SORRY IF THIS OFFENDS RESTAURANT OWNERS, BUT THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.
I sat down at a table last night, and there were no physical menus.
Just a laminated QR code taped to the wood.
I had to pull out my phone, scan the code, navigate a laggy menu website, put in my own order, and type in my credit card details.
A runner brought the food to the table 20 minutes later.
Then the digital checkout screen defaulted to a 22% tip prompt.
FOR WHAT?
You eliminated the host, eliminated the server taking orders, forced me to use my own mobile device and cellular data, and then asked for a 22% tip for order entry I completed myself?
THAT IS NOT A HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE.
THAT IS AN UNPAID CUSTOMER WORKFLOW WITH A FORCED TIP PROMPT ATTACHED.
Please date someone who actually wants to experience life with you. Not just dinner & sex. Iโm taking Museums, cooking classes, festivals, pottery, concerts, bookstores, road trips, random adventures.. EVERYTHING.
Sometimes the point of the trip is to eat something good, stare at a body of water, and remember who tf you are.
You don't always have to have a jam-packed itinerary!
I always laugh when they romanticize the Crusades because itโs like did you even bother to look into who won those? Lmao like the Muslims pack them boys up 8 times in a row ๐
Sometimes i do think about getting married cooking nice food for the loml decorating our little home and building a life together and Then I look at married women around me including my mother and the fantasy expires immediately.