Bar Owner Builds an Alarm That Stops You From Forgetting Your Credit Card - Hack Job
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Date: 2022-07-06
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JBTechCon
A gas station in Nevada was one of the last pump-then-pays in the country. While I was there, they called the police on someone who'd driven off without paying. I said, -Probably just forgot, because most stations are pay-then-pump. - Cashier rolled his eyes, -We have to call the police four or five times a day on idiots who -forget- to pay. - I said, -So why don't you just have people pay-then-pump like most stations? - He says smugly, -Cuz the manager doesn't want to, and people should pay attention to what they're doing not go on autopilot. - So 4-5 times a day, police have to chase people down for these clowns, and people on long highway trips have to turn around immediately and go back several miles? You know what amazing solution someone thought of to this problem? The police stopped responding to the station's stolen gas calls. Within a month the idiots switched to pay-then-pump.
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A gas station in Nevada was one of the last pump-then-pays in the country. While I was there, they called the police on someone who'd driven off without paying. I said, -Probably just forgot, because most stations are pay-then-pump. - Cashier rolled his eyes, -We have to call the police four or five times a day on idiots who -forget- to pay. - I said, -So why don't you just have people pay-then-pump like most stations? - He says smugly, -Cuz the manager doesn't want to, and people should pay attention to what they're doing not go on autopilot. - So 4-5 times a day, police have to chase people down for these clowns, and people on long highway trips have to turn around immediately and go back several miles? You know what amazing solution someone thought of to this problem? The police stopped responding to the station's stolen gas calls. Within a month the idiots switched to pay-then-pump.
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Curt
If they are giving you a credit card for a drink, bill them right then and then everytime you give them drink. Just make a faster way to process billing. It would be a lot easier and cheaper for you in the long run. Or when they walk in, start a tab, take a $100 payment, when they leave give a refund for the difference. Technology is fun but not the answer to every money losing problem. Besides now you paid for all this hardware. Better yet use it to make unique to your business games for the customers. As I've found in the security business they will just leave the RFID under a seat cushion so nothing senses their leaving.
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If they are giving you a credit card for a drink, bill them right then and then everytime you give them drink. Just make a faster way to process billing. It would be a lot easier and cheaper for you in the long run. Or when they walk in, start a tab, take a $100 payment, when they leave give a refund for the difference. Technology is fun but not the answer to every money losing problem. Besides now you paid for all this hardware. Better yet use it to make unique to your business games for the customers. As I've found in the security business they will just leave the RFID under a seat cushion so nothing senses their leaving.
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linkcell
If you're giving them ridiculous bracelets to wear, wouldn't that be enough to serve as a reminder that they are forgetting something?
If they want to leave the card on purpose, they will remove the bracelet. And if you do a bracelet that can only be removed when they close the tab (lol, overkill i know) then you might risk not getting any more returning customers.
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If you're giving them ridiculous bracelets to wear, wouldn't that be enough to serve as a reminder that they are forgetting something?
If they want to leave the card on purpose, they will remove the bracelet. And if you do a bracelet that can only be removed when they close the tab (lol, overkill i know) then you might risk not getting any more returning customers.
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Simon
Not a great solution: / Who wants to sit in a bar with an alarm going off every so often. Why not just use a preauthorised payment like hotels do. Then if they leave their card and walk out, you can still charge them and it's on them to come back for the card.
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Not a great solution: / Who wants to sit in a bar with an alarm going off every so often. Why not just use a preauthorised payment like hotels do. Then if they leave their card and walk out, you can still charge them and it's on them to come back for the card.
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Cooper
Completely impractical idea and poor execution.
It-s a -cute- idea however, we already have low-tech solutions for such problems and also with new technology and electronic payments/pre authorisation; this is never a problem anymore.
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Completely impractical idea and poor execution.
It-s a -cute- idea however, we already have low-tech solutions for such problems and also with new technology and electronic payments/pre authorisation; this is never a problem anymore.
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Jonathan
Sorry to be a bit dim here, but why do people leave their cards at the bar? I would imagine this voids the terms of the card, as you-re not supposed to give them to a third party. I-ve never seen this done here in Europe. Cheers.
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Sorry to be a bit dim here, but why do people leave their cards at the bar? I would imagine this voids the terms of the card, as you-re not supposed to give them to a third party. I-ve never seen this done here in Europe. Cheers.
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Todd
Fantastic Idea. You could have made it more human-friendly by having the sign read -You Forgot Your Card at the Bar- and the irritating alarm sound should be a nice female voice (maybe with an Aussie Accent) that says the same.
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Fantastic Idea. You could have made it more human-friendly by having the sign read -You Forgot Your Card at the Bar- and the irritating alarm sound should be a nice female voice (maybe with an Aussie Accent) that says the same.
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jtarmyman4
an even simpler solution, have -tab cards- made with the bars name and address on it that the customer can put in place of their card and will know exactly where it is if they forget
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an even simpler solution, have -tab cards- made with the bars name and address on it that the customer can put in place of their card and will know exactly where it is if they forget
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kennytieshisshoes
This is a really cool project. I was curious how he was going to notify people outside of the sign, since most people who forget will probably be drunk and ignore the sign.
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This is a really cool project. I was curious how he was going to notify people outside of the sign, since most people who forget will probably be drunk and ignore the sign.
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Daniel
Why would anyone leave their credit card to a bar to begin with? America is so weird. You give out your credit card info over the phone, let strangers drive your car at valet.
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Why would anyone leave their credit card to a bar to begin with? America is so weird. You give out your credit card info over the phone, let strangers drive your car at valet.
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