WEBVTT - Restaurants embrace pay at the table technology

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<v Speaker 1>I'm rich Tamiro and this is rich on Tech Daily.

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<v Speaker 1>If you go to a restaurant overseas, chances are you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna pay for your tab right from your table. The

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<v Speaker 1>waiter will come over with some sort of wireless device,

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<v Speaker 1>they'll dip your card and you'll be on your way,

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<v Speaker 1>no tipping necessary. Now Here in the US, the process

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<v Speaker 1>is a little different. Usually, you wait until the end

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<v Speaker 1>of your meal, you wait for your bill, then you

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<v Speaker 1>hand over your credit card. It disappears for a while,

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<v Speaker 1>and finally you get your receipt, you sign it, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're off. Well, now we're seeing a trend of more

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<v Speaker 1>and more restaurants embracing pay at the table technology. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I visited one of these restaurants in downtown Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 1>It's called seventy one Above. This place is seventy one

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<v Speaker 1>floors above the street and it has amazing views. But

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<v Speaker 1>they're also using this cool new table top payment system

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<v Speaker 1>called table safe Rail. And it looks like your typical

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<v Speaker 1>check presenter, but when you open it up, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>small screen inside and it's kind of like a little tablet,

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<v Speaker 1>and it lets you see your bill, of course, but

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<v Speaker 1>you can do some really cool thing. You can split

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<v Speaker 1>up your bill in various ways. So if you just

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<v Speaker 1>want to divide it by two couples or four couples evenly,

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<v Speaker 1>you can do that. Or if you said, hey, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, I just met my friends for a drink.

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<v Speaker 1>I just got a salad, so I'm just going to

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<v Speaker 1>pay for that portion, you can split it up like

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<v Speaker 1>that as well. And you don't need your waiter's permission

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<v Speaker 1>or help or handing over a bunch of credit cards.

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<v Speaker 1>You can do it all at your own table. I

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<v Speaker 1>love this technology. You can swipe your card, you can

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<v Speaker 1>dip your cards, you can use the chip, or in

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<v Speaker 1>the future, very soon you'll be able to use Apple

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<v Speaker 1>pay in all the various mobile payment systems. So again,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a lot more secure than handing over your

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<v Speaker 1>credit card or debit card. In fact, when I go

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<v Speaker 1>to a restaurant, I'm usually hesitant to use my debit

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<v Speaker 1>card because you know, you don't see where your card

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<v Speaker 1>goes for five or ten minutes, and so that usually

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<v Speaker 1>forces me to use my credit card, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more safe. So this is really cool. We've

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<v Speaker 1>seen a lot of other restaurants do this as well. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>if you think about it. The chains are where you're

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<v Speaker 1>seeing this. The most seventy one above is an independent restaurant,

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<v Speaker 1>but it costs a lot of money to implement this

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<v Speaker 1>new technology, so we're seeing it take off at the

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<v Speaker 1>chains a lot faster. So folks have tweeted me, and

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<v Speaker 1>of course I've seen it at Chili's myself, but other

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<v Speaker 1>people have seen it at Red Robin, Tgi Fridays out Back, BJ's,

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<v Speaker 1>and a whole bunch of other places. So what do

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<v Speaker 1>you think? Do you love or you hate this technology?

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<v Speaker 1>Some folks on my Facebook page said it's way too impersonal.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm paying for my meal out. I think

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<v Speaker 1>they should do the work. But I love it because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in control, and especially when it comes to splitting

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<v Speaker 1>up the bill. That's really nice because a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>times you have to tell the waiter, hey, can you

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<v Speaker 1>put twenty five on this card and thirty five on

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<v Speaker 1>this card? And they have to remember which card is

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<v Speaker 1>which and who it belongs to. So this takes a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of the guesswork out of the equation. So check

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<v Speaker 1>it out on my Facebook page, Facebook dot com slash

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<v Speaker 1>rich on tech. Let me know what you think of

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<v Speaker 1>these new pay at the table Technologies. Thanks so much

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<v Speaker 1>for listening. I'm Rich Damiro I'll talk to you real soon.