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do you guys just mean near-field communications?

idk anything that requires both merchant and customer adoption is going to have growth struggles, and will basically be a middleman once restaurants adopt EMV terminals (which are generally brought to the table).

― Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:38 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Turns out this uses the contactless stuff which is already everywhere in the UK, so it's off to a winner here

― stet, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:39 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

xpthe fact that the waiter can literally just drop the check off and leave and then you can pay and leave is pretty time-saving on both ends. Although I guess a reader isn't that much more time-consuming for the waiter.

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:40 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya those lil terminals thatre brought to the table (really terrible experience btw from a dining perspective imo) are everywhere in the world except USA, agree w hurting that the code on the check is a way better solution

I see that OpenTable is going to support ApplePay, which means that many restaurants will be able to start using it soon.

be curious to see how it all plays out, obvs this stuff has to be universal to really work you cant have any sort of siloed platforms like square or apple play and have it achieve any sort of ubiquity, has to work for everyone regardless which type of phone or app theyre using

prob end up w the banks/credit card companies owning the space once the technology gets sorted out

restaurants aren't really the prime use-case for NFC though? shaving seconds off a transaction is not really what it's about in a restaurant.

I disagree: waiter brings check, walks away, you pay it, waive him back, he walks away with it, you wait for him to come back so you can leave tip on your card, he comes back, you leave tip, you leave. Can easily be five minutes or more in a busy restaurant. That's not only the customer's time but time the table is tied up.

qr code on check cld shave like 15mins off!

or more!

also if it made it easy to split the check my lord!

Like this blue sky thinking

most of those card machines have a way to input the tip directly, though, right? waiter brings machine, you stick card in, type PIN, enter tip amount, press enter, hand it back to the waiter, waiter waits a few seconds, receipt comes out, he hands it to you, done. doing that contactlessly doesn't really help.

contactless really comes into its own in a busy sandwich shop. in the UK it's already kind of weird when shops don't accept contactless cards.

that said, not sure why a phone would be easier than a card...

fucking w those lil machines while the waiter hovers is such a major fn downer my lord what an unchill way to cap off a meal they shd pay u

"would you like to split it folks or" *conversation about slitting the bill ensues*

contrast with waiter sliding the bill onto the table "thanks a lot"

otm

those machines pair perfectly w/canadian passive aggression btw

i prefer a machine to those assholes who order 10 drinks and then insist that everyone splits the bill equally

code on check can solve all these problems tho

everyone scans the code, selects the dishes they ate, and its over

prefer a machine to those assholes who order 10 drinks and then insist that everyone splits the bill equally

― Nhex, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 2:52 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

most bars don't serve machines yet
oh, but someday, they will

assholes already machines iirc

xp ohhh i didn't understand that about the QR code. ok that makes a lot of sense

an asshole eating machine, good for business, good for america

xp ohhh i didn't understand that about the QR code. ok that makes a lot of sense

― Nhex, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 3:00 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk if thats how it works now but its not hard to imagine it will soon, i know there are apps that already do that

I just bought a mountain dew from the vending machine using my iphone

was working in a coworking space for a bit that had a self serve snack bar where i wld often buy diet cokes w my iphone

using this app http://mycheckapp.com

everyone scans the code, selects the dishes they ate, and its over

― lag∞n, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 7:55 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sounds chill, everyone tapping at their phones for awhile to round it all off

that said i did not realize the part about QR codes, i guess that could be good

but it has nothing to do with NFC afaict

no that would just use the apple pay app, not the nfc thing.

its true it has nothing to do w nfc

the technologies dont matter tho

Honestly it's a lot more chill than "Okay, so you got the appetizers, and we didn't have drinks" or just having your boozehounds friends be like "So should we just split it evenly?"

sounds chill, everyone tapping at their phones for awhile to round it all off

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:00 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

says the advocate of people tapping at a far less user friendly device that requires the support of a waiter smdh so mad at u rite now

true but it's awesome when they bring that thing out, it's like you're living on battlestar galactica or something - "now be off with you"

lol

Getting the check/paying at restaurants is long overdue for some sort of technology upgrade. Around here, it can add 20 minutes to getting out of the damn place. You would think it would be in the restaurant's best interest to turn over customers quicker.

I really just want robot servers.

I probably posted this here or in another thread, but my brother when he was a little little kid had what I thought was an ingenious idea: a restaurant where the kitchen is on the lower level, and the middle of each table has a sort of electronic dumbwaiter elevator with an animatronic puppet server -- it takes your order then goes down to the kitchen and gets it, then at the end gives you the check and takes your money.

I've been to places where you order off an iPad

blade_runner.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XEbPTqg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/iVOq3D8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/12I4lHw.png

hah nice

Stole that from another thread *cough*.

I've been to places where you order off an iPad

― 龜, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:42 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

blade_runner.jpg

― lag∞n, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:43 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

It was a hot pot place

So you'd put in how much raw meat or fish or veggies or w/e you wanted, big order small order

Beer etc.

You could order throughout the meal

Pretty tight tbh

you know all the food you ate was 3-D printed on spec, right

i am amazed that US still does the signature thing... it is the most useless ceremony... everyone knows it too. just bizarre