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We have programmable chatbots running today that will accept payment for goods and services with just a phone number and cryptocurrency (caveat emptor, crypto is volatile and we're still in the very early days of building the on and off-ramps for mobilecoin, but we'll get there).
I strongly disagree. I find people’s ability to converse / comprehension very poor. I worked a pizza job answering the phone in a busy shop and getting verbal instructions while some people change their mind is terrible. A good app / website takes me under a minute to order a pizza, and it is consistently reliable. Logging in gives me my order history, address, and preferences. Usually I have to login maybe every cou…
I strongly disagree. I find people’s ability to converse / comprehension very poor. I worked a pizza job answering the phone in a busy shop and getting verbal instructions while some people change their mind is terrible. A good app / website takes me under a minute to order a pizza, and it is consistently reliable. Logging in gives me my order history, address, and preferences. Usually I have to login maybe every cou…
That's the perspective from the business end. Maybe taking orders over the phone is worse for the shop and its workers, because of difficult calls like that. It's not a problem for the common case of a decisive caller whose speaking voice is understandable over the phone.
> Logging in gives me my order history, address, and preferences. Usually I have to login maybe every couple months. If that.
This could just as easily be saved locally without a login.
My orders are always right when I do it online, but only like 50% right when I do it over the phone.
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The pizza belt?
Basically NYC and the metro sprawl around NYC all the way up and down the coast
https://i.imgur.com/GOvnHcv.png
Sorry coasties, Chicago's the new pizza capital
I go to one of our little local shop and place the order to go along with a beer while I wait. Drink the beer, read on my Kindle, chill to their music, and before you know it the pizza is done and I'm on my way home. But then I haven't ordered from a chain pizza place in years. The little local shops are far better, and appreciate your direct business over using any service that adds fees, etc. I'm more than happy to…
Hah, this is really interesting! This is the one case where an "engagement" metric actually makes sense. Is your storefront inviting enough that a customer would place an order in person just to hang out for a few minutes? And does that drive sales (beer?). Incredible.
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But then you would have to eat... Dominos. I get that its not the same everywhere, but in the pizza belt, I couldn't imagine going there. Luckily my local place has a good website though.
I used to hate dominoes but at some point they changed their recipe. It’s ok pizza now as far as big chain pizza goes.
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Basically NYC and the metro sprawl around NYC all the way up and down the coast
You mean the "Chicago and the sprawl around it all the way up to Maine along the great lakes" right? https://i.imgur.com/GOvnHcv.png Sorry coasties, Chicago's the new pizza capital
Just fax a PostScript picture of the pizza you want! https://medium.com/@donhopkins/the-story-of-sun-microsystems... >The Story of Sun Microsystems PizzaTool: How I accidentally ordered my first pizza over the internet.
