• @[email protected]
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    182 years ago

    I was visiting family and we went to a restaurant in NC that did this and the waitress just shrugged and said “We are environmentally friendly, we don’t have paper menus. Borrow someone’s phone” and then walked away.

    Questions I didnt get to ask… Like how much environmental impact does a dozen menus have? Also before you walk away… can I borrow your phone? I am not asking some stranger for the phone.

    My sister ended up having a smartphone with her. We wanted to leave, but my mom wasn’t having none of it because “it would be impolite, they have already served us water”.

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      102 years ago

      If I was forced to stay in a place that said that by family, I’d start getting really petty judging all the things they’re doing which have a bigger environmental impact than some menus.

      Like how about the data center running the website to host the menu? Are they using paper napkins? Is anything disposable on the plate I get with my food? How does the bill arrive, is it paper? Is there food waste in the kitchen, what happens to it?

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      142 years ago

      You know who else serves water mom? Prison, prison serves water. Is it impolite to leave prison!?

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        You gotta leave before your first cup of water. It’s one cool trick the prison industry doesn’t want people to know about.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen
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      92 years ago

      I seriously doubt that a webserver running 24/7 has less environmental impact than printing 50 pieces of paper one time.

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        12 years ago

        Could be running on a service multiple restaurants can subscribe to. Also, paper menus could have to be replaced, whether by updates or damage.