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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 08:03:24 JST AI6YR Ben

   BEFORE last year at the school's cafeteria:

   1. Chat with the nice lady behind the counter, ask her how she's doing
   2. Discuss what's good today, what kind of sandwich I should order
   3. Order sandwich, lady makes it for me. Asks me what various items I might want, and if that's enough of whatever ingredient
   4. Finishes making sandwich, smiles and tells me good day

   REPLACED BY:

   1. Must load app
   2. Must select food on app. No indication what the food looks like or what is good.
   3. All ingredients must be selected beforehand
   4. Must pay with app
   5. Order gets transmitted behind a wall to kitchen worker (nice lady was fired, replaced with cheapest worker they could find. That worker to no doubt be replaced as convenient.)
   6. At some point, order is done. App notifies you it is done
   7. Food appears in window, no human interaction... never see or talk to anonymous human behind the wall.

   😡

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     CrazyDogLadySezPEACE (heartofcoyote@neuromatch.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Apr-2026 05:31:33 JST CrazyDogLadySezPEACE

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     @ai6yr Tried a new-to-us restaurant last night. It had the QR code in a little stand at the table for ordering. Ugh. Went ahead & looked at the menus on our phones to select the food, but when the server came by & I asked about combining our orders on one bill, she said we could order from her & she actually preferred that to help her be sure we got what we wanted. They’ll bring paper menus if you ask, too.

     Where I *would* like to see the QR code used is to pay for parking. The county garage spits out a ticket with a QR code printed on it, but then after the show or whatever, everyone has to stand in line to pay at a machine. 🙄 If they can put the QR code on the ticket, why can’t it be used to pay for parking?

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 11-Apr-2026 05:31:33 JST AI6YR Ben

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     • CrazyDogLadySezPEACE

     @Heartofcoyote LOL so there's been a long running QR code scam re:parking

     https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/09/19/fake-qr-code-scam-parking/75294446007/