I don't think I've ever had a good experience with it. Hypothetically, I could imagine one, but it winds up taking waaaay longer to order than if I was talking to a person at a counter.
QR codes are awesome. In china they're used for everything. Renting a sharebike, paying at the store, ordering at restaurants and bars, getting virus tested, adding weixin contacts, checking in to the pandemic control system when you arrive at the airport or train station of another city, using a massage chair in a shitty half-abandoned mall and so on and so on
just because the Chinese use them doesn't mean they're good. QR codes are a great way of giving a robot information but for humans something they can actually read without having a phone on them is best
they're not only for reading things, they're for stuff that your hpone does. scan the table in a restaurant, phone brings up a menu to order from. scan by the convenience store counter, phone brings up a payment prompt (weixinfu/zhifubao). access your virus control app, bring up a qr code on your screen, and the virus test staff can scan it to get all your ID info and register you as getting tested. easy quick and useful.
I wouldn't scan a random code on a printed sheet of paper taped to a lamppost tho
I have never scanned a QR code on my phone and I never will
Every restaurant makes you do it now :sadness-abysmal:
I don't think I've ever had a good experience with it. Hypothetically, I could imagine one, but it winds up taking waaaay longer to order than if I was talking to a person at a counter.
They're great for ordering faster than the other 4 people you went to lunch with so you get your food first :meow-coffee:
QR codes are awesome. In china they're used for everything. Renting a sharebike, paying at the store, ordering at restaurants and bars, getting virus tested, adding weixin contacts, checking in to the pandemic control system when you arrive at the airport or train station of another city, using a massage chair in a shitty half-abandoned mall and so on and so on
just because the Chinese use them doesn't mean they're good. QR codes are a great way of giving a robot information but for humans something they can actually read without having a phone on them is best
its pretty useful if you don't want to type in long numbers for making a simple payment.
they're not only for reading things, they're for stuff that your hpone does. scan the table in a restaurant, phone brings up a menu to order from. scan by the convenience store counter, phone brings up a payment prompt (weixinfu/zhifubao). access your virus control app, bring up a qr code on your screen, and the virus test staff can scan it to get all your ID info and register you as getting tested. easy quick and useful.
I wouldn't scan a random code on a printed sheet of paper taped to a lamppost tho
Why? Those are the best ones.
but I don't want to bring my phone to restaurants as I do not wish to be contactable while I eat
how do you pay though? cash?
Card?
card mostly but also cash if I have it