway

[jranft@mastodon.social]

@NudelnAlDente Yes. So stupid. They should just show you a screenshot of the menu on their phone at least.

[vrtxd@piipitin.fi]

@NudelnAlDente
– Oh okay, but the account is free and very easy to create!
– Cool, in that case please create a throwaway account so I can throw money at you.

[heckinchonker@mastodon.social]

@NudelnAlDente There was an ice cream place that sold ice cream shakes near me. The menu was animated, and would only show the shake ingredients for a couple seconds before cycling. The server explained that I could just ask and she could tell me what was in each, and I really tried but my brain just could not process what the options were.

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@NudelnAlDente holy hell! I would have been fired for correcting a guest's pronunciation! We actually saw a guy get fired for just that. Great way to ruin your biz and your tip.

It was so ingrained in me that when someone asked for a Cabernet Sauvignon Blanc, I asked if they wanted the red or the white one, because there was no way I was correcting anyone, even if they ordered the karaoke (keoke) coffee, trout ala mode (almondine), or Ryesling (Riesling).

[galacticstone@mastodon.social]

@NudelnAlDente I lost count of the number of times I have refused to use a business because they have a Facebook, Instagram, or X/Twitter presence.

[dmtomas@mastodon.social]

@heafnerj @raganwald @NudelnAlDente I always have a thought, to replice some of them to lemonparty, goatsee or some other “internet safety basics visual learning tool” from the older ages - I never will, but I fantasise about it almost every time I’m in a place that pushes me to use qr codes….

[utf_7@mastodon.social]

@webidebi @NudelnAlDente sad thing is, too many people dont give a fuck to not use meta shit

[progo@boop.city]

@NudelnAlDente the proper response to this nonsense is a decisive and not quiet

"I cannot order from your menu that won't stay still on the TV." or
"I do not use Instagram."

and walk out without looking back.

[jschauma@mstdn.social]

@NudelnAlDente New coffee place opened up around the corner. Went in there, nobody pays me any attention, no obvious line to order, no cash register. I’m told I can scan a QR code to download an app to place an order. Walked across the street to next place instead.