On tipping.

[drhowarddrfine]

Restaurant found skimming CC" she turned to me and said "Oh. Now I get it

I read a guy was shot dead in a restaurant. That's why I'll never eat at one.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

Even in Canada they use mobile CC readers that they bring to th table.

I'm seeing those more lately. I also see a pay machine that sits at your table. The server isn't involved at all

 

[astyle]

Some bars do take the credit card away from you to open a tab, some don't. To me, that is generally a minor detail. If the service is good, courteous, and prompt, I'm actually OK with weird procedures. As long as my overall experience is not crappy, esp. over something stupid, I'm OK with whatever, as long as it's handled in a timely fashion. Sometimes, a weird dining detail makes for a memorable experience.

 

[mer]

I read a guy was shot dead in a restaurant. That's why I'll never eat at one.

Ha. I'm guessing yolu never drive a car because someone got in an accident in one.

When the news story is about a local restaurant that you ate at last week, it hits differently.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

I'm actually OK with weird procedures.

It's not weird. The credit card machine is part of a cash register of sorts or a standalone machine. Bringing a handheld device to the table is a relatively new thing. If a restaurant wants to do that, they have to spend money to get one and most restaurants are loathe to spend money unnecessarily.

 

[tembun]

tembun If only we knew what movie that was.

Damn, sorry It's Reservoir Dogs (1992) by Quentin Tarantino.

 

[tembun]

Is the person David Bennent? TY

It's Steve Buscemi.

 

[astyle]

It's not weird. The credit card machine is part of a cash register of sorts or a standalone machine. Bringing a handheld device to the table is a relatively new thing. If a restaurant wants to do that, they have to spend money to get one and most restaurants are loathe to spend money unnecessarily.

I call it weird when I don't see it coming. Sometimes a restaurant actually has signage at the door, like "Hey, we take Square payments". They used to have Visa/Mastercard/AmEx stickers at the door back when payments with plastic was a rather new thing. Point being, if there's a relatively new method of taking payment that a place has adopted, most places would bother to inform the customer, rather than hitting them out of the blue with something unusual. Some places do have their act together and do it better than others.

A restaurant can have all the latest tech and great food, but if they don't have their act together, that doesn't bode well for them getting my money.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

Like most hings people seem to care about, I don't pay attention to such signs on the door or what method they use to take my card. All I care about is the food, its presentation and the ambience. How they charge my card means nothing to me and I just don't care.

 

[astyle]

Like most hings people seem to care about, I don't pay attention to such signs on the door or what method they use to take my card. All I care about is the food, its presentation and the ambience. How they charge my card means nothing to me and I just don't care.

I'd think that happens when the shop has its whole act together. Small details stop mattering at that point.

Meaning, if the food is great, service is courteous and prompt, and they have their act together about taking the payment - it actually doesn't matter if I pay with cash, plastic, or phone. But if food/service/ambience are meh, so-so, then payment details start mattering, the shop better have its act together, and being up-to-date very well can end up being their saving grace.