QR code menus are the death of civilization

The QR code-menu thing is a pain in the butt. It's much easier to be handed, and to use, a physical menu. So there are some people who don't know how to read QR codes on their phone, there are some people who don't want to bother with it, some people's phones are dead, or have low battery, and there's (obviously) discussion about how QR codes mean the death of civilization.

Then once people kind of get situated with the online menu, there are people sharing their phones with others who either don't know how to look up the online menu or don't care to, there are people talking about what looks good and showing each other their phones to indicate where in the site that particular item is.

Then at some point, someone will ask, "Is everyone ready to order?" Usually that's the wait staff. Then everyone looks around the table, making eye contact, trying to discern if more time is needed. Either more time is needed or ordering proceeds.

That taken care of, everyone puts away their phones and goes back to enjoying the experience with each other.

In other words: almost exactly the same thing that happen with paper menus, but with more upfront hassle.

> Maybe it's just me, but people seem to spend a lot more time choosing what they want when the menu is online only, because they actually already decided ten minutes ago and are now just looking at facebook.

That's pretty rude behavior. I'm sorry you've experience that with the people you've eaten with.