You're right unfortunately I am not an average American, wish I was though. I work out twice a day and eat healthy 99% of the time.
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Apple Pay at McDonald's Drive-Thru
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The best was when McDonalds supported ezPass in the drive through. They would just ask if you wanted to pay with your ezPass. For you non-North East Americans, ezPass is the windshield mounted thing for going through road and bridge tolls. So great. So sad when they stopped doing that. No wallet, no nothing. Just grease.
I certainly am not following you. Why would you want to be like the average fat American? Four years ago I was there and would get winded on a single flight of stairs. I am happier and healthier than I ever was, and have recently started bodybuilding. To each his own, but I am sure you could just, you know, stop working out completely and eat fast food for three meals and two snacks a day. You will become average in no time.
Only downside to being healthy is it's expensive.
Don't tell the Americans what to do. They might shoot you with their freedom.
Funny how people forget what the U.S. has done for the world just in the last 100 years and just throw ignorant comments out there. And I'm not just referring to WWII or stopping ex-Yugoslavia's genocidal war or stopping the Soviet advancement during the coldwar or any military encounters. Im referring to all the advancements in science, medicine, products, internet, spaceflight, etc... This includes that Apple product you cherish.
Actually, my question is how did they get ApplePay working on the 5s? As far as I know, it doesn't have NFC.The real question is who is this person using an iPhone 6 in a McDonald's Drive-Thru in the United States and what's her order status on AT&T/VZW/T-Mobile?
I worded that wrong, I wish the average American was more in shape like I currently am, so what I am right now would be considered normal so people would have a better view of us worldwide (at least when it comes to health). And fortunately even if I wanted to do all that I couldn't Army wouldn't be very happy about it at all!
Most the ones I have walked into in the past year have the same terminal that looks exactly like the one in the photo. It's similar to one that either CVS or Walgreens has with the NFC-enabled hardware. So yeah, most of these stores will already support it.
I can't imagine this is what McDonald's does most of the time. This looks completely stupid. I would imagine it would be a different device developed for a drive-thru. I'm hoping Starbucks does something like that.
On a side note, when at Target today I noticed that their new systems are made for chip and pin cards and don't seem to have any NFC features. That sucks because Target JUST replaced all of these POS terminals this year, meaning it's highly unlikely they would be changed again so soon.
Americans, as a whole, do not. But did you also know that Brit's, as a whole, a fatter?
I would pay cash at a drive through. Apple Pay seems to be more about flashing some new tech about than being something of actual benefit.
"Hey, watch me pay for this with my new iPhone. I bet you can't do this with your phone."
>>>>>>> meh.
"Hey, watch me pay for this with my new iPhone. I bet you can't do this with your phone."
>>>>>>> meh.
It looks like she is holding an iphone 5s, the only iphones with NFC are the iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus.
Actually, my question is how did they get ApplePay working on the 5s? As far as I know, it doesn't have NFC.
She's also wearing the Apple Watch, which will be released on 21 October 2015, naturally, which is when this photograph was taken at the McDonalds in Hill Valley, California.
P.S.: That's a DeLorean
The Jack in the Box near my work has an external PayPass enabled terminal for drive-thru. I think McDonald's will probable implement something similar.
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I've used NFC enabled credit cards and they're far more convenient than cash. You just tap the card and done. Meanwhile, with cash, the cashier would have to make change, etc. My mom has worked as a cashier before and they hate processing cash, too, particularly when someone pays $20+ for a $1.50 charge.
How is getting a prescription filled at drive through going to work? Shoot your phone through those tubes? And how about ATM's, can they become Apple Pay compatible?
I'm really rooting for Apple Pay so that I can shrink my wallet. But with Walmart and Best Buy taking a stance against it then I'm hoping it doesn't start a trend.
I'm really rooting for Apple Pay so that I can shrink my wallet. But with Walmart and Best Buy taking a stance against it then I'm hoping it doesn't start a trend.
It isn't so much of just the fat from most fast food like McDonald's. It's just that it offers almost nothing of nutritional value. Absolutely nothing. Meaning you could eat a full meal from there and barely get any of the nutrients needed in your daily diet. But you'll get a load of bad fats, carbs, cholesterol, sodium, and saturated fat.
