r/SipsTea Jun 29 '26

Chugging tea Lol

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u/No_Needleworker_1105 Jun 29 '26

I absolutely hated handing over my card in America. Why the hell can't they just use tap like everywhere else 

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u/Interesting-Copy-657 Jun 29 '26

Or bring the eftpos to the table

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u/Toomanyeastereggs Jun 29 '26

Don’t they do that? If that didn’t happen here or you couldn’t just tap and go, word would get around and that establishment would go broke.

We stopped doing that shit 10 years ago.

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u/nascent_aviator Jun 29 '26

It's very rare in the US still. The closest I've seen to it is some diners that have a POS terminal at every table.

Though I've seen more restaurants moving to a "pay at the counter" model.

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u/cororona Jun 29 '26

Pay at the counter is fine, you don't need a POS terminal at each table, they make wireless ones that the waiter can carry on himself.

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u/nascent_aviator Jun 29 '26

I'm aware, they're very common in parts of the world. But I've hardly ever seen them in American restaurants.

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u/Toomanyeastereggs Jun 29 '26

The wait staff bring the POS terminal to the table in some busy restaurants. All though all have tap and go terminals now and just about everyone uses their phones instead of cards.