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Scan QR Code for Menu at Restaurant
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Scan QR Code for Menu at Restaurant refers to a series of memes about restaurants and bars that make you scan a QR code to access the menu, often portraying this as a negative thing and an annoyance. Memes about scanning QR codes at restaurants were first popularized in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and became increasingly popularized over the following years. In late June 2024, a series of memes on X / Twitter using the copypasta "imagine her being told she has to scan a qr code to order at a restaurant" went viral in which a photo of a character who might not react positively to a QR code menu is attached to the catchphrase.
Origin
On July 12th, 2020, Redditor u/kaifilion posted an Actual Advice Mallard meme to the subreddit /r/AdviceAnimals[1] reading, "If your menu is a QR code make your wifi public," garnering over 34,000 upvotes in four years (shown below). This is the earliest known meme to critique QR code menus.
![if your menu is a qr code... IF YOUR MENU IS A QR CODE Imgflip.com MAKE YOUR WIFI PUBLIC](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/865/095/8e9.jpg)
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Memes complaining and joking about QR code menus continued to grow in popularity over the following months and years. On October 17th, 2020, X[2] user @johnistoasted posted, "My dad and I went to a restaurant and the waiter pointed at the QR code on the wall and said 'thats our menu' and left and my dad looked at it really close and said 'Is this some kind of joke,'" garnering over 522,000 likes in four years.
On October 20th, Redditor u/SkrooImperator posted a The Future Is Now, Old Man meme using the post to /r/memes,[3] garnering over 106,000 upvotes in the same span of time (shown below).
![the future is qr code menus old man My dad and I went to a restaurant and the waiter pointed at the QR code on the wall and said "thats our menu" and left and my dad looked at it really close and said "Is this some kind of joke" SAM-DUNK u/Skroolmperator The future is now, old man.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/865/097/516.jpg)
Imagine Her Being Told She Has to Scan a QR Code to Order at a Restaurant
On June 23rd, 2024, X[4] user @punishedgarage posted a photo of Livia Soprano from The Sopranos under the caption, "imagine her being told she has to scan a qr code to order at a restaurant," garnering over 63,000 likes in three weeks (shown below).
![imagine Livia Soprano being told she has to scan a qr code to order at a restaurant sword gf @punishedgarage imagine her being told she has to scan a qr code to order at a restaurant 3:13 PM - Jun 23, 2024 - 3.7M Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/865/098/fc4.jpg)
The caption became a copypasta and catchphrase over the following weeks, accompanied by different images of characters who might not react well to QR code menus.
For example, also on June 23rd, X[5] user @matt_tbr posted the phrase over a photo of Emily Gilmore from Gilmore Girls, garnering over 97,000 likes in three weeks (shown below, left). On June 25th, X[6] user @joolyholiday posted the copypasta under an image of Julie Andrews's character from The Princess Diaries, garnering over 101,000 likes in the same span of time (shown below, right).
![imagine Gilmore being told she has to scan a qr code to order at a restaurant Matt Makes Mermaid Movies @matt_tbr Imagine her being told she has to scan a QR code to order at a restaurant](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/865/099/13b.jpg)
![imagine Julie Andrews being told she has to scan a qr code to order at a restaurant kat @joolyholiday imagine her being told she has to scan a qr code to order at a restaurant. 5:17 PM - Jun 25, 2024 - 1.5M Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/865/100/f10.jpg)
Various Examples
![Why is there so much hate for QR menus? People at home People at work People driving People when you tell them the menu is on their phone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/865/102/7f3.jpg)
![Scan For Menu Scan the code Menu QR imgflip.com 一份](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/865/104/25a.jpeg)
![i could imagine stranger things Ariel @JoesTxGirl FW1 ERA Imagine her being told she has to scan a QR code to order at a restaurant](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/865/105/ab3.jpg)
![i'm out Welcome Can i have the menu, please? Of course! It's just you access this QR Cod... Gabs 711 @bomdiaetal](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/865/108/36b.jpg)
![imagine asking him to scan a QR code to look at a menu kaav @kaavyya imagine asking him to scan a QR code to look at a menu Presng 9:33 AM - Jul 8, 2024 11.2M Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/865/109/8f7.jpg)
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