Meanwhile in Orlando...

[BitPay Business Solutions]

It's the 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY of Whiskey Dicks accepting Bitcoin!

New Blog Post!  http://www.howtoacceptbitcoin.com/2012/10/boost-international-visitors-to-your.html



1 quarter pound burger
1 double vodka
2 pints of Shipyard Pumpkin Ale
All for 1.24 BTC

Here's the video!  Featuring BitcoinSpinner and BitPay.

http://youtu.be/X2LXqLmr_qc

We are having a big Meetup next Wednesday Oct 17th @ 7pm if you want to come.

http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Orlando/events/86494532/

[Roger_Murdock]

Very cool, Congrats! I'd be curious to know how it's been received by their customers (and staff), how many tabs actually get paid with BTC in a given week (and if there's been an uptrend), any other notes on their experience.

[BitPay Business Solutions]

Right now it is usually just the bitcoin regulars that pay this way.  The owner Jay, the manager Whitney, and our server Crystal (in the video) are trained on it.  They haven't trained all their staff yet, but eventually they will.  Orlando receives many international visitors, so it will be good for bitcoiners from Europe to come check it out if they are visiting.

[Stephen Gornick]

Right now it is usually just the bitcoin regulars that pay this way

So how are they outfitted ... is that just a wi-fi enabled mobile (w/ no mobile provider costs) owned by the restaurant?  Or ...?

[BitPay Business Solutions]

So how are they outfitted ... is that just a wi-fi enabled mobile (w/ no mobile provider costs) owned by the restaurant?  Or ...?

They do have free wi-fi in the bar.  They just use their personal phones, which they are allowed to carry around while working, and they have the Whiskey Dicks BitPay Mobile Checkout page bookmarked.
 

[Roger_Murdock]

Do they do anything to promote awareness about the fact that they accept Bitcoin to the average customer? Although I'm not sure how practical that really is...

Server: We accept cash, all major credit cards, and Bitcoin.
Customer: What's Bitcoin?
Server: Bitcoin is a decentralized peer-to-peer crytographically-based currency and payment system....
*30 minutes later*
Server: ....and that's why most experts think that if significant vulnerabilities are discovered in SHA256 that they'll... I'm sorry, can we put a pin in this conversation? I've gotta check on a few other tables.

On the other hand, it might be nice to have a way to let customers know about it and have a pamphlet that they could take with a brief intro and some resources for additional information.

[Kluge]

Do they do anything to promote awareness about the fact that they accept Bitcoin to the average customer? Although I'm not sure how practical that really is...

Server: We accept cash, all major credit cards, and Bitcoin.
Customer: What's Bitcoin?
Server: Bitcoin is an alternative to cash some people prefer using. It's digital in a way where you can store it on your phone with a password instead of keeping wads of cash on you. Just scan a code using your smartphone, hit "send" and you've paid your balance. You can read more about it at bitcoin.org if you're really interested.

FTFY

[BitPay Business Solutions]

or, if you are Crystal:

Server: We accept cash, all major credit cards, and Bitcoin.
Customer: What's Bitcoin?
Server: I use it. (bats eyelashes)

sold!

[Yuhfhrh]

or, if you are Crystal:

Server: We accept cash, all major credit cards, and Bitcoin.
Customer: What's Bitcoin?
Server: I use it. (bats eyelashes)

sold!

Lol sadly this would probably be the most effective. 

[Roger_Murdock]

Do they do anything to promote awareness about the fact that they accept Bitcoin to the average customer? Although I'm not sure how practical that really is...

Server: We accept cash, all major credit cards, and Bitcoin.
Customer: What's Bitcoin?
Server: Bitcoin is an alternative to cash some people prefer using. It's digital in a way where you can store it on your phone with a password instead of keeping wads of cash on you. Just scan a code using your smartphone, hit "send" and you've paid your balance. You can read more about it at bitcoin.org if you're really interested.

FTFY

Yeah, that's actually a pretty reasonable answer.  But it's one that downplays Bitcoin's revolutionary nature - it makes it sound more like a PayPal alternative and doesn't mention the fact that it's not using dollars. Of course, that's probably an appropriate tack for these particular circumstances.  I was obviously mostly making a joke, but I certainly had a lot of questions when I first learned about Bitcoin.  (I don't think I slept for the first 36 hours because I was reading everything I could find on the subject.) And when I'm "proselytizing" to folks I know (or after a few drinks, random strangers), let's just say that I can talk for a while about why Bitcoin is the future of money. 

[farlack]

A bitcoin logo on the menu, or hostess stand, will let people know bitcoins are accepted, without the general population that has no idea, or ever will use them, knowing what the picture is, or giving a second glance. BTC users will know what it is, and question it, or obviously know they're accepted.

[ErebusBat]

I will be in Orlando in march, where is Whiskey Dicks in relation to Disney property?

[BitPay Business Solutions]

I will be in Orlando in march, where is Whiskey Dicks in relation to Disney property?

They are in Downtown Orlando.  About 20 miles north of the Disney area.

[kjlimo]

I will be in Orlando in march, where is Whiskey Dicks in relation to Disney property?

Let me google that for you:

http://goo.gl/maps/AspWR

[QuantumQrack]

Do they do anything to promote awareness about the fact that they accept Bitcoin to the average customer? Although I'm not sure how practical that really is...

Server: We accept cash, all major credit cards, and Bitcoin.
Customer: What's Bitcoin?
Server: Bitcoin is a decentralized peer-to-peer crytographically-based currency and payment system....
*30 minutes later*
Server: ....and that's why most experts think that if significant vulnerabilities are discovered in SHA256 that they'll... I'm sorry, can we put a pin in this conversation? I've gotta check on a few other tables.

On the other hand, it might be nice to have a way to let customers know about it and have a pamphlet that they could take with a brief intro and some resources for additional information.

Ok, that was very funny.

[BitcoinINV]

Awsome next time i'm down that way they got a customer.

[BitPay Business Solutions]

Awsome next time i'm down that way they got a customer.

nice.  we usually go there on Wednesday nights, sometimes Thursdays.  the weekends get pretty packed.

[Kris]

Meanwhile everywhere... 

[BitPay Business Solutions]

Bump for the meetup Tonight!  7:00 at Whiskey Dicks.

http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Orlando/events/86494532/

[cypherdoc]

or, if you are Crystal:

Server: We accept cash, all major credit cards, and Bitcoin.
Customer: What's Bitcoin?
Server: I use it. (bats eyelashes)

sold!

that's funny as hell!