In Canada, I haven’t seen a credit card taken by the waiter for payment since maybe the late 90s. However, the dozens of times that I’ve gone to a sit-down restaurant in the States, I have not once had a waiter bring the machine to the table. Having the machine brought over is much faster and convenient, and allows the customer to be sure of what is charged, so why hasn’t this caught on?
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Because most restaurants have exactly 1 machine that is wired and sitting next to the cash register. Paying for better systems costs money, and a lot of places are renting the equipment they have now. Paying even more for an updated system will cost more than they’re willing to spend.
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