• BeigeAgenda
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    5 months ago

    I use them but they are definitely made to be annoying.

    1. Start
    2. No I don’t use a mobile app
    3. Takeaway
    4. Burgers
    5. Big Mac menu
    6. Fries
    7. Cola
    8. Add to basket
    9. No I don’t want extra
    10. Pay
    11. No I don’t want extra
    12. Pay here
    13. Pay with credit card
    14. Finally pay
    15. Printer is not working
    16. Oh what was my number?
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        5 months ago

        That may be fine for regular customers, but what about the rest of us who don’t have the menu memorized?

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          The menu is 6 foot across, above the counter where you order, glowing, with pictures of each item and number next to it. Even someone who couldn’t read could order food using the normal system.

          I’ve literally ordered by signing a number with my fingers to indicate the item I wanted in a country where I don’t speak the language at a fast food franchise I’d never been to before.

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            The menu is 6 foot across, above the counter where you order, glowing, with pictures of each item and number next to it

            And changing pages while you’re trying to parse the cacophony of choices and options.

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              5 months ago

              Most menus are fixed paper with back lighting not changing displays, most of the places that have the new displays added them at the same time as the touch screen stations.

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          Then there’s more ‘uhm’ and ‘aah’ involved.