>Things that make you instantly disregard a restaurant.
And no I'm not a boomer, just too damn annoying when they don't have an actual menu displayed anywhere else and this is the only option without having to ask the damn staff 20 questions.
>Things that make you instantly disregard a restaurant.
They are quite good when they are made with actual pictures of dishes.
Yeah I swore I’d never do that shit, and then I went to a restaurant that straight up didn’t have an option…the waitress offered to scan the menu for me and let me pick from her phone…and I was hungry so I just said fuck it and I was pleasantly surprised that I could see the food beforehand and customize it.
That's retarded too. I've found the best middle ground to be having one of those qr thingies on every table and also providing every waitress with a company tablet with pre-installed menu software they can give out to customers to choose from the menu.
It's not a deal breaker but they won't be getting a tip.
it's cool when they have an app that let you place orders directly from it.
especially in all you can eat restaurants when you usually order a lot of dishes
Sometimes I wonder how easy it would be to hack a phone by putting a sticker over these
Extremely easy
holy shit I might try that later. Will report back. Making the malicious qr code as we speak.
>Things that make you instantly disregard a restaurant.
When the staff comes around every 4 minutes to bug me about something. If the food wasn't right I'll flag you, if I need something I'll flag you. Don't come up to me when I have a mouth full of food or am in the middle of a conversation. Fuck you.
>The World-Famous Hooba Burger
>Your classic All-American burger, with a kickin' twist
>8 oz patti with lettuce, onions, and tomato AND slathered with our world-famous Hooba (tm) sauce
>$22
>includes pickle + chips
>substitute you bag of Lays chips with french fries for $5 extra
>or truffle fries, $7
When the food comes within 5 minutes after having ordered it.
Ads for beer or wine outside.
Wrong terminology on the menu, like using scampi instead of crayfish when it's crayfish. Serving rice+seafood and calling it paella. And so on. When I look at a menu I expect to get a clear idea of what I'm buying. Not a con art.
>When the food comes within 5 minutes after having ordered it.
W-what's wrong with this?
Nta but that makes it clear your food wasn’t made to order
Either it had been sitting ready just getting cold, or they’re just continually churning stuff out without taking anything to order
Is that bad? I always imagined a most of stuff is cooked beforehand and only assembled when the customer actually orders it.
Things like sauces, lasagna, stew etc that either take forever to cook or easily reheat are prepped beforehand, but you never want a shrimp scampi to be sitting around for a number of reasons. Some other things like food that's double fried is fine to be prepared ahead of time since letting it cool and recooking it is part of the appeal.
It really depends on what you order but most meals in a professional kitchen should cook in 10 minutes anyway
I'm ok with stuff being churned out like breakfast orders, bbq and gyros... or most mexicain food... but the more someone is charging me for good food and drinks the longer it generally should take to make. One of the best places in town (not a big town) can take up to 30 minutes for a meal because they make everything from scratch and it's fucking amazing.
Prep can cut a shitton of time. Sous vide steaks beforehand and just sear them when orders come in. you can also parfry food and soups and stews are obviously done beforehand.
It's bad because it means you got normieslop for brains and ordered one of the most popular items instead of being based and making the schizo pick that they make about 1x per month.
It's microwaved.
>order cocktail
>it arrives
>they keep asking me to order food
>I go with a salad and an entree
>three minutes pass
>plonk!
>the salad. already.
>two bites into the salad
>plonk!
>it’s the entree
>I’m not even halfway through my cocktail and I’ve got plates crowded around me
I hate that shit. I never return to such places. It’s like they’re trying to get rid of me.
>When the food comes within 5 minutes after having ordered it.
I never thought about this because I'm adult and make my own food. Do all those microwave chains delay the food on purpose for this reason?
>but what if someone doesn't have a smartphone
nagger everyone in the restaurant is using their smartphone before, during, and after the meal anyways
>but like i just don't want to
then share your boyfriend's phone
>no! on principal
then don't eat you idiot
very similar to and actual conversation i had with my friends gf. i don't like it either but learn to get on with the times and use dumb ass qr codes with the phone youre already holding, and stop being a whiny shit head.
>everyone in the restaurant is using their smartphone before, during, and after the meal anyways
You're a shit person who associates with shitty people
Some people have a modicum of class and dignity and know better than to play on the phone during a meal at a restaurant. QR menus are unacceptable precisely because it encourages the people I'm with to act like subhumans like you
>everyone in the restaurant is using their smartphone before, during, and after the meal anyways
not me.
No. I have never owned a smart phone and I’m in my late thirties. A flip phone is enough for calls and text. I don’t need to be connected to the Internet or other people’s retarded social media bullshit at all times. The Internet is for use at a desktop PC. Being plugged in 24/7 is really making people insane and retarded.
You're already insane and retarded thoughbeoverit
>thoughbeoverit
Is this zoomer slang? Of course I’m insane and retarded just like everyone else who posts on this hellsite, but that doesn’t negate the fact that being permanently connected to the Internet is ruining people.
Anyone carrying around a device to record their movements and every conversation is absolutely retarded by default.
My phone's camera is dogshit and sometimes can't pull up a menu off a QR code, it made some meals during covid awkward when I had to borrow someone's phone.
If you do this shit I WILL frequent your business regularly and offer genuine praise on the ecologically sound and convenient practice
please have a nice day you trashy freak
Monetary cost is a function of energy cost which is a direct function of ecological cost.
The more something costs the worse it is for the environment.
>dime a dozen burger joint
>"our story"
>don't have an actual menu
so far I have never seen a restaurant that did not have a menu.
when a restaurant has greasy laminated menu sheets they never fucking clean
scan the fucking code bitch, or ask the staff to do it.
There was a restaurant that opened near where I work that was entirely phone/qr code based and it didn’t even last six months
boomers are more likely to spend more $$ in restaurants so if you alienate them with this kind of shit your chance of surviving is low
Any place that claims to be "award-winning" but either can't really name what it is or it's some obscure bullshit like "voted as a top 5 place in the city a decade ago".
>trusting other people with your food
>not just getting the chicken fingers when forced into this situation
You know I would imagine this violates laws about not listing prices in lots of places. I think Australia they actually have to post the full menu outside the restaurant.
>I think Australia they actually have to post the full menu outside the restaurant.
Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
Australia, Europe, certain US states have consumer laws stating that yes, prices MUST be clearly displayed to the public and is in no way deceptive. But that's regarding shit like items on supermarket shelves in retail situations not menus or restaurants.
I'm fairly certain that in europe all prices must be clearly indicated in restaurants. At least that's the case in switzerland, france and germany
>I'm not a boomer but [NOOOOO NOT THE TECHNOLOGY]
What is it about 30-40 year old burnouts that makes them act like senile old fags literally twice their age?
Knowledge and experience. We understand technology and how it is being used against you; like the holocough for example.
Good luck to everyone that has social media records of being homosexual when society starts healing.
Any place that doesn’t serve alcohol, but then charges you for BYOB. Get a liquor license or don’t have the option at all you israelite.
>look up the menu online
>the website is some flash abomination (or its post-flash equivalent)
>the menu is a 200mb PDF
>despite its size is has no pictures of the meals
>separate page for lunch specials that comes up on google but isn't reachable from their website
>no prices anywhere
I didn't bring my phone, could i have a menu?
Why do children use boomer as an insult? I always sided with the boomers in my NV runs
Toobeehonest I'm sick of this "boomer/zoomer" shit. Remember when we were all anon and on the same level?