• Jaimesmith@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    If I need a login, location access, and a blood oath just to see the burger price, I’m eating somewhere else.

  • yoriaiko@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 days ago

    Some should put a norm to ignore all that shit and make them go bankrupt in 2 weeks no more. Some next restaurant may learn.

    That stupidity exists only, because customers allows that.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Worse, those meal services like Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, Home Chef…

    “What are your meals like? I have specific dietary needs and preferences.”

    “Subscribe to our service to find out!”

  • Kaligalis@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    When they try to make me jump through hoops I just give my money to someone else or throw a substitute burger into the air fryer.

  • St.Elsewhere@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    I’m finding this happening in person as well. Why does your restaurant refuse to list prices on the menu, tv menu screen, and take out menus? This is fast food, not fine dining. Why are you hiding this from your customers?? I just want tacos!

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I go to a restaurant, I see the price for food, I ask for the food, I eat it, I pay for the food, then I leave.

    If I can’t do any of those things when I go out to eat … I’m not staying or eating at this restaurant.

    • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      I won’t bother making the trip if they don’t have an online menu easily viewed by clicking on a button or as the default page. Gotta make sure the price and likely quality are aligned.

      • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        I have ridiculous (yes I mean that literally I make fun of them myself) food issues. Like, people who don’t know me think I’m autistic because I freak out like I might die over my food (it’s just ptsd because a specific someone in my social circle insists on triggering me by bringing a poison that only works on me to all the food events. Like imagine I was superman and they always brought kryptonite fork and steak knife and eyeball spoon to dinner

  • normonator@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    I went to a restaurant that had qr codes on the table to download an app. I asked for a menu and they don’t have any.

    I just fucking left. Fuck that.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Same thing, but the waiter took my order directly without going via their website/app/whatever-the-fuck-was-behind-the-qr-code when I refuse to use their online system as I had already seen their menu outside and knew what I wanted.

      Funnily enough about 5 minutes later two people sat in the table next to mine and they also asked to order direct from the waiter who commented to them “Yeah, we actually have quite a number of people who don’t want to use the online system”.

      Mind you, I’m in a country where that shit isn’t at all common and it just comes out as them trying to skint on service and most places I’ve seen that opened up with digital ordering systems ended up closing down after a while.

      I bet that if they didn’t give people the option to order via the waiter their business would’ve already gone down.

    • Brewchin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      This type of malarkey exploded in popularity in the UK during COVID, mostly due to chains trying to make money from data during tough times.

      Most of the time was just a multi-megabyte PDF to download (with a double digit percentage of it being outdated) and everybody hated it.

      Some still insist on it and wonder why they’re going bankrupt. But if there’s one thing the British hospitality industry does well, it’s… not hospitality. At least not when combined with technology.

    • nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz
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      7 days ago

      Do you ever miss old fashioned bean and lentil burgers? I’ll eat an impossible burger, but I don’t love them as much as they’re often the only plant based option these days.

      • LordCrom@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        My local grocery has black bean burger patties. Grill it up, on a bun, lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard, ketchup… Damn fine burger

      • kungen@feddit.nu
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        7 days ago

        Yep, “original” vegan food is so much tastier than all the modern “fake” stuff. I eat whatever, but I’d honestly choose one of those bean burgers if they were offered anywhere.

        • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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          7 days ago

          That’s funny, I’ve been veg my whole life and initially found the impossible/beyond stuff off-putting because it reminded me of eating meat. Once I got past the ick I actually really enjoy the texture and flavor compared to the old stuff.

          I especially don’t miss the bargain-bin-sitting-in-the-back-of-the-freezer-for-2-years-drier than-the-Sahara black bean patties.

      • Murse@slrpnk.net
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        7 days ago

        Are those the black bean patties? Cuz those things are fucking delicious. I’m not vegan or vegetarian or anything, I just like tasty food, and you guys have come up with some good stuff! The impossible burgers are pretty decent too - I’d go for one of those over a ‘beef’ fastfood patty any day (calling those horrid things ‘beef’ is a stretch right out the gate, but you get gist).

      • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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        7 days ago

        Hell yeah, bean burgers are fantastic. But I’m glad to have the impossible option too, and there are times where I get a craving for it. I think with them being more widespread, it’s easier to get tired of them. Plus there’s something… creatively satisfying about a vegan meal that does it’s own thing and shows off what it can do rather than just substituting.

    • vodka@feddit.org
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      7 days ago

      Of course the vegan has to tell everyone they’re vegan…

      Good joke though, I chuckled

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Near me, only mediocre chains do this. Everyone knows the hole in the walls are where the real foods at (and that, we have plenty of).

    That said, they often do cash only because fuck 3% credit card fees, lol.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Oh sorry I am just full of special sauce and wine . Would you like some of the sauce? How about the special? I have plenty to share.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Say: “Can I order directly without using the app?”

    If the say “No”, walk out.

    Its like any other store were you come in and if you don’t find anything suitable for you, you leave. You really have no obligation, moral or otherwise, to buy.

    • D_C@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      I did this online the other week. After finally finding what I needed I tried to order and got that bullshit.

      After trying to buy about £4000 worth of stuff I then find I can’t checkout as a guest and need to download an app and sign up.
      I email to ask if I can just buy it as a guess and get a “Yeah, sure, just email with a list and we’ll invoice you” type reply.
      I’m about to do it when I realise I’m the one jumping through hoops here, and it’s all bullshit. If they can do the guest thing through email then should give you the option on the website.

      I order it from a competitor. It’s a bit more expensive, but only slightly. And no hoops or bullshit to contend with.