Paying for my meal when I’m done eating should be automated. Waiting for someone to come round with the bill, then waiting again for the waiter to take my payment is a waste of time.
Oh 100%, this drives my consultanty-productivity-efficiency brain mad. I get doing this so people can check that they are paying for what they ordered, but mistakes/inaccuracies are exceptions. The vast majority of restaurant payments have to be correct and should be seamless. Seems like we should be optimizing more for the latter. Not that the former isn't important, but the process seems skewed inappropriately.