Have no clue how things are up in the nothern hemisphere but i’m basically an all things technological fan and also a privacy obssesive major asshole.

Days ago i went to a Nespresso store. They don’t have a phone, they don’t do a bunch of things other stores regularly do and take the “exclusivity” thing a bit too far.

I am a regular of the store, as in i live nearby and the clerks change regularly. I’m the constant, they’re variables.

Usually, there are as many clerks as there are customers. You are supposed to enter the store and wait until someone approaches you.

The other day i did as usual, as i was looking at one employee that wasn’t busy, another one yelled i should scan a QR (take a number, ID myself) and wait to be served. That pissed me off royally. My phone hasn’t been part of the deal in years past. I need only my CC and nothing else. Why should they keep track of my visit if we don’t do business?

Bringing the phone into the equation can be a security risk, believe it or not. In my area most carry expensive phones.
In my particular case, i don’t trust digital wallets any more than i trust banks, the cellphone is as useful as a toothbrush as pay method.

So, for the time being, i’ll live with my Nespresso stock and refrain from buying more until the clerks go back to doing their jobs as they should.

PS, i’m also mighty pissed that we can’t have a regular menu anymore and must scan (wifi required) QR to take a piss.

Apologies for the foul language.

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Store person: "Just scan the QR with your phone."

Me: "I don't have a phone. Do you have one that I can scan with?"

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That was an actual dialog that I had with an optician at Costco optical, when they replaced the take-a-number ticket dispenser with a QR code to be scanned.

More and more restaurants are doing this and I hate it.

Yes I'm old. Yes I'm a tech phobe... Yes I'm yelling at clouds.

I still hate it.

Yeah, they tried that menu scan thing here in KY. It didn't fly AT ALL. Lasted about a month.

I'll join the fellas who don't QR. There is a small coffee shop hereabouts that isn't part of a national chain that we like to use but if they went to QR we'd go elsewhere.

I’m not the biggest fan, either, but whether we like it or not, that’s the way the world is going. Many went through the same thing with CC vs cash, cells vs land lines, etc. back in the day. Nothing wrong with refusing to play, it it will only get harder as time moves forward.

QR codes may turn out to be a flop in the long run, but there will be something similar to replace them.

Things will get better once you're retire. I promise you. Oh, wait. Never mind.

^^^^^^ Thank you. That made my day.


I can afford up to 120 capsules with my retirement income.

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I don't do QR codes . You have no clue what you might be downloading .

Is this part of a chain? Do they have a manager you could talk to?

I seldom carry my phone around with me. If I did, it would probably be in the truck. Stick to your guns.

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Originally posted by selogic:
I don't do QR codes . You have no clue what you might be downloading .

Yeah, since only Rain Man can read one by looking at it, it becomes the perfect place for hackers to hide malicious URLs and other nasties.

My thoughts exactly!
People blindly trusts what the GUI shows as being the absolute rightly God blessed Truth.

Too few are old enough to remember that prank /virus type programe where tou had to chase the Close button with your Mouse all over tbe screen to make it dissapear, or the Cookie Virus.
A Million Idiots are born every minute and it doesn’t take long enough before they’re handed a Smartphone.

Guess what? I returned to the store yesterday, same Coffee “Wizard”, all smiles and no QR this time.


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Originally posted by 0-0:
Guess what? I returned to the store yesterday, same Coffee “Wizard”, all smiles and no QR this time.

Big fan of happy endings!

Went to a local restaurant the other night for dinner. While in there we realized our internet was either extremely slow or non-existent at times. That was 5G and they did not offer customer wifi. Waiter claims it is to get people to engage and talk during dinner and off their phones. Probably also aimed at the employees. At the end of dinner they hand you a check with a QR code so you can pay directly from your phone. Of course it didn't work without good internet. Told the waiter he needs to talk to his genius bosses and have them make up their minds on this matter.

There is going to be a backlash to all this QR nonsense. It may take a while, but it's coming I'm certain of it.

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Originally posted by henryaz:

only Rain Man can read one by looking at it

"Fat bar, skinny bar, skinny bar, fat bar.
Fat bar, skinny bar, dollar twenty-nine."
-- Harry, Third Rock From The Sun

I refuse to do the QR Code nonsense as well.

It is astonishingly easy to imbed malware sites in QR codes. When I was a SysAdmin, we banned anyone using them.

Another one who doesn't use the QR Code. Of course, I also don't know how to use it and what it actually does. I'm fine with that.

There's one restaurant I used to go to 3 or 4 times a year that's still holding onto QR codes. I told them covid is over bring me a menu. They said they didn't have one and I let them know it was the last time I'm eating there. I don't know why it pissed me off so much, but they think I'm a luddite and they don't understand they have bad service.