2 McDonald's staff today told me they don't take Apple Pay

[miamialley]

I ordered and told the cashier I'd like to use Apple Pay. She said, "Oh we don't take that yet. I wish we did." There was another customer behind me so I didn't press. When I was waiting for my food the manager was in front of me tending to something so I asked her about it. She said, "Oh I don't think our system is updated for it yet. It will be soon."

Anyone want to weigh in here? A lot of misinformation and poor information around about Apple Pay.

 

[maflynn]

Anyone want to weigh in here? A lot of misinformation and poor information around about Apple Pay.

McDonalds restaruants are franchises, so its quite possible the McDonalds you went to doesn't have the setup yet for NFC and/or Apple Pay.

 

[miamialley]

McDonalds restaruants are franchises, so its quite possible the McDonalds you went to doesn't have the setup yet for NFC and/or Apple Pay.

They had NFC readers at each register.

 

[Chundles]

The systems need to be updated to support the token-style payment system used in Apple Pay.

Their systems may not have been updated yet.

 

[Phone Junky]

They had NFC readers at each register.

You should have stuck your phone by one and saw if it worked.

 

[penajmz]

They probably didn't know what you were even talking about. Every McDonalds should be up and running. I went to one yesterday and used Apple Pay and the girl at the register had no idea what just happened but she gave me a receipt and all was well.

 

[seinman]

McDonald's is notorious for hiring idiots and giving them sub-par training. Next time, just try it, it'll probably work.

 

[Zaft]

Remember these are the people(not everyone) that want $15 an hour for flipping burgers.

 

[miamialley]

You should have stuck your phone by one and saw if it worked.

I was under the impression they had to press a button to activate it before I could begin the NFC transaction.

 

[erzhik]

They had NFC readers at each register.

But the system still needs to be updated to work with ApplePay.

 

[Bkosher84]

They had NFC readers at each register.

Then it works.. Apple Pay isn't some sort of magical service that their systems need to be updated for.. It's a more secure way of using NFC Payments.

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I was under the impression they had to press a button to activate it before I could begin the NFC transaction.

No, there is NOTHING special about Apple Pay compared to the NFC Chip in your debit/credit card or Google Wallet. It's the EXACT same technology with more security on how Apple holds the credit card information. That's it. Nothing else.

 

[heisenberg123]

I was under the impression they had to press a button to activate it before I could begin the NFC transaction.

they should have to press a button just say you want to use a credit card or debit card(whatever is setup in your phone) than it should show you total on the terminal and you can proceed

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No, there is NOTHING special about Apple Pay compared to the NFC Chip in your debit/credit card or Google Wallet. It's the EXACT same technology with more security on how Apple holds the credit card information. That's it. Nothing else.

yes and no, its not special but the credit card/debit card terminal does not work even for swiping or inserting your chip card if the cashier does not hit a button that tells the terminal this customer wants to use it

 

[Dwalls90]

they should have to press a button just say you want to use a credit card or debit card(whatever is setup in your phone) than it should show you total on the terminal and you can proceed

Yep, I was at Whole Foods and accidentally had my phone near the NFC terminal.

My phone automatically brought up my Apple Pay interface and asked me if I wanted to pay.

So I'm pretty sure NFC is "always looking", and when there is an NFC enabled terminal, it will bring up the interface to offer to pay.

 

[geoffm33]

Remember these are the people(not everyone) that want $15 an hour for flipping burgers.

Not relevant whatsoever to this thread. Take it somewhere else.

 

[heisenberg123]

Yep, I was at Whole Foods and accidentally had my phone near the NFC terminal.

My phone automatically brought up my Apple Pay interface and asked me if I wanted to pay.

So I'm pretty sure NFC is "always looking", and when there is an NFC enabled terminal, it will bring up the interface to offer to pay.

did you tell the cashier you were paying by credit/debit card?

 

[octothorpe8]

Remember these are the people(not everyone) that want $15 an hour for flipping burgers.

Yeah, there are people who want to be able to pay rent and buy food when they work a full-time job. God forbid!

 

[paul.p]

I think ppl are complicating the process..you have 2 choices to pay..cash or credit. Just say "credit" she/he will hit the button and then u hold your phone to the terminal. Done.

 

[heisenberg123]

I think ppl are complicating the process..you have 2 choices to pay..cash or credit. Just say "credit" she/he will hit the button and then u hold your phone to the terminal. Done.

This is what I thought, no need to call it apple pay, call it credit or debit and than your total appears on the termainal from there you can tap, insert chip, swipe, use your iphone,

 

[noobinator]

When I did it at Mcdonalds yesterday I just threw my phone up to the NFC and it worked. The worker looked a bit confused but his register said I paid so he handed me a receipt.

 

[CoyoteRidge]

I ordered and told the cashier I'd like to use Apple Pay. She said, "Oh we don't take that yet. I wish we did." There was another customer behind me so I didn't press. When I was waiting for my food the manager was in front of me tending to something so I asked her about it. She said, "Oh I don't think our system is updated for it yet. It will be soon."

Anyone want to weigh in here? A lot of misinformation and poor information around about Apple Pay.

Sure I will weigh in. How about using cash or a debit card? That is of course unless your desire is to enrich Apple further by utilizing their Apple Pay system everywhere.

 

[heisenberg123]

Sure I will weigh in. How about using cash or a debit card? That is of course unless your desire is to enrich Apple further by utilizing their Apple Pay system everywhere.

meh VISA and MC are pretty rich too don't kid yourself

would I use Apple Pay if there was an additional charge....heck no

but I could care less if Visa or MC has to give apple some cut

 

[turbineseaplane]

Sure I will weigh in. How about using cash or a debit card? That is of course unless your desire is to enrich Apple further by utilizing their Apple Pay system everywhere.

Thank you.
Just use your credit card or cash for now ...

You know like you did every other time at McDonald's....since forever.

 

[paul.p]

Sure I will weigh in. How about using cash or a debit card? That is of course unless your desire is to enrich Apple further by utilizing their Apple Pay system everywhere.

Shouldn't matter to the consumer..the .02 cents on 10.00 dollars is not coming out of your pocket.

 

[heisenberg123]

When I did it at Mcdonalds yesterday I just threw my phone up to the NFC and it worked. The worker looked a bit confused but his register said I paid so he handed me a receipt.

so not question was asked about method of payment

Cash, Credit, Debit?

 

[its Dale]

and they want $15 an hour