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PJMcK

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4. More and more we have to use our smartphones for services
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 10:31 AM
Yesterday

It's ridiculous because in the effort to save time and person-power these new systems do neither.

A case in point: I went to a fast food joint and customers were required to order using one of their kiosks, (there were four of them). None of them worked properly and two employees had to hand hold the customers through the machines' software. When paying, we had to use a card or a phone but no cash.

Another time I was at JFK airport and went to a bar for a sandwich. I had to order and pay using my phone but it didn't work and the bartender had to do the whole transaction by hand. They said it almost never works properly.

What a waste of time and money. But some tech bros are making scratch...

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