# Tablets for ordering and such in restaurants: will this take off?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablets-for-ordering-and-such-in-restaurants-will-this-take-off/647039>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 13, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablets-for-ordering-and-such-in-restaurants-will-this-take-off/647039 "2013-01-13T05:34:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sevencl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sevencl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevencl)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablets-for-ordering-and-such-in-restaurants-will-this-take-off/647039/61 "2013-01-16T17:16:17Z")

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> [@gazpacho](#):
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> Sevencl you know good and well that tipping is part of the cost of eating out in the US. Does it make you proud to steal from your servers?

An optional cost isn’t “part of the cost” unless you choose to include it. It’s no more “part of the cost” than the option to upgrade to supersize fries when you order McDonalds.

I’ve not yet gone to jail for not tipping, and it’s not exactly like I’m just so sneaky I haven’t been caught. So not stealing.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablets-for-ordering-and-such-in-restaurants-will-this-take-off/647039/62 "2013-01-16T17:19:32Z")

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Take the tipping debate to another thread now.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablets-for-ordering-and-such-in-restaurants-will-this-take-off/647039/63 "2013-01-16T18:41:29Z")

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Or to a Tarantino movie.

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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablets-for-ordering-and-such-in-restaurants-will-this-take-off/647039/64 "2013-01-16T21:20:46Z")

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Sorry, but I have to agree wholeheartedly with **pulykamell**. I prefer to deal with human beings. I do so in the grocery store (don’t use self checkout - makes everything take twice as long plus the whole liquor thing puly mentioned) and wouldn’t use a tablet to order food. Guess I’m weird too.

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