I eat pretty healthy 5-6 days out of the week but on the days that I choose to indulge in something without much regard for nutrition, it's still not McDonald's. There are so many other good places to eat.
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Pay at the drive thru I think using your card might still be easier. Or even cash. We'll see though.
I eat pretty healthy 5-6 days out of the week but on the days that I choose to indulge in something without much regard for nutrition, it's still not McDonald's. There are so many other good places to eat.
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Pay at the drive thru I think using your card might still be easier. Or even cash. We'll see though.
I have hd my credit card compromised one time, and it was at a restaurant drive through. I am all for this. I swear I am tired of having eyes off my credit card to make purchases.
This already exists in the UK. The contactless terminal thing, not Apple Pay.
I've been paying at McDs with my contactless card for about a year now.
I also use it at Costa coffee, Spar, WH Smiths, Boots, Greggs, and a whole load of other food retailers (some fast food) and convenience stores. I'm actually looking forward to being able to pay with my iPhone 6 when it's eventually activated here.
The terminals aren't as bulky as that one, and they're on a really long cable.
They're also "Chip and Pin" Terminals, so kinda have to be on a long cable to pass out to the car.
Terminal out, card in, enter pin, pass the terminal back. The cashier doesn't have to touch your card at all - so no risk of anyone swiping the magnetic strip and cloning (something that actually happened a lot over here, before Chip and Pin).
Now, with contactless cards, at McDs they just hold out the terminal, I hold my card there for a second, and it's done - off I drive.
Other places (eg, indoor Mcds, Costa, shops, etc) have the terminal sat next to the till, and again it's just a case of holding the card for a second, and done.
I think the only place I use chip and pin instead of contactless, is the cinema. They haven't upgraded to contactless readers yet.
Link to McDs UK site, and a picture of the terminals they use:
http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/A...tactless_cardpaymentstolaunchatmcdonlads.html
The whole screen is the contactless reader, and there's a keyguard to help shield your pin as you type it.
I've been paying at McDs with my contactless card for about a year now.
I also use it at Costa coffee, Spar, WH Smiths, Boots, Greggs, and a whole load of other food retailers (some fast food) and convenience stores. I'm actually looking forward to being able to pay with my iPhone 6 when it's eventually activated here.
The terminals aren't as bulky as that one, and they're on a really long cable.
They're also "Chip and Pin" Terminals, so kinda have to be on a long cable to pass out to the car.
Terminal out, card in, enter pin, pass the terminal back. The cashier doesn't have to touch your card at all - so no risk of anyone swiping the magnetic strip and cloning (something that actually happened a lot over here, before Chip and Pin).
Now, with contactless cards, at McDs they just hold out the terminal, I hold my card there for a second, and it's done - off I drive.
Other places (eg, indoor Mcds, Costa, shops, etc) have the terminal sat next to the till, and again it's just a case of holding the card for a second, and done.
I think the only place I use chip and pin instead of contactless, is the cinema. They haven't upgraded to contactless readers yet.
Link to McDs UK site, and a picture of the terminals they use:
http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/A...tactless_cardpaymentstolaunchatmcdonlads.html
The whole screen is the contactless reader, and there's a keyguard to help shield your pin as you type it.
It's worth it so that I never have to hear "here's your change" again. Hate carrying a bunch of coins!
Surprised that the terminals are that big in the states. Most of the ones we have are like thick calculators and you can just tap against the screen to use PayPass.
What has that go to do with anything? I didn't say that America hasn't done anything in the last 100 years. Although other counties have done many notable things too. You have to remember that America is very large, so breakthroughs are statistically more likely. If you compare what America has done to one other country then the America list would be longer, naturally; as it's a bigger place. My comment was a joke. I did not say America has done nothing. I did not say America inventions have changed my life in many ways (though not just America inventions have changed the world today). America is the only country where people talk about freedom as their god-given-right. Many countries have the same, if not more, 'freedom' than America, yet they do not talk about it.
Stop being so defensive. Have a joke.
I don't know where you got your information about obesity rates between England and America, as it is incorrect.
In the UK, 64% of adults are overweight (BMI>25), and 26% are obese (BMI>30).
In the US, 70% are overweight and 31% are obese.
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