1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: I'm rich Tamiro and this is rich on Tech Daily. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: If you go to a restaurant overseas, chances are you're 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: gonna pay for your tab right from your table. The 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 1: waiter will come over with some sort of wireless device, 5 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: they'll dip your card and you'll be on your way, 6 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: no tipping necessary. Now Here in the US, the process 7 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: is a little different. Usually, you wait until the end 8 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: of your meal, you wait for your bill, then you 9 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: hand over your credit card. It disappears for a while, 10 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: and finally you get your receipt, you sign it, and 11 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: you're off. Well, now we're seeing a trend of more 12 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: and more restaurants embracing pay at the table technology. Now, 13 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: I visited one of these restaurants in downtown Los Angeles. 14 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: It's called seventy one Above. This place is seventy one 15 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: floors above the street and it has amazing views. But 16 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: they're also using this cool new table top payment system 17 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: called table safe Rail. And it looks like your typical 18 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: check presenter, but when you open it up, there's a 19 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: small screen inside and it's kind of like a little tablet, 20 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: and it lets you see your bill, of course, but 21 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: you can do some really cool thing. You can split 22 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: up your bill in various ways. So if you just 23 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: want to divide it by two couples or four couples evenly, 24 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: you can do that. Or if you said, hey, you 25 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: know what, I just met my friends for a drink. 26 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: I just got a salad, so I'm just going to 27 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: pay for that portion, you can split it up like 28 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: that as well. And you don't need your waiter's permission 29 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: or help or handing over a bunch of credit cards. 30 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: You can do it all at your own table. I 31 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: love this technology. You can swipe your card, you can 32 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: dip your cards, you can use the chip, or in 33 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: the future, very soon you'll be able to use Apple 34 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: pay in all the various mobile payment systems. So again, 35 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: this is a lot more secure than handing over your 36 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: credit card or debit card. In fact, when I go 37 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: to a restaurant, I'm usually hesitant to use my debit 38 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: card because you know, you don't see where your card 39 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 1: goes for five or ten minutes, and so that usually 40 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: forces me to use my credit card, which is a 41 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: little bit more safe. So this is really cool. We've 42 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: seen a lot of other restaurants do this as well. Now, 43 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: if you think about it. The chains are where you're 44 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: seeing this. The most seventy one above is an independent restaurant, 45 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: but it costs a lot of money to implement this 46 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: new technology, so we're seeing it take off at the 47 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: chains a lot faster. So folks have tweeted me, and 48 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: of course I've seen it at Chili's myself, but other 49 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: people have seen it at Red Robin, Tgi Fridays out Back, BJ's, 50 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: and a whole bunch of other places. So what do 51 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 1: you think? Do you love or you hate this technology? 52 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: Some folks on my Facebook page said it's way too impersonal. 53 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: You know, I'm paying for my meal out. I think 54 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: they should do the work. But I love it because 55 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: I'm in control, and especially when it comes to splitting 56 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: up the bill. That's really nice because a lot of 57 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: times you have to tell the waiter, hey, can you 58 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: put twenty five on this card and thirty five on 59 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: this card? And they have to remember which card is 60 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 1: which and who it belongs to. So this takes a 61 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: lot of the guesswork out of the equation. So check 62 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: it out on my Facebook page, Facebook dot com slash 63 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: rich on tech. Let me know what you think of 64 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: these new pay at the table Technologies. Thanks so much 65 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 1: for listening. I'm Rich Damiro I'll talk to you real soon.