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

[wolphin8@mastodon.social]

@cmconseils I make them get me a menu... saying that scams using QR codes are common, so will not scan them.

[timsk@mastodon.social]

@cmconseils there seem to be lots of people agreeing with you, but I don't dislike it, at least at the places I go.

FWIW I _can_ browse the menu without starting an order, and I have the option of going to the bar and ordering instead of I want to.

But they're not asking me to install Yet Another Goddam App, and I'm paying with the same bank card that I would use at the bar anyway so there's very little difference in terms of privacy. What's not to like?

[legit_spaghetti@mastodo.neoliber.al]

@cmconseils Dear everyone STOP Received your telegram STOP Instructions understood STOP Will replace QR code menu with bar code menu STOP Appreciate your patronage STOP Signed the Restaurants

[louis@social.louis-vallat.dev]

@cmconseils@mastodon.social especially in restaurants with poor cell reception (no I don't want to connect to your shady WiFi hotspot)

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@cmconseils dumbest shit ever

[hellomiakoda@pdx.social]

@lydiaconwell @cmconseils
️ A QR code that takes one to an alternative, more honest copy of the menu, with identical aesthetic.

[realglob@mastodon.social]

@mkoek @otte_homan @lydiaconwell @cmconseils wait a minute since most of them are static just take a picture of one and then wait for someone to sit there and then scan the code, join their menu, and put them into crippling debt. Funny pranks to do to your worst enemy.

[dukeduke@mastodon.social]

@cmconseils I've never even heard of such an abomination before now. I've also never scanned a QR code, so I guess I'd go hungry if faced with this as my only option. 🤬

[catmisgivings@stranger.social]

@hellomiakoda @lydiaconwell@todon.nl @cmconseils oh so THAT'S the "secret menu"!

[rodolforg@mastodon.online]

@cmconseils Oh, I thought this hate I share was Brasil only.

[catmisgivings@stranger.social]

@caboolture @cmconseils less hygenic! Phone screens are full of germs!

[caffeinatedbookdragon@nerdculture.de]

@cmconseils When we did our relaunch, my location had qr codes on stickers in the bowling area & concessions lobby. They worked fine for the kitchen, but the bar had no clue where the drinks were going or who ordered them, and if they wanted popcorn or cokes from the concessions, that never printed out anywhere. So we would have to get them to open up their order so we could see what they'd pay for, write it down, and go get it.

Our system was terrible; we hated it because we knew most were using it just to avoid tipping the bartender or us servers (and some folks don't tip anyway, so it was like "whatever"). The owners kept saying they were fixing them for months, but when the kids just started peeling the QR stickers off and playing with them, managers didn't replace them anymore & they all disappeared in a couple weeks. Nobody complained, not even the customers because they were tired of it taking twice as long to get their orders.

[zetasyanthis@dragon.style]

@cmconseils I was at the airport on Friday and tried one of the QR code menus. Ended up giving up since it was a total failure of a website and went somewhere else.

[helenpdesigns@mstdn.plus]

@cmconseils agreed with that I hate trying to scan QR codes with my new expensive phone for some reason it seems to just take a photo rather than scan it properly

[culturednyc@mastodon.social]

@cmconseils

all of us

[robot@wetdry.world]

@cmconseils I actually like the qr menus, at least as an option (important part: "as an option"), if its an actual page on the restaurants actual website that is just an actual menu.

[felichsdakatze@mastodon.social]

@timsk @cmconseils

Living in a country where the dominant language is not my own, most often the codes open a webpage which I can easily translate, which is very useful when there are choices and options of the same dish.

As soon as a code takes me to an app install, suddenly my phone has "issues" and we go back to staff service.

[npars01@mstdn.social]

@cmconseils

The requirement to give up your privacy to buy a coffee is here.

The requirement to share your personal information with a restaurant before you order is here.

The requirement to use a loyalty card to buy a smoothie at McDonald's instead of cash is here.

Ubiquitous Computing becomes Ubiquitous Surveillance.

QR codes are a data brokers' dream.

[lrt_writes@mstdn.party]

@cmconseils not just the QR code menu, but also the one that must be downloaded to view...so annoying

[carstenfranke@mastodon.social]

@cmconseils the Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis took decisive action when their restaurant switched to qr codes

Walker Art Center cuts ties with Cardamom after restaurant launches QR code ordering, eliminates staff

The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis says it is terminating its relationship with Cardamom restaurant after its management group decided to replace staff positions with QR codes.

(www.cbsnews.com)