Boomers, you absolutely have it right about QR code menus.
Today we have a thread bringing all the generations together to consider just what the Boomers have right. They can’t be all wrong all the time, can they? u/BobithanTG wanted to know, “Reddit, what’s your most “I’m with the Boomers on this” opinion?” so we rounded up the best replies.
1. Touchscreens
Touchscreens in cars are a fundamentally bad idea & physical buttons (or similar controls) need to be brought back.
2. Robots
I want a human customer service operator not an automated operator or chat bot.
3. Subscribe!
I don’t need a subscription for everything. No you don’t need my phone number or email just let me buy my shirt and get the fuck out of the store
4. I don’t need the app
I’ll throw in buying concert tickets (thanks TicketBastard!) especially since they got rid of tickets entirely and you get in by scanning a code on your phone. I have a huge collection of ticket stubs that all bring back various memories of concerts, but the most recent one I went to has absolutely nothing physical to remind me of the experience (the hell I’m paying 50 bucks for a t-shirt or 200 for a poster).
5. Music
Music in bars is too loud.
6. Fast Fashion
I’m not rich so it’s unavoidable, but I’m willing to spend extra on clothes that aren’t made of plastic and I do my best to repair my damaged clothing instead of throwing it out.
7. Dark
Too dark and too quiet. I swear we have to turn the volume up like twice as loud as we have it normally to watch Yellowstone.
8. Apps
Not everything needs to connect to the internet or have an app attached to it. I just want my fridge to keep shit cold, I don’t understand why we have to bring WiFi into this situation.
9. Simple.
Sometimes it’s faster (and easier) to just plug something in, instead of dealing with bluetooth connectivity. There’s something nice about knowing how to get it connected and being able to physically connect/disconnect.
10. Physical goods
Physical media: owning books, movies, and music, is far superior to a subscription service, or digital content.
11. Repair your shit
Tv’s and smartphones should last for at least 10 years. How is that we are all enviromental friendlybut we switch iPhones every 2 or 3 years?
12. No phones
Many things which basically all trace back to sundry “get off your fucking phone” situations
13. THIS ONE!!! UGGGH
If you’re walking on a crowded sidewalk, get off your fucking phone it’s not the job of other pedestrians to avoid you while you make your vlog. Awareness of your surroundings is important.
14. Tipping
tipping has gotten out of control- coming from someone who relies on tips for income. it hurts people who actually should be getting them because now people are extremely agitated about any and all tipping. i was just at a music festival and the guy who exchanges your cash for drink tickets (not even the person who pours the beverage) had an ipad with tip options starting at 18%
15. NO MUSIC
When you’re in a public place you should respect others around you but not being disruptive with your behavior. For example, not playing music on your phone without headphones while on a bus, in a restaurant etc.
16. Menus
I’m not downloading a fucking app to use your menu
17. Made to last
Products aren’t made to last anymore. Planned obsolescence has to stop. (Here’s where I differ from Boomers) > Not only is it bad for the environment, it’s shitty justification for making terrible products.
18. Too bright
Standard headlights on new automobiles are too bright. Literally being blinded by every other car DURING THE DAYTIME wondering if their brights are on
19. Smart homes
I work with software/security and the more I learn in this field, the more it makes me allergic to “smart” home devices. I’m convinced they are for people who don’t know how they work, which is what they are banking on. And these devices are most certainly not smart.
20. Touchpads
Physical keyboards are better than virtual keyboards.