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[–] Sc00ter@lemm.ee 65 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I went to a restaurant recently that asked me to pay my bill with the QR code on the tablet. Scanned it, and the first thing it did was ask for my phone number to verify my "account" by sending me a code.

The server didn't understand that I wasn't going to do that, and they needed to run my credit card like normal or I wasn't paying.

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh man. If I need to download an app to pay for a meal I'm never going back to that place again.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

usually just the website, but yes, I agree.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm like: "I only have a work phone, I can't do things like that on it."

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Whip out your decoy Nokia 7110 instead.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I talked my way out of a parking ticket once. the machines were offline, and the only sticker for the app was knee level on the side. I argued a smart phone should not be a requirement to park your car here, meter cop tore the ticket up right then.

[–] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

That's why in some ways I don't mind that my country still pays for mobile data, because I just don't even bother at restaurants anymore "oh, I've run out of data, I can't scan that, here's my money"

Because of how severely covid lock downs hit our state, every single restaurant I've been to in the last 5 years has used a QR code to order and pay.

I have allergies, so this means I mostly just order black coffee when it's QR only.

I'm not giving you all of my personal details for an overpriced $5 black coffee. The result is that I sit there with my friends, fiddling my thumbs, not buying anything.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

But what's the big deal? It's just an account, sir. Everyone does it. It doesn't mean anything.

These are the thoughts of people who truly have no idea what's going on in the world, and those people are abundant.