So far a real interesting experience for me at this coffee shop here in Phoenix.

So the coffee shop is in an unlabeled “abandoned” building. Literally nothing on the door, true speakeasy. Really cool!

What else was also unlabeled? The contactless reader. I didn’t see any customer facing terminal but I saw the cashier tapping cards to the side of the monitor. Not like the Toast POS, as this was a windows based point of sale system, but literally tapping cards on the monitor!

Naturally I asked if they had Apple Pay, lo and behold, I was told to hold my phone up to the side of the monitor. To my eyes, it worked. Just like the building itself, you gotta know to use contactless here I guess.

First time I’ve seen a setup like this but I can’t say it’s bad. Just wish it were labeled for the layperson.