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Newark airport was practically cashless 8 years ago - ordered and paid for for your drink via touchpads at each bar seat location 
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Getting a bit fed up with modern trends.  For example using QR codes for menus in restaurants etc.  Was in Manchester Airport recently.  Had some English cash I wanted to spend before coming back to  the EIRE.  Was hungry. So decided to have a meal and a pint at the airport. and get rid of cash,. Perfect.

Sat down.  Called waitress over . Can I have a menu please?  Was informed I have to use the qr code to see the menu.  Then when I decided what I wanted told her.  ''Oh no I can't take your order you have to download an app and order on that''. I told her I want to pay cash.  ''We dont accept cash''. f**k sake.  So download said app and the thing wouldnt work to take my payment for some reason.

So then had to tell the waitress the app isnt taking payment she informs me she doesnt know what to do.  So calls the manager over. 

f**k that sh*te.  Just take my order FFS and let me pay however the f**k I want.Angry

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These systems were introduced due to a thing called Covid - You may be familiar with it...!

So they will get rid now then I take it?
Nah these systems in long before covid.
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Originally posted by King_Kenny King_Kenny wrote:

Originally posted by Badgersboys9 Badgersboys9 wrote:

Originally posted by Borussia Borussia wrote:

Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

Getting a bit fed up with modern trends.  For example using QR codes for menus in restaurants etc.  Was in Manchester Airport recently.  Had some English cash I wanted to spend before coming back to  the EIRE.  Was hungry. So decided to have a meal and a pint at the airport. and get rid of cash,. Perfect.

Sat down.  Called waitress over . Can I have a menu please?  Was informed I have to use the qr code to see the menu.  Then when I decided what I wanted told her.  ''Oh no I can't take your order you have to download an app and order on that''. I told her I want to pay cash.  ''We dont accept cash''. f**k sake.  So download said app and the thing wouldnt work to take my payment for some reason.

So then had to tell the waitress the app isnt taking payment she informs me she doesnt know what to do.  So calls the manager over. 

f**k that sh*te.  Just take my order FFS and let me pay however the f**k I want.Angry

90s take me back.

These systems were introduced due to a thing called Covid - You may be familiar with it...!

So they will get rid now then I take it?
Nah these systems in long before covid.

Which they were - But the onset of Covid made them a lot more widespread.
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II dont like the newish McDonalds system.   In the past you waited and paid at the counter and got food put on your tray instantly and off you went.

Now they encourage you to use the screens to order and pay with card and then then you get a raffle umber and it seems to take ages for your food to come as yes the payment might be quicker but the lads making the burgers cant make tgem quick enough to keep up so there is always a  backlog.
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Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

II dont like the newish McDonalds system.   In the past you waited and paid at the counter and got food put on your tray instantly and off you went.

Now they encourage you to use the screens to order and pay with card and then then you get a raffle umber and it seems to take ages for your food to come as yes the payment might be quicker but the lads making the burgers cant make tgem quick enough to keep up so there is always a  backlog.





It's a much better system for McDonald's IMO. McDonald's used to be a disaster when you tried to order a plain burger or a burger without certain things on it when you ordered at the counter. Now, you can select exactly what you want on it. Great system.
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Pros and cons to many of the things. 
The menu things are handy at times you know what's on the full drinks menu for example and you also don't have to wait on a waiter. But then if you are ordering for multiple people at a time then your spending a lot of your time on the phone. 

The McDonald's waiting around for 10 minutes after ordering for a happy meal trying not to get in the way can also be annoying but then the ability to custom the burger to your choosing and that you don't have to deal with a queue generally are positives. 
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Originally posted by Newryrep Newryrep wrote:

Newark airport was practically cashless 8 years ago - ordered and paid for for your drink via touchpads at each bar seat location 

that was probably an outlier as back then it commonplace in america for you to have to sign receipts after swiping your card. i couldn't get over the fact when i went to the states 5 years ago they didn't have chip and pin or contactless. i believe that has changed or is about to change.

agree with posters though re scanning QR codes for menus. a right pain in the hole it is. came across one place a few months back that had paper menus behind the till for customers who were unable to scan the QR codes.
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Originally posted by The Huntacha The Huntacha wrote:

Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

II dont like the newish McDonalds system.   In the past you waited and paid at the counter and got food put on your tray instantly and off you went.

Now they encourage you to use the screens to order and pay with card and then then you get a raffle umber and it seems to take ages for your food to come as yes the payment might be quicker but the lads making the burgers cant make tgem quick enough to keep up so there is always a  backlog.





It's a much better system for McDonald's IMO. McDonald's used to be a disaster when you tried to order a plain burger or a burger without certain things on it when you ordered at the counter. Now, you can select exactly what you want on it. Great system.
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to add i hate queueing, no time for it. went into a mcdonalds in scotland recently where you could pre-order your meal on an app and it'd be ready when you arrived. 
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Originally posted by The Huntacha The Huntacha wrote:

Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

II dont like the newish McDonalds system.   In the past you waited and paid at the counter and got food put on your tray instantly and off you went.

Now they encourage you to use the screens to order and pay with card and then then you get a raffle umber and it seems to take ages for your food to come as yes the payment might be quicker but the lads making the burgers cant make tgem quick enough to keep up so there is always a  backlog.


It's a much better system for McDonald's IMO. McDonald's used to be a disaster when you tried to order a plain burger or a burger without certain things on it when you ordered at the counter. Now, you can select exactly what you want on it. Great system.

You also don't get fat shamed ordering off a screen LOL
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Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

Originally posted by Newryrep Newryrep wrote:

Newark airport was practically cashless 8 years ago - ordered and paid for for your drink via touchpads at each bar seat location 

that was probably an outlier as back then it commonplace in america for you to have to sign receipts after swiping your card. i couldn't get over the fact when i went to the states 5 years ago they didn't have chip and pin or contactless. i believe that has changed or is about to change.

agree with posters though re scanning QR codes for menus. a right pain in the hole it is. came across one place a few months back that had paper menus behind the till for customers who were unable to scan the QR codes.

Was over there recently. Still have to sign paper receipts and majoritynof the time tapping didnt work. Had to use chip and pin.
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In Tescos you can scan as you go. Then go to the designated till. Scan the scanner and pay by card. Really speeds up the shop. Save time by only putting stuff into trolley once. And no queues for then tills. 

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Question for tech heads. 

I’m on my holidays. I tried to watch the Pats game on RTE news app but got a message saying “not available to watch in your location”. I switched off the wifi on my phone and it worked on 4G. Turned the wifi back on and it still worked. 

I noticed before that Paddy Power won’t work with wifi but will work with 4G. 

What is the reason for this? Seems ridiculous.
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Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

Originally posted by Newryrep Newryrep wrote:

Newark airport was practically cashless 8 years ago - ordered and paid for for your drink via touchpads at each bar seat location 

that was probably an outlier as back then it commonplace in america for you to have to sign receipts after swiping your card. i couldn't get over the fact when i went to the states 5 years ago they didn't have chip and pin or contactless. i believe that has changed or is about to change.

agree with posters though re scanning QR codes for menus. a right pain in the hole it is. came across one place a few months back that had paper menus behind the till for customers who were unable to scan the QR codes.

Was over there recently. Still have to sign paper receipts and majoritynof the time tapping didnt work. Had to use chip and pin.

The reason for that is so the bartender or server can get a tip. 
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Originally posted by FrankosHereNow FrankosHereNow wrote:

Question for tech heads. 

I’m on my holidays. I tried to watch the Pats game on RTE news app but got a message saying “not available to watch in your location”. I switched off the wifi on my phone and it worked on 4G. Turned the wifi back on and it still worked. 

I noticed before that Paddy Power won’t work with wifi but will work with 4G. 

What is the reason for this? Seems ridiculous.

They are using GEO location.

Your wifi will have a local IP in whatever place your in but your 4G will be connecting from an IP in Ireland.
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I have a vpn but still can't watch RTE on the laptop? Any tips around that?
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Originally posted by horsebox horsebox wrote:

Originally posted by FrankosHereNow FrankosHereNow wrote:

Question for tech heads. 

I’m on my holidays. I tried to watch the Pats game on RTE news app but got a message saying “not available to watch in your location”. I switched off the wifi on my phone and it worked on 4G. Turned the wifi back on and it still worked. 

I noticed before that Paddy Power won’t work with wifi but will work with 4G. 

What is the reason for this? Seems ridiculous.

They are using GEO location.

Your wifi will have a local IP in whatever place your in but your 4G will be connecting from an IP in Ireland.

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