[timidiceball]

> rather than one per waiter

Just want to correct this idea which has been repeated several times on this topic: You only need 3 or 4 for a larger restaurant. The entire restaurant does not pay simultaneously.

When you (the server) are done with them you just put them back in a charging dock or some other communal space.

[lxgr]

Sure, that is possible too, but what I‘m seeing frequently in the US is a new type of combined order management and payment handheld.

It makes a lot of sense, in my view: Handling orders tickets digitally is probably incredibl useful for the kitchen (especially considering a mix of dine-in and takeout orders).

From there, it‘s only a small (ok, not really small because PCI-DSS, but at least possible) step to also having these things do payments.