Unemployed as well?Nothing says romantic dinner like having your restaurant host or hostess hand you a large, square hockey puck, tricked out with LED lights and a vibrator. However, that may be changing with a new start-up called ReadyPing.
Instead of relying on a stimulating light show, ReadyPing sends a text to your cell when the table is ready. That's right, RTM (Restaurant Text Messaging) is here.
The restaurant -- presuming they pay ReadyPing's $35/month flat fee -- will enter your number and send a text when they can seat you. You can try out the action on their home page. Apparently, my table at Joey's Steakhouse(?) is ready-- be right over.
This got us thinking about what to do with the old hardware...
Top 7 Ideas For Recycled Restaurant Pagers
- Fruity drink coasters -- that mix as well
- "Peacemakers" for unruly patrons
- Hi-tech tapas plates
- Club kid geek bling
- Throwing stars for less-subtle ninjas
- Affordable babysitters
- Restaurant pagers for chains that don't have $35/month to spare
If you have any other suggestions, we'll forward them on...
Source: TrendCentral
Posted March 23rd, 2009 at 7:19pm Permanent Link
All Comments (7)
ReadyPing uses SMS short code messaging (the 5 or 6 digit codes you have undoubtedly seen) and supports nearly 30 mobile carriers in the U.S. There is no need to select a mobile carrier when a mobile number is entered into our system. ReadyPing is much more than a text alert service; it is a powerful management tool. View overdue customers at a glance, keep track of reservations/appointments and determine the accuracy of their quote times - all from one simple and intuitive user interface. We work with a dozen different types of businesses including restaurants. Our web-based software works with any web browser on any computer. The cost is $49 per month, per location. Each text message is $0.05 and they are offered in reloadable bundles. When the balance drops below a certain level, texts are automatically reloaded based on the chosen bundle. No leaving money on the table at the end of the month for unused texts. It's a pay-as-you go model. ReadyPing just won the 2010 MIT Whiteboard Challenge. Check out our news page at www.readyping.com/news to see what else we've been up to.
Posted: 27 May 2010 23:04:18 GMT ReplyFlag