Big groups, small brains
I recently went to lunch with a big group of women, most who I didn’t know, all arriving at slightly different times and ordering a wide range of things. Some had huge meals with dessert and some just coffee.
When it was time to go, we faced that often messy process of adding things up and getting the right change and figuring out the tip and collecting up the money, etc. It’s never fun.
But how cool is this? The restaurant brought us a calculator and pen with the bill.
So simple. So helpful.
July 4th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
That is very cool. I’ve often wondered why in a wired world the restaurant business is so behind with the times. Its been over a decade since the telephone bar in London but I always thought that the willingness to order should be electronic and additional alerts should be electronic. I get annoyed being ignored or otherwise by staff.
Incidentally I went to Houhai lakes recently and when I ordered the staff tapped it into a wireless thingy and the order was done. Asia I guesss
July 11th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
I love it. Just the thing that we people in customer service should look at doing.
Better to be given a calculator than to ask for one… although at least some of us can count in our minds.
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August 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 am
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August 20th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I have to say that this process of “adding,…getting,…figuring out,…collecting,…” has always been a bit strange for me, when I was in England.
That’s because in Germany – where I live – they solved the problem. Without a calculator.
When ever it comes to pay the bill, a German waiter/waitress will ask you “Are you going to pay separately or the total?”.
Interesting thingy, isn’t it?