New restaurant QR rule has boomers raging, and plenty of other diners don't like it either

[1srelluc]

MSN

QR-only menus spread fast when restaurants wanted contactless service and fewer shared touchpoints. What began as a practical pandemic fix slowly hardened into a default rule at many tables.

That rule now annoys far more people than the early hype suggested. Recent Ipsos polling found that 58% wanted to go back to paper menus, while only 39% hoped QR-menu use would continue.

Older diners do react more negatively than younger ones, but they are not alone in the backlash. Restaurant Dive reported that 47% of consumers were uncomfortable using QR codes in restaurants, including 65% of people age 60 and older.

That means the real story is not boomers versus everyone else. It is a broader fight over whether a restaurant should make dinner easier or quietly turn the customer into part of the workflow.

People objected to screens at the table, clunky reading experiences, and the feeling that dinner was becoming work.

I've ran into that once and told the counter guy if you can't take my order like a human being I'll go someplace else that will.

 

[SaxonJackson]

More evidence that there was an ulterior motive for the so-called Plandemic. Like 9/11, it ushered in a sizeable expansion of government powers and moved everyone closer to the full-on, electronic, A.I. age.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

They're running out of people who can afford to dine out, so this exercise in stupidity will go away. It's not like they ever pass on cost savings to customers, so of course nobody wants to eat there.

 

[badbob85037]

MSN

QR-only menus spread fast when restaurants wanted contactless service and fewer shared touchpoints. What began as a practical pandemic fix slowly hardened into a default rule at many tables.

That rule now annoys far more people than the early hype suggested. Recent Ipsos polling found that 58% wanted to go back to paper menus, while only 39% hoped QR-menu use would continue.

Older diners do react more negatively than younger ones, but they are not alone in the backlash. Restaurant Dive reported that 47% of consumers were uncomfortable using QR codes in restaurants, including 65% of people age 60 and older.

That means the real story is not boomers versus everyone else. It is a broader fight over whether a restaurant should make dinner easier or quietly turn the customer into part of the workflow.

People objected to screens at the table, clunky reading experiences, and the feeling that dinner was becoming work.

I've ran into that once and told the counter guy if you can't take my order like a human being I'll go someplace else that will.

Same as a NO GUNS ALLOWED sign.

 

[1srelluc]

They're running out of people who can afford to dine out, so this exercise in stupidity will go away. It's not like they ever pass on cost savings to customers, so of course nobody wants to eat there.

I guess in states where there is a state mandated $15+ an hour wage they have to be more cost effective.

I don't know if making the customer do their work for them is the best way to go about it though.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

Same as a NO GUNS ALLOWED sign.

What? Lay off the meth.

 

[1srelluc]

Same as a NO GUNS ALLOWED sign.

Just take the pic I posted.....A menu is too "cluttering" but they set a fookin' potted plant and big-assed candle on your table?

Should have used that money for menus.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

I guess in states where there is a state mandated $15+ an hour wage they have to be more cost effective.

I don't know if making the customer do their work for them is the best way to go about it though.

If they can't pay a such a low minimum wage then they aren't doing enough business to justify hiring employees anyway.

 

[Seymour Flops]

If they can't pay a such a low minimum wage then they aren't doing enough business to justify hiring employees anyway.

They should just close and let the government open restaurants to take their place. Like Mamdani's Free grocery stores.

Government is much better at providing consumer goods and services, just ask any Cuban.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

They should just close and let the government open restaurants to take their place. Like Mamdani's Free grocery stores.

Government is much better at providing consumer goods and services, just ask any Cuban.

So? If liassez faire is good for the workers then let's try it out for corporations and their shareholders and owners. Do away with the 'limited liability' scam, and see how popular that is with the 'free market' fraudsters.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

So? If liassez faire is good for the workers then let's try it out for corporations and their shareholders and owners. Do away with the 'limited liability' scam, and see how popular that is with the 'free market' fraudsters.

I ate in govt. run messhalls in the 1960's and 70's. they worked very very well, feeding thousands. Few private restaurants could handle the load.

 

[airplanemechanic]

I'm a mystery shopper and I frequently go to restaurants and I always cringe at the thought of touching the menu. They did a study one time and found FECAL BACTERIA on a huge percentage of menus in restaurants that they tested.

A QR code is good enough for me.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

A. If you don't like it, go somewhere else. Starting a Karen Rampage just makes you look like the brainless fucktard you are.

B. If you want to "fight new tech", then find out who OWNS the place and write THEM. Don't start foaming at the mouth to the employees as they have NO CONTROL over what the company or owners do.

C. Nobody invited you there. You went of your own free will. So suck it up and deal with it, or go someplace else.

 

[odanny]

A. If you don't like it, go somewhere else. Starting a Karen Rampage just makes you look like the brainless fucktard you are.

B. If you want to "fight new tech", then find out who OWNS the place and write THEM. Don't start foaming at the mouth to the employees as they have NO CONTROL over what the company or owners do.

C. Nobody invited you there. You went of your own free will. So suck it up and deal with it, or go someplace else.

 

[LibertyWeeps]

Just stating the obvious.

 

[petro]

I'm a mystery shopper and I frequently go to restaurants and I always cringe at the thought of touching the menu. They did a study one time and found FECAL BACTERIA on a huge percentage of menus in restaurants that they tested.

A QR code is good enough for me.

Lol.
Well, that's definitely a sales point for QR menus.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Lol.
Well, that's definitely a sales point for QR menus.

I don't give two shits either way. I'm not required to touch the menu but since I can't memorize what they offer, I have to touch it. After doing so I always go wash my hands VERY well. Even touch screen menus were full of poop.

Key Findings on Menu Contamination:
High Bacterial Count: Menus can contain up to 185,000 bacteria per square centimeter, often more than a toilet seat.

Researchers Shocked at ‘How Much’ Poop They Found on McDonald’s Touchscreen Menus

A recent round of bacterial tests by Metro found faecal matter - poop - on McDonald's touchscreen menus across UK locations, prompting hygiene concern.

www.livekindly.com

The same problem with condiment bottles, salt and pepper shakers, etc.

 

[Winco]

MSN

QR-only menus spread fast when restaurants wanted contactless service and fewer shared touchpoints. What began as a practical pandemic fix slowly hardened into a default rule at many tables.

That rule now annoys far more people than the early hype suggested. Recent Ipsos polling found that 58% wanted to go back to paper menus, while only 39% hoped QR-menu use would continue.

Older diners do react more negatively than younger ones, but they are not alone in the backlash. Restaurant Dive reported that 47% of consumers were uncomfortable using QR codes in restaurants, including 65% of people age 60 and older.

That means the real story is not boomers versus everyone else. It is a broader fight over whether a restaurant should make dinner easier or quietly turn the customer into part of the workflow.

People objected to screens at the table, clunky reading experiences, and the feeling that dinner was becoming work.

I've ran into that once and told the counter guy if you can't take my order like a human being I'll go someplace else that will.

Beyond the BS of the previous posts.
Can you just get to the POINT of the QR code.

 

[Winco]

They're running out of people who can afford to dine out, so this exercise in stupidity will go away. It's not like they ever pass on cost savings to customers, so of course nobody wants to eat there.

Well, why do do suggest that these 'cafes' are empty.
ALL my favorite breakfast restaurants are still in business.

Hey EdwinAMartin , I can afford to dine out.
Sorry you can not.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

I'm a mystery shopper and I frequently go to restaurants and I always cringe at the thought of touching the menu. They did a study one time and found FECAL BACTERIA on a huge percentage of menus in restaurants that they tested.

A QR code is good enough for me.

Gee, then that means the rest of the restuarant, includimg the cooks, is also filthy. And you think the scans will suddenly make it all sanitary again?