Dear restaurant owners:We ALL hate the QR code menu.
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@cmconseils Luckily I don't eat out anywhere where this is the case. Do the QR codes give them your phone # or any identifying info?
@entichahoosh
The QR code is usually a lazy way to direct you to the menu on the website. In some cases you can actually place an order via this website.Unless you provide extra information or worse install a new app and allow it to access everything, the restaurant will not know your name or phone number.
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@caboolture
A printed menu is physically larger than the screen of my smartphone and therefore much easier to navigate.
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@cmconseils@mastodon.social especially in restaurants with poor cell reception (no I don't want to connect to your shady WiFi hotspot)
@louis
Especially in busy places neither will work.
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@timrichards
Exactly. When you choose to eat at a restaurant you just want to put the phones away.
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@jwi
To me those feel like they should be two entirely different concepts not to be found in the same place.
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@harrysentonbury @lydiaconwell @cmconseils that's actually a pretty common #scam:
- #FakeShops using #Typosquatting-Domains!
It's called #Quishing (#QRcode + #Phishing)Or as we say in #Germany:
"Get #Klöckner'd!" (aka. get #phished!)…
https://taz.de/Angriff-via-Signal/!6174144/#Phishing #ITsec #InfoSec #OpSec #ComSec #QRcodes #Enshittification
@kkarhan I like "Klöckner'd!" @harrysentonbury @cmconseils
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@jwi
To me those are two different restaurants.I always prefer a printed menu because it provides a way better overview than the small screen of my phone.
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@cmconseils (given the amount of attention this is given, I should mention it's taken from reddit somewhere)

@grumpydad @cmconseils qr code for wifi are pretty neat
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@RealGlob @mkoek @otte_homan @lydiaconwell @cmconseils yes.
Also you can #quish the shit out of those.
https://c.im/@kkarhan/116480051184201482@kkarhan @RealGlob @mkoek @otte_homan @cmconseils
This is all too brilliant! I guess you can eat at a restaurant, take a photo of the QR code, then periodically order food to that same table while you're somewhere else far away.
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@kkarhan @RealGlob @mkoek @otte_homan @cmconseils
This is all too brilliant! I guess you can eat at a restaurant, take a photo of the QR code, then periodically order food to that same table while you're somewhere else far away.
@lydiaconwell @RealGlob @mkoek @otte_homan @cmconseils
Kinda reminds me of the #Barcode to unlock the gates at the #SelfServiceCheckout at #REWE...
- I did test it (obviously I did pay for what I bought!) and it just worked.
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@hellomiakoda @lydiaconwell@todon.nl @cmconseils oh so THAT'S the "secret menu"!
@catmisgivings @hellomiakoda @cmconseils A QR menu that describes the meals as they really are:
"A disappointing, dry endeavour, drowned in a sickly but otherwise tasteless sauce!"
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@grumpydad @cmconseils qr code for wifi are pretty neat
@replicajune @cmconseils For a helpful reply, see the above diagram

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Dear restaurant owners:
We ALL hate the QR code menu.
Stop.
-everyone@cmconseils especially those ones that point to a single Facebook page.
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@cmconseils especially those ones that point to a single Facebook page.
@ppxl true
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Dear restaurant owners:
We ALL hate the QR code menu.
Stop.
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@ecoscore @lydiaconwell @cmconseils Are you trying to make it unreadable, or readable but with different data in it? Because QR Code is going to insist on much more than a handful of dots for the first, and a sizable proportion of all of them for the second. Just look at the pattern differences between adjacent tables
(Assuming the case where it includes your table number)
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Dear restaurant owners:
We ALL hate the QR code menu.
Stop.
-everyone@cmconseils I like ordering online but the menus they link to, to order from, are so unbelievably shitty and bad UX. Much better overview with the worn and bent cardboard rag.
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@grumpydad @cmconseils qr code for wifi are pretty neat
@grumpydad @cmconseils @replicajune Yeah.
QR code should not be the primary way to access something.Your menu should be a physical menu and the QR Code should help people access the digital version, not to force your digital version to the users.
If you have a printed poster with an URL, please put a small QR code next to it. Not to replace the URL, to complete it.
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Dear restaurant owners:
We ALL hate the QR code menu.
Stop.
-everyone@cmconseils I love the QR code menu! It's great for my access needs, especially when it lets me stay outside the restaurant and eat outdoors.
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Dear restaurant owners:
We ALL hate the QR code menu.
Stop.
-everyone@cmconseils le bar dans lequel on va avec les copaings a deux caractéristiques principales :
- il est dans un vieux bâtiment historique eb semi cave avec des murs ultra épais et donc 0 réseau mobile
- des QR code en guise de carte
le combo du siècle