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sksksk ◴[] No.27673432[source]
When they work well, they're really good, but when they work badly, they're _really_ bad.

The other week, I went for dinner at a place that had a online ordering system. My experience was as follows...

Arrive at the table, scan the QR code

No phone signal in the restaurant, so I need to connect to the wifi.

Connect to the wifi, get a captive portal

Need to put my phone number in to connect to the wifi; there is no signal, so I need to go outside, to receieve the confirmation code.

Connected to the wifi, scan the code again, choose my food.

Go to pay, need to register an account

Put my email address in, I already have an account on this food ordering service!?

Do a password reset

Put in my credit card details (why not use apple pay?).

This whole time, we're sat at a table, in theory to meet friends, but we've spent the first 15 minutes all glued to our phones!

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1. stemlord ◴[] No.27675397[source]
The only QR related issue here is lack of signal, everything else is irrelevant
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2. the__alchemist ◴[] No.27675444[source]
You shouldn't need internet connectivity or a smart phone to view the menu.
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3. stemlord ◴[] No.27676015[source]
Agreed
4. stryker7001 ◴[] No.27707677[source]
Why? its 2021. Everything is connected. You're on a hacker website.
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5. stemlord ◴[] No.27767268{3}[source]
Not everything is online and many things that are were better off when they weren't.