Foursquare Coupon Fail
I’m in LA for the weekend and ate dinner tonight at California Pizza Cafe in Encino with Petra’s family. As we walked in to the restaurant, I checked in on foursquare and got an offer for a free appetizer. Knowing that it would impress my father-in-law, I presented the coupon to our waiter, showing him the offer from CPK Encino on my phone.
The waiter looked at me like I was from another planet. “I’ll get the manager at the end of meal when we’re printing the check and you can sort it out with her,” he said. I reminded him when he brought out the check and the manager came over a few minutes later and examined my phone and granted us the $4 discount.
This experience was embarrassing and there’s very little chance I’ll ever redeem (or even click on) a Foursquare offer again. There needs to be an easier way. If you’re going to give me $4, don’t make me feel like a cheap jackass in the process!